WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL WE LEFT AND VISITED OUR FRIENDS IN ZUNI NEW MEXICO A NUMBER OF TIMES. IT IS A UNIQUE PUEBLO IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ABOUT 1 HOURE SOUTH OF GALLUP. IT IS AN AREA OF ENCHANTING MESAS. THE TRIBE HAS 450,000 ACRES AND IS ABOUT 7 TO 8,000 ' HIGH. THE ZUNI HUNT AND FISH IN THEIR MOUNTAINS AND THEY HAVE 6 RESERVATIONS HERE. WE HAVE VISITED HERE DURING WINTERS WHEN THE RED CLAY WAS SO GOEY IT STUCK TO OUR FEET AND CAR TIRES. WE ALSO WERE HERE IN THE PLEASANT SUMMERSW WHEN FOLKS HAD PLANTED CORN, BEANS, SQUASH AND OTHER VEGETABLES. MANY ZUNIRAISE LIVESTOCK IN 88 GRAZING ALLOTMENTS.
WE WENT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND TO HIKE AND VISIT SEVERAL ROCK ART SITES HERE AND TO CLIMB TO THE TOP[ OF A SPIRITUAL MOUNTAIN WHERE YO8U COULD THE DISTANT MOUNTAINS. THERE WERE POTTERY SHERDS ALONG THE PATH.
WE ALSO TOOK IN THE SHALAKO CEREMONY THERE WHEN ALL PEOPLE WERE INVITED TO PEOPLES HOMES TO GREET EACH OTHER AND EAT THEIR COOKING. SHALAKO OCCURS AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE FOLLOWING HARVEST. SINCE 1990 IT HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE NON NATIVES SO I GUESS WE WERE THERE TO EXPERIENCE A UNIQUE SPECIAL DANCE. MANY ZUNIS WORK OFF THE RESERVATION. THEIR JEWELRY WAS AT THAT TIME VERY INEXPENSIVE AND I BOUGHT SOME JEWELRY WHEN WE VISITED THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES, AS WELL AS SOME POTTERY.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
OUR TOUR TO OLD ORAIBI, NEW MEXICO
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL WE VISITEDSOME OF THE HOPI MESAS ON OUR VACATIONS FROM GRADUATE SCHOOL. ONE INTERESTING ONE WAS OLD ORAIBI IN NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA. IT IS ON THE THIRD MESA. OI REMEMBER WALKING INTO THE OLD PUEBLO AND BEING PUT INTO A TRANCE WHILE WATCHING THEIR DANCWERS FOR A COUPLE OG HPOURS DURING CHANTS AND DRUMMING.SOME WERE DRESSED AS CLOWNS AND THERE WAS A KOKOPELLI WHO WAS PHALLIC. HE HAD A PACK ONHIS BACK AND FLIRTED WITH THE WOMEN. SOME OF THE FOLKS TOLD US THE DANCERS HAD TO PARTAKE IN A CLEANSING IN THEIR KIVAS BEFORE AND AFTER DANCING SO THAT NO HARM WOULD COME TO THEM.
ORAIBI WAS FOUNDED SOMETIME BEFORE 1100 A D , AS IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED SETTLEMENTS IN THE U.S.
BY 1882 THE HOPI RESERVATION WAS ESTABLISHED AND MISSIONARY EFFORTS LED TO THE KIDKNAPPING CHILDRENN AND FORCED THEM TO ATTEND ANGLO SCHOOLS. THAT CHANGED THEIR OUTLOOK.
THERE WAS TENSION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL HOPI AND OTHERS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. THEY HAD A SPLIT AND SOME LEFT TO FOUND A NEW VILLAGE. THE FOLKS HERE TEND TO BE VERY PRIVATE AND DO NOT ALLOW PHOTOS.
ORAIBI WAS FOUNDED SOMETIME BEFORE 1100 A D , AS IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED SETTLEMENTS IN THE U.S.
BY 1882 THE HOPI RESERVATION WAS ESTABLISHED AND MISSIONARY EFFORTS LED TO THE KIDKNAPPING CHILDRENN AND FORCED THEM TO ATTEND ANGLO SCHOOLS. THAT CHANGED THEIR OUTLOOK.
THERE WAS TENSION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL HOPI AND OTHERS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. THEY HAD A SPLIT AND SOME LEFT TO FOUND A NEW VILLAGE. THE FOLKS HERE TEND TO BE VERY PRIVATE AND DO NOT ALLOW PHOTOS.
OUR MONUMENT VALLEY TRAVELS
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL WE TOOK MANY TOURS. WE DID A LOT OF TRAVELING THROUGHOUT MONUMENT VALLEY AND THE FOUR CORNERS WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAHED POINTS ON EARTH. IT BOOSTS OF TWO FAMOUS BUTTES MADE OF SANDSTONE. THEY WERE FORMED BY 50 MILLION YEARS OF CUTTING DOWN THE SANDSTONE. THEY WERE FORMED BY 50 MILLION YEARS OF CUTTING DOWN THE SANDSTONE LAYERS. THE BUTTES ARE 1000'HIGH IN THIS GRAND DESERT. OF THE NAVAJO TRIBE. I REMEMBER THE NAVAJO FOLKS WHO SOLD SOME OF THEIR BEADED AND TORQUOISE JEWELRY TO TOURISTS ALONG THE ROADSIDE. THE TRIBAL PARK HAS 17 MILLION ACRES. IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PROGRAMS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS VALLEY HAD NO VISITOR CENTER WHEN WE TRAVELLED AND HIKED THROUGH HERE. TODAY IT DOES. SOME OF THE NAVAJO GIVE TOURS HERE AND AND STRESS THE SPIRITUAL WELL BEING OF THEIR SPECIAL LAND TO THEIR PEOPLE. FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY VISIT THE AREA. I REMEMBER IT AS BEING IN A SPECIAL QUIET AREAWHEN I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT.
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THIS VALLEY HAD NO VISITOR CENTER WHEN WE TRAVELLED AND HIKED THROUGH HERE. TODAY IT DOES. SOME OF THE NAVAJO GIVE TOURS HERE AND AND STRESS THE SPIRITUAL WELL BEING OF THEIR SPECIAL LAND TO THEIR PEOPLE. FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY VISIT THE AREA. I REMEMBER IT AS BEING IN A SPECIAL QUIET AREAWHEN I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT.
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BURMA CULTURE
BURMA HAS BEEN HEAVILY INFLUENCED HAS BEEN HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY BUDDISM AND MOW PEOPLE. BURMESE CULTURE HAS ALSO BEEN INFLUENCED BY INDIA, THAILAND AND CHINA. THEIR ART WAS BASED ON BUDDISM OR HINDU COSMOLOGY. THEY HAVE KNOWN10 DIFFERENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART BASED ON DIFFERENT TYPES BASED ON BUDDA FEATURES . THEY MAKE GOLD LEAF PAGODAS AND MONASTERIES BUILT OF WOOD. THEY MAKE VARIOUS COPPER/GOLD MYTHICAL STATUES AND ANIMALS. THEIR ARCHITECTURE HAS VARIOUS SCULPTURAL FEATURES .
THEY LOVE TO WRITE POETRY AND HAVE MANY POPULAR NOVELS AND WRITE WESTERN CLASSICS.
THEY HAVE THREE TYPES OF DANCES. THEY ARE DRAMATIC , FOLK, AND VILLAGE AND NATURAL DANCES. SOME DANCES ARE FAST PACED AND OTHERS HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON POSITION.
BURMESE MUSIC USES TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS. THEY HAVE AN ORCHESTRA THAT IS CALLED HSAING WAING THAT THEY USE MOSTLY IN THE WEST. TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC IS TYPICAL IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. IT HAS SUDDEN SHIFTS RYTHM. AN INSTRUMENT UNIQUE TO BURMA IS SAUN GAUK, AN ARCHED HARP. THEY HAVE BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ENSEMBLES. THE SONGS TEND TO BE LEGENDS OF PALI - A RELIGIOUS POWER OF MONARCHS. THEY TELL STORIES OF THE LANDS, MOUNTAINS, FORESTS AND THE SEASONS, OF FEMININE BEAUTY, LOVE. THE TRADITIONAL BURMESE GREETING IS
' MINGALA', A PALIMINGALA AND ROUGHLY TRANSLATEDAUSPICIOUS. THEY RECENTLY SAY HELLO.
THE BURMESE DRESS IS A LONGI AND A SARONG. THIS IS REPLACED AND A TRADITIONAL PASO FOR MEN AND A 20TH CENTURY. IN FORMAL OCCASSIONS. DURING THE BRITISH ERA THE BURMESE NATIONALISTS HAD TRADITIONAL CLOTHING IN THE 1920'S. THE MEN WEAR SHORT HAIR BUT THEY USED TO HAVE LONG HAIR. WOMEN BEGAN WEARING HAIRSTYLES LIKE AMAUK CONSISTING OF CRESTED BANGSTHE FEMALE SARONG BECAME SHORTER AND REVEALED MORE WAISTLINE.
THE BURMESE LANGUAGE IS AGE ORIENTED. YOUNG MALES ARE ADDRESSED AS LITTLE BROTHER OR SENIOR WOMEN. ELDERS ARE SPOKEN TO IN A MORE RESPECTFUL MANNER.
BURMESE SOCIETY OPERATES BASED ON AVOIDANCE OR EMBARRASSEMENT. THIS IS A WEIR CULTURE AND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN SAYING THANK YOU. IT IS TABOO TO TOUCH A PERSON'S HAIR, FEET OR HEAD. THEY DO NOT WANT TO POINT A FINGER AT BUDDHA. THEY TAKE THEIR SHOES OFF ONCE ENTERING HOMES. PAGODA COMPOUNDS. AFFECTION BETWEEN FRIENDS IS PUBLIC , BUT NOT BETWEEN LOVERS.
THEIR FOOD IS INFLUENCED BY INDIAN CHINESE AND THAI FOOD THAT IS MILDLY SPICY WITH USE OF SEVERAL CURRY MEATS. SOME OF THEIR SAUCES ARE FERMENTED.
BURMESE CUISINE USES CHICKPEAS, LENTILS AND TAMARIND. INDIAN DISHES ARE COMMON. THEIR THERE NATIONAL DISHES ARE MAKING RICE NOODLES IN A FISH SOUP. SALADS WITH TEA LEAVES ARE MADE AND THEY USE CHOP STICKS TO. THEY EAT INDIAN BREADS.
THERE FOLKLORE COMMUNITY CONSIDERS LOVE TOO BE A DESTINY. THE HINDU GIVES THEM THEIR DESTINY IN LOVE BY AGE OF 6 DAYS. THE WEDDING CAN BE A SIMPLE OR EXTRAVAGANT AFFAIR. THEY DO NOT HAVE DOWRIES OR ARRANGED MARRIAGES AND MAY NOT OFFICIATE IT. BUDDIST MONKS ARE NOT PRESENT IN A MARRIAGEAND MAY NOT OFFICIATE IT. THEY MAY BLESS IT. THE COUPLE MAY HAVE A SPECIAL WEDDING THAT TAKES MONTHS AND IS ARRANGED BY ASTROLOGER FOR CHOOSING THE DATE. A BRAHMIN IS HIRED TO BLOW A CONCH
SHELL TO BEGIN THE CEREMONY. THE COUPLES PALMS ARE DIPPED IN THE SILVER BOWL. THEY SING CHANTS AND THE BRAHMIN JOINS THEIR PALMS AND BLOWS A CONCH SHELL TO END.
THE BURMESE FUNERALS LAST A WEEK AND THEY CREMATE OR BURY THE BODY. DURING THE FUNERAL IN THE FORM OF PAPER FANS WITH THE PAPER FANSWITH THE PERSON'S WINDOW TO LET THEIR SPIRIT LEAVE.
THE BURMA RELIGION IS BUDDIST SINCE THE CHRISTIAN ERA. SOME HINDUISM AND ANIMISM. THE EARLY FOLKS WERE ANIMISTS. CHRISTIANITY CAME HERE IN 1800'S. IT MADE LITTLE HEADWAY BUT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY NON BUDDISTS SUCH AS CHINA. BURMA HAS THE SECOND LARGEST BAPTIST POPULATION IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE CHINESE MIXED WITH THIS POPULATION, BUT THERE CONTRIBUTION TO BURMA HAS BEEN LITTLE. THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHINESE TEMPLES IN YANGON AND CITIES ENCOURAGED BY THE BRITISH. SINCE 1990 THIS MIGRATION WAS HAS RESUMED IN HUGE NUMBERS. THE MODERN CHINESE IMMIGRANTS HAVE LITTLE INTEREST IN RELIGION. THERE ARE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE BUDDISTS AND MUSLIMS. IN 2001 RIOTS BROKE OUT. THERE LAND HAS MANY PAGODAS OF BUDDISM. THEY HAVE PILGRIMAGE SITES. BAGAN IS THEIR ANCIENT CAPITAL WHERE 1000'S OFTEMPLES HAVE STOOD IN VARIOUS STATES OF REPAIR. MONASTERIES ARE PLACES OF LEARNING WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT BURMESE FESTIVALS PAYA PINE. DURING MID APRIL THEY CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR CALED WATER FESTIVAL.
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THEY LOVE TO WRITE POETRY AND HAVE MANY POPULAR NOVELS AND WRITE WESTERN CLASSICS.
THEY HAVE THREE TYPES OF DANCES. THEY ARE DRAMATIC , FOLK, AND VILLAGE AND NATURAL DANCES. SOME DANCES ARE FAST PACED AND OTHERS HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON POSITION.
BURMESE MUSIC USES TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS. THEY HAVE AN ORCHESTRA THAT IS CALLED HSAING WAING THAT THEY USE MOSTLY IN THE WEST. TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC IS TYPICAL IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. IT HAS SUDDEN SHIFTS RYTHM. AN INSTRUMENT UNIQUE TO BURMA IS SAUN GAUK, AN ARCHED HARP. THEY HAVE BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ENSEMBLES. THE SONGS TEND TO BE LEGENDS OF PALI - A RELIGIOUS POWER OF MONARCHS. THEY TELL STORIES OF THE LANDS, MOUNTAINS, FORESTS AND THE SEASONS, OF FEMININE BEAUTY, LOVE. THE TRADITIONAL BURMESE GREETING IS
' MINGALA', A PALIMINGALA AND ROUGHLY TRANSLATEDAUSPICIOUS. THEY RECENTLY SAY HELLO.
THE BURMESE DRESS IS A LONGI AND A SARONG. THIS IS REPLACED AND A TRADITIONAL PASO FOR MEN AND A 20TH CENTURY. IN FORMAL OCCASSIONS. DURING THE BRITISH ERA THE BURMESE NATIONALISTS HAD TRADITIONAL CLOTHING IN THE 1920'S. THE MEN WEAR SHORT HAIR BUT THEY USED TO HAVE LONG HAIR. WOMEN BEGAN WEARING HAIRSTYLES LIKE AMAUK CONSISTING OF CRESTED BANGSTHE FEMALE SARONG BECAME SHORTER AND REVEALED MORE WAISTLINE.
THE BURMESE LANGUAGE IS AGE ORIENTED. YOUNG MALES ARE ADDRESSED AS LITTLE BROTHER OR SENIOR WOMEN. ELDERS ARE SPOKEN TO IN A MORE RESPECTFUL MANNER.
BURMESE SOCIETY OPERATES BASED ON AVOIDANCE OR EMBARRASSEMENT. THIS IS A WEIR CULTURE AND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN SAYING THANK YOU. IT IS TABOO TO TOUCH A PERSON'S HAIR, FEET OR HEAD. THEY DO NOT WANT TO POINT A FINGER AT BUDDHA. THEY TAKE THEIR SHOES OFF ONCE ENTERING HOMES. PAGODA COMPOUNDS. AFFECTION BETWEEN FRIENDS IS PUBLIC , BUT NOT BETWEEN LOVERS.
THEIR FOOD IS INFLUENCED BY INDIAN CHINESE AND THAI FOOD THAT IS MILDLY SPICY WITH USE OF SEVERAL CURRY MEATS. SOME OF THEIR SAUCES ARE FERMENTED.
BURMESE CUISINE USES CHICKPEAS, LENTILS AND TAMARIND. INDIAN DISHES ARE COMMON. THEIR THERE NATIONAL DISHES ARE MAKING RICE NOODLES IN A FISH SOUP. SALADS WITH TEA LEAVES ARE MADE AND THEY USE CHOP STICKS TO. THEY EAT INDIAN BREADS.
THERE FOLKLORE COMMUNITY CONSIDERS LOVE TOO BE A DESTINY. THE HINDU GIVES THEM THEIR DESTINY IN LOVE BY AGE OF 6 DAYS. THE WEDDING CAN BE A SIMPLE OR EXTRAVAGANT AFFAIR. THEY DO NOT HAVE DOWRIES OR ARRANGED MARRIAGES AND MAY NOT OFFICIATE IT. BUDDIST MONKS ARE NOT PRESENT IN A MARRIAGEAND MAY NOT OFFICIATE IT. THEY MAY BLESS IT. THE COUPLE MAY HAVE A SPECIAL WEDDING THAT TAKES MONTHS AND IS ARRANGED BY ASTROLOGER FOR CHOOSING THE DATE. A BRAHMIN IS HIRED TO BLOW A CONCH
SHELL TO BEGIN THE CEREMONY. THE COUPLES PALMS ARE DIPPED IN THE SILVER BOWL. THEY SING CHANTS AND THE BRAHMIN JOINS THEIR PALMS AND BLOWS A CONCH SHELL TO END.
THE BURMESE FUNERALS LAST A WEEK AND THEY CREMATE OR BURY THE BODY. DURING THE FUNERAL IN THE FORM OF PAPER FANS WITH THE PAPER FANSWITH THE PERSON'S WINDOW TO LET THEIR SPIRIT LEAVE.
THE BURMA RELIGION IS BUDDIST SINCE THE CHRISTIAN ERA. SOME HINDUISM AND ANIMISM. THE EARLY FOLKS WERE ANIMISTS. CHRISTIANITY CAME HERE IN 1800'S. IT MADE LITTLE HEADWAY BUT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY NON BUDDISTS SUCH AS CHINA. BURMA HAS THE SECOND LARGEST BAPTIST POPULATION IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE CHINESE MIXED WITH THIS POPULATION, BUT THERE CONTRIBUTION TO BURMA HAS BEEN LITTLE. THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHINESE TEMPLES IN YANGON AND CITIES ENCOURAGED BY THE BRITISH. SINCE 1990 THIS MIGRATION WAS HAS RESUMED IN HUGE NUMBERS. THE MODERN CHINESE IMMIGRANTS HAVE LITTLE INTEREST IN RELIGION. THERE ARE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE BUDDISTS AND MUSLIMS. IN 2001 RIOTS BROKE OUT. THERE LAND HAS MANY PAGODAS OF BUDDISM. THEY HAVE PILGRIMAGE SITES. BAGAN IS THEIR ANCIENT CAPITAL WHERE 1000'S OFTEMPLES HAVE STOOD IN VARIOUS STATES OF REPAIR. MONASTERIES ARE PLACES OF LEARNING WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT BURMESE FESTIVALS PAYA PINE. DURING MID APRIL THEY CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR CALED WATER FESTIVAL.
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Friday, January 25, 2013
LAOS CULTURE
LAOS HAVE MANY SUBGROUPS ARE SO CALLED BLACK TAI, WHITE TAI, AND OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT BUDDISTS BUT ARE INFLUENCED BY CHINESE, THEIR CITIES CONTAIN ETHNIC CHINESE AND VIETNAM POPULATIONS.
LAOS IS SURROUNDED BY SOUTHEAST ASIANS SURROUNDED BY THAILAND AND CHINA CAMBODIA. THEY HAVE LAND THAT IS FOR RICE PUDDIES. THE UPLAND SOILS ARE LESS FERTILE.
THEIR CAPITOL,VIETIANE, WAS DESTROYED BY BY SIAMESE EARLY IN THE THE 19TH CENTURY. THE FRENCH RESTABLISHED VIETTAINE AS THE CAPITOL IN 1893, WHEN LAOS BECAME PART OF FRENCH INDO CHINA. A ROYAL CAPITOLWAS HERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 1975. TWO OTHER MAIN CITIES ARE ON THE MAKONG.
HMONG ARE THEIR LANGUAGE GROUP SPEREKA IS IN THE NORTH. THEY HAVE CHINESE CHARACTERS USED IN RITUALS THAT ARE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS. THE HUMONG BECAME LITERATE AND DEVELOPED BY MISSIONARIES.
THEY ARE BUDDISTS AND ARE TAUGHT TO BE PATIENT AND ACCEPT PEOPLE. BUDDISM BINDS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO BE PEOPLE AND BINDS THEM TOGETHER AND TAUGHT PEOPLE TO BE AND STAY AWAY FROM WRONG DOINGS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INVOLVED.
ONE OF THE FESTIVALS IN LAOS IS BOWN PHA VET. IT IS A TWO DAY FESTIVAL INVOLVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT IS IN JANUARY DEPENDING UPON THE MOON CYCLE. THE MONKS GIVE A SERMON CALLED THE GREAT SERMON. TRANMAT DAT COMMEMOATES THE LAOS. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. THEY HAVE DANCES REENACTMENTS, PARADES, PROCESSIONS, MEDITATIONS AND THEATRE PERFORMANCES.
LAOTIAN MUSIC IS DOMINATED BY ITS NATIONAL INSTRUMENT - A BAMBOO PIPE. THEY HAVE OTHER FIDDLERS AS WELL . THE LAOS IN THAILAND HAVE AN INTERNATIONALBEST SELLING SING SING.
THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN LAOS IS LAO . AMONG THE LAO THEY HAVE ABOUT 40% LITERATE FOLKS. THEY USE CHINESE CHARACTERS TO WRITE STORIES. THEIR NATIONAL SYMBOLS ARE BUDDISTS. A COMMUNIST REGIME TRIED TO SUBSTITUTE A SECULAR SYMBOL AND CALENDAR. BY 1945 THE LAO HAD THEIR FIRST INDEPENDANT MOVEMENT IN 1945.
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LAOS IS SURROUNDED BY SOUTHEAST ASIANS SURROUNDED BY THAILAND AND CHINA CAMBODIA. THEY HAVE LAND THAT IS FOR RICE PUDDIES. THE UPLAND SOILS ARE LESS FERTILE.
THEIR CAPITOL,VIETIANE, WAS DESTROYED BY BY SIAMESE EARLY IN THE THE 19TH CENTURY. THE FRENCH RESTABLISHED VIETTAINE AS THE CAPITOL IN 1893, WHEN LAOS BECAME PART OF FRENCH INDO CHINA. A ROYAL CAPITOLWAS HERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 1975. TWO OTHER MAIN CITIES ARE ON THE MAKONG.
HMONG ARE THEIR LANGUAGE GROUP SPEREKA IS IN THE NORTH. THEY HAVE CHINESE CHARACTERS USED IN RITUALS THAT ARE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS. THE HUMONG BECAME LITERATE AND DEVELOPED BY MISSIONARIES.
THEY ARE BUDDISTS AND ARE TAUGHT TO BE PATIENT AND ACCEPT PEOPLE. BUDDISM BINDS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO BE PEOPLE AND BINDS THEM TOGETHER AND TAUGHT PEOPLE TO BE AND STAY AWAY FROM WRONG DOINGS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INVOLVED.
ONE OF THE FESTIVALS IN LAOS IS BOWN PHA VET. IT IS A TWO DAY FESTIVAL INVOLVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT IS IN JANUARY DEPENDING UPON THE MOON CYCLE. THE MONKS GIVE A SERMON CALLED THE GREAT SERMON. TRANMAT DAT COMMEMOATES THE LAOS. INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. THEY HAVE DANCES REENACTMENTS, PARADES, PROCESSIONS, MEDITATIONS AND THEATRE PERFORMANCES.
LAOTIAN MUSIC IS DOMINATED BY ITS NATIONAL INSTRUMENT - A BAMBOO PIPE. THEY HAVE OTHER FIDDLERS AS WELL . THE LAOS IN THAILAND HAVE AN INTERNATIONALBEST SELLING SING SING.
THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN LAOS IS LAO . AMONG THE LAO THEY HAVE ABOUT 40% LITERATE FOLKS. THEY USE CHINESE CHARACTERS TO WRITE STORIES. THEIR NATIONAL SYMBOLS ARE BUDDISTS. A COMMUNIST REGIME TRIED TO SUBSTITUTE A SECULAR SYMBOL AND CALENDAR. BY 1945 THE LAO HAD THEIR FIRST INDEPENDANT MOVEMENT IN 1945.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA THEIR CULTURE IS MANY SIDED AND COMPLEX. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 1000 CULTURAL GROUPS EXIST IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. MANY HAVETHEY HAVE DIFFRENT CULTURAL EXPRESSION IN ART, PADANCE , WEAPONS, SINGING AND COSTUMESTO UNIFY THE COUNTRY HAS EVOLVED INTO A LINGUISTIC FRANCA WITH DIVERSE GROUPS IN A FRANCACOMMUNITY IN THE NEWS MEDIA. PEOPLE LIVE IN THE VILLAGES AND RELY ON SUBSISTENCE FARMIMNG WITH SWEET POTATOES AND TARO. THEY RAISE PIGS. THEY HUNT , COLLECT WILD PLANTS OR FISH, DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY HUNT COLLECT WILD PLANTS OR FISH, DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. THOSE WHO ARE SKILLED IN FARMING THOSE WHO ARE SKILLED IN FARMING, HUNTING OR COLLECT WILD POTATOES AND PLANTS, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON. THOSE WHO ARE SKILLED IN HUNTING FISHING ARE GENEROUS AND EARN RESPECT HERE.
ON THE SEPKIK RIVER THERE IS A WORLD REKNOWN TRADITION OF WOOD CARVING . THEY CARVE WOOD CREATURE FORMS FORMS OF OF PLANTS ON ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THESE ARE THEIR ANCESTORS BEING IN FEEL BEAUTIFUL. THEY ALSO CREAT TRADITIONAL SKILLS SKILLED PORTRAITS. ALSO WELL REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD IS THE MELAGAN CARVING TRADITION.
BEFORE 1933 SEA SHELLS WERE USED AS CURRENCY. THIS HERITAGE IS STILL IN LOCAL CUSTOMS. A GROOM MUST BRING THE BRIDE SOME SOME PRICE TO THE WEDDING CEREMONY. IN SOME CASES THIS IS A PAID IN CLAM SHELLS. SOMETIMES A DOWRY IS THE BRIDE PRICE.
THEY MAY USE SHELL MONEY, FOOD, PIGS, OR CASH. THESE FOLKS ENGAGE IN SING SINGS. THESE ARE RITUALS WHERE THEY PAINT THEMSELVES AND DRESS THEMSELVES WITH FEATHERS PEARLS AND ANIMAL SKINS TO BE BIRDS, TREES, MOUNTAINS, OR SPIRITS. SOMETIMES AN IMPORTANT EVENT WOULD BE PART OF FESTIVAL.
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES DISAPPROVED OF DISAPPROVED OF PAPUAN FOLK MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE COLONIALPERIOD OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY . THE OUTSIDE WORLD KNEW ABO0UT TTHE PERIOD OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THE OUTSIDE WORLD KNEW THEIR HISTORYOF DIVERSE MUSIC. AFTER 1872 FOREIGNERS KNEW LITTLE OF ABOUT THEIR HISTORY OF INTRODUCED OF DIVERSE MUSIC. AFTER 1872 FOREIGNERS INTRODUCED CHRISTIAN HYMES. POLYNESIAN HYMES WERE INTRODUCED NOW. DURING GOLD RUSH THE AUSTRALIANMINERS WERE INTRODUCED INTO THIS PERIOD. THEY BROUGHT THE MOUTH ORGAN. THEY HAVE TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS THAT INCLUDED SONGS AND DANCES. THEY HAVE A RICH AND DIVERSE TRADITION OF VISUAL ART. THEY CARVE WOODEN CANOESMASKS, CANOES, AND STORY BOARDS AND ARE WORLD FAMOUS FOR THEM MANY MASKS ARE IN MUSEUMS.MUSEUMS IN DIFFRENT COUNTRIES. MANY CARVERS HAVE WON AWARDS.
ON THE SEPKIK RIVER THERE IS A TRADITION OF WOOD CARVING. THEY CREATE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THEY BELIEVE THESE ARE THEIR ANCESTOR BEINGS AND THEY FEEL THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. THEY CREATE TRADITIONAL SKULL PORTRAITS.
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ON THE SEPKIK RIVER THERE IS A WORLD REKNOWN TRADITION OF WOOD CARVING . THEY CARVE WOOD CREATURE FORMS FORMS OF OF PLANTS ON ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THESE ARE THEIR ANCESTORS BEING IN FEEL BEAUTIFUL. THEY ALSO CREAT TRADITIONAL SKILLS SKILLED PORTRAITS. ALSO WELL REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD IS THE MELAGAN CARVING TRADITION.
BEFORE 1933 SEA SHELLS WERE USED AS CURRENCY. THIS HERITAGE IS STILL IN LOCAL CUSTOMS. A GROOM MUST BRING THE BRIDE SOME SOME PRICE TO THE WEDDING CEREMONY. IN SOME CASES THIS IS A PAID IN CLAM SHELLS. SOMETIMES A DOWRY IS THE BRIDE PRICE.
THEY MAY USE SHELL MONEY, FOOD, PIGS, OR CASH. THESE FOLKS ENGAGE IN SING SINGS. THESE ARE RITUALS WHERE THEY PAINT THEMSELVES AND DRESS THEMSELVES WITH FEATHERS PEARLS AND ANIMAL SKINS TO BE BIRDS, TREES, MOUNTAINS, OR SPIRITS. SOMETIMES AN IMPORTANT EVENT WOULD BE PART OF FESTIVAL.
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES DISAPPROVED OF DISAPPROVED OF PAPUAN FOLK MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE COLONIALPERIOD OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY . THE OUTSIDE WORLD KNEW ABO0UT TTHE PERIOD OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THE OUTSIDE WORLD KNEW THEIR HISTORYOF DIVERSE MUSIC. AFTER 1872 FOREIGNERS KNEW LITTLE OF ABOUT THEIR HISTORY OF INTRODUCED OF DIVERSE MUSIC. AFTER 1872 FOREIGNERS INTRODUCED CHRISTIAN HYMES. POLYNESIAN HYMES WERE INTRODUCED NOW. DURING GOLD RUSH THE AUSTRALIANMINERS WERE INTRODUCED INTO THIS PERIOD. THEY BROUGHT THE MOUTH ORGAN. THEY HAVE TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS THAT INCLUDED SONGS AND DANCES. THEY HAVE A RICH AND DIVERSE TRADITION OF VISUAL ART. THEY CARVE WOODEN CANOESMASKS, CANOES, AND STORY BOARDS AND ARE WORLD FAMOUS FOR THEM MANY MASKS ARE IN MUSEUMS.MUSEUMS IN DIFFRENT COUNTRIES. MANY CARVERS HAVE WON AWARDS.
ON THE SEPKIK RIVER THERE IS A TRADITION OF WOOD CARVING. THEY CREATE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THEY BELIEVE THESE ARE THEIR ANCESTOR BEINGS AND THEY FEEL THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. THEY CREATE TRADITIONAL SKULL PORTRAITS.
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OUTSIDE MOVIE THEATRE
WHEN I WASA YOUNG GIRL I WENT WITH MY FAMILY (MY BROTHER AND FATHER AND MOM) TO AN OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATRE . WE WERE ENTHRALLED WITH THE ADVENTURE OF SEEING A MOVIE THEATRE ON LARGE SCREENSA MOVIE ON LARGE SCREENS. I USUALLY REMEMBER GOING TO WESTERNS WITH JOHN WAYNE OR THEY SOME COMICS AS SIDE LINES.SOME OF THE WESTERN'S WERE NOT FAMILIAR TO ME AS WE SAT IN THE CARE IN THE SUMMER OR HOPPED AROUND OUTSIDE SEEING IF WE KNEW ANYONE FROM OUR SCHOOLS.
I RECENTLY SAW A SPEAKER FROM AN OLD OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATRE THAT YOU PUT ON YOPUR CAR TO HEAR THE MOVIE.. HOW OLD WOULD THAT BE?
SOME OF THE MOVIES WERE SHOWING IN INDOOR THEATRES AS WELL , BUT VIEWING THEM WAS MORE FUN AS YOU COULD ALWAYS MOVE AROUND AS A KID AND THERE WETRE AN ADVENTURE.
I RECENTLY SAW A SPEAKER FROM AN OLD OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATRE THAT YOU PUT ON YOPUR CAR TO HEAR THE MOVIE.. HOW OLD WOULD THAT BE?
SOME OF THE MOVIES WERE SHOWING IN INDOOR THEATRES AS WELL , BUT VIEWING THEM WAS MORE FUN AS YOU COULD ALWAYS MOVE AROUND AS A KID AND THERE WETRE AN ADVENTURE.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
HOW TO STAY HEALTHY IN WINTER
JANUS IS THE GOD THAT JANUARY IS NAMED AFTER. HE LOOKED INTO THE PAST AND THE FUTURE RECOMMENDS TO TRY NATURAL WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY. CHICKEN SOUP IS GREAT FOR EASING INFLAMATIONS OF THE THROAT
CELLS THAT CAN CAUSE A COLD. YOU CAN USE GINGER AS WELL. IT WAS GROWN IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. THE GREEKS USED TIMES. THE GREEKS USED THE DRIED FORM AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPICES IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE. GINGER HAS CHEMICALS THAT HELP FIGHT THE LEADING CAUSE OF COLDS. THE CHINESE USE IT MEDICINALLY. GINSENG IS ALSO USED BY CANADIANS FOR COLDS GARLIC IS AN ANTIVIRAL AND HAS LONG BEEN USED FOR HEALING. IT OPENS UP SINUSES. CRUSHING OR CUTTING UP RAW GINGER AND GARLIC PRODUCES A SULPHER COMPOUNDKNOWN AS ALLICIN, AND IT IS ANTIVIRAL.
JUNI0PER BERRIES BOAST ANOTHER TYPE OF ANTIVIRAL. THEY MAKE ESSENTIAL OIL AS WELL. HONEY CAN SOOTH A SORE THROAT. LEMONS ALSO CONTAIN ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES TO BREAK UP A FEVER.
BY CHEF RON SKOAN
CHEF RON SKAAR
CELLS THAT CAN CAUSE A COLD. YOU CAN USE GINGER AS WELL. IT WAS GROWN IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. THE GREEKS USED TIMES. THE GREEKS USED THE DRIED FORM AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPICES IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE. GINGER HAS CHEMICALS THAT HELP FIGHT THE LEADING CAUSE OF COLDS. THE CHINESE USE IT MEDICINALLY. GINSENG IS ALSO USED BY CANADIANS FOR COLDS GARLIC IS AN ANTIVIRAL AND HAS LONG BEEN USED FOR HEALING. IT OPENS UP SINUSES. CRUSHING OR CUTTING UP RAW GINGER AND GARLIC PRODUCES A SULPHER COMPOUNDKNOWN AS ALLICIN, AND IT IS ANTIVIRAL.
JUNI0PER BERRIES BOAST ANOTHER TYPE OF ANTIVIRAL. THEY MAKE ESSENTIAL OIL AS WELL. HONEY CAN SOOTH A SORE THROAT. LEMONS ALSO CONTAIN ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES TO BREAK UP A FEVER.
BY CHEF RON SKOAN
CHEF RON SKAAR
JAPAN CULTURE
JAPAN HAS EVOLVED OVER THE MILLENIA. JAMANO PERIOD TO ITS CONTEMPORARY HYBRID CULTURE THAT COMBINES INFLUENCES FROM ASIA, AND NORTH AMERICA. JAPAN EXPERIENCES A LONG PERIOD OF ISOLATION. FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. UNTIL MEIJI PERIOD (1860'S).
FOLLOWING THE ICE AGE OF 12,000 B.C. A RICH ECOSYSTEM OF THE ARCHIPELEGROW FOSTERED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. EARLY POETRY WAS WRITTEN IN THE JOMON PERIOD.
THEIR FIRST CAPITAL WAS AT NARA IN 1870 AND BECAME A CENTER OF BUDDIST ART, RELIGION AND CULTURE. THE MEJU PERIOD BEGAN THE NEW NATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYSTEMATICALLY ENDED FEUDALISM.
DEMOCRACY WAS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE JAPAN'S POWERFUL MILITARY WAS SEMI INDEPENDANT AND OVERRULED IN A WAR WITH CHINA IN1931 AND THEY HAD MILITARY FIGHT IN CHINA. IN 1945 TWO BOMBS AND A RUSSIANINVASIONINVASION FORCED THE SURRENDER .
THE JAPANESE PALEOLITHIC AGE COVERED A LENGTHY PERIOD AS EARLY AS 50,000 B.C. AND ENDING AROUND 12,000 B.C. SOMETHING OF THE OLDEST OLDEST ARTIFACTS DATE TO JAPAN MANUFACTURE. JAPAN MUSIC IS A WIDE ARRAY OF PERFORMERS IN DISTANCT STYLES. THE MUSIC IN JAPAN IS KANJI. JAPAN IS THE SECOND LARGESTPERFORMERS IN DISTINCT STYLES. THE MUSIC IS A WIDE ARRAY OF PERFORMERS IN DISTINCT STLYES, THE MUSIC IN JAPAN IS KANJI. JAPAN IS THE LARGEST MUSIC MARKET. IT IS DOMINATED BY JAPANESE ARTISTS.
LOCAL MUSIC APPEARS AT KAROAK. IT IS BASED ON HUMAN BREATHING PAINTING HAS BEEN AN ART OR JAPANESE FOR A LONG FOR A LONG TIME. CHINESE INTRODUCED PAPER MAKING TO JAPANESE AROUND THE 7TH CENTURY BY SOME MONKS. JAPANESE PAINTING TECHNIQUES ARE IN USE TODAY SOME ARE FROM ASIA, THEY USE CALLIGRAPHAPY AS A FORM OF ART . IT CAN BE 100 ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECTS OF A SINGLE CHARACTER. THE STYLE AQND FORMAT OF THE WRITING CAN MIMIC SUBJECT MATTER, IT CAN TAKE OVER 100 ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED AFFECT OF THE PROCESS. CALLIGRAOHY IS KNOWN AS A WAY OF CREATING THE WORK OF SHADO-LEARNING TOWRITE CHARACATURES.
JAPANESE SCULPTURES AND WOOD PRINTS ARE COMMON AND CONSIST OF BUDDIST IMAGES AND TEMPLES. WOOD IS THE MAIN MATERIAL IN JAPAN SOME ARE LACQUERED AND SOME ARE BRONZED. SOME OF THE THEIR WORK CAN MIMIC THE SUBJECT MATTER TO THE POINT TEXTURE. IT CAN TAKE OVER 100 ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE ITS DESIRED EFFECT OF A SINGLE CHARACTER BUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORK IS CONSIDERED AS MUCH AS THE END. OTHER MATERIALS HAVE HAD EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ROLES IN BELIEFS. UKIYOE MEANS PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD. IT IS A GENRE OF WOOD BLOCK PRINTS THAT EXEMPLIFYTHE CHARACTERISTIC OF JAPAN'S ART. THEY HAVE MASKS, COSTUMES AND GESTURES WITH PAINTED FACES.
THEIR CLOTHING IS DISTINGUISHED AS A KIMONO. IT MEANS SOMETHING ONE WEARS. THEY ARE TRADITIONAL ONE WEARS. THEY ARE TRADITIONAL THEY ARE TRADITIONAL TO JAPAN. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN WEAR KIMONOS. ARE MARRIED WOMEN WEAR KIMONOS. A MARRIED WOMAN WEARS KIMONOS. A MARRIED WOMAN WEARS DIFFERENT KIMONO STYLE AND COLOR. THEY WEAR HEAVIER MATERIAL IN THE WINTER ANOBI SASH AND IT IS AN ELABORATE PART OF THE KIMONOS WHO ARE TIED TYPICALLY IN SEVERAL LAYERS DEPENDING UPON THE SEASON.
THEY MAKE REFINED SANDALS OUT OF WOODEN BLOCKS AND ARE ATTACHED TO THE FEET BY CLOTH. THE JAPANESE FOOD IS VERY REFINED. SUSHI TEPURA AND TERRIYAKIARE SOME OF THE FOODS KNOWN THEY EAT REFINED RICE LEAN SEAFOOD AND BOILED VEGETABLES. THEIR HEALTHY DIET IS BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO THEIR LONGEVITY. THEIR MAIN SPORT IS SAMURAI TRAINING AND MARTIAL ARTS. THEIR WAS RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE.
FOLLOWING THE ICE AGE OF 12,000 B.C. A RICH ECOSYSTEM OF THE ARCHIPELEGROW FOSTERED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. EARLY POETRY WAS WRITTEN IN THE JOMON PERIOD.
THEIR FIRST CAPITAL WAS AT NARA IN 1870 AND BECAME A CENTER OF BUDDIST ART, RELIGION AND CULTURE. THE MEJU PERIOD BEGAN THE NEW NATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYSTEMATICALLY ENDED FEUDALISM.
DEMOCRACY WAS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE JAPAN'S POWERFUL MILITARY WAS SEMI INDEPENDANT AND OVERRULED IN A WAR WITH CHINA IN1931 AND THEY HAD MILITARY FIGHT IN CHINA. IN 1945 TWO BOMBS AND A RUSSIANINVASIONINVASION FORCED THE SURRENDER .
THE JAPANESE PALEOLITHIC AGE COVERED A LENGTHY PERIOD AS EARLY AS 50,000 B.C. AND ENDING AROUND 12,000 B.C. SOMETHING OF THE OLDEST OLDEST ARTIFACTS DATE TO JAPAN MANUFACTURE. JAPAN MUSIC IS A WIDE ARRAY OF PERFORMERS IN DISTANCT STYLES. THE MUSIC IN JAPAN IS KANJI. JAPAN IS THE SECOND LARGESTPERFORMERS IN DISTINCT STYLES. THE MUSIC IS A WIDE ARRAY OF PERFORMERS IN DISTINCT STLYES, THE MUSIC IN JAPAN IS KANJI. JAPAN IS THE LARGEST MUSIC MARKET. IT IS DOMINATED BY JAPANESE ARTISTS.
LOCAL MUSIC APPEARS AT KAROAK. IT IS BASED ON HUMAN BREATHING PAINTING HAS BEEN AN ART OR JAPANESE FOR A LONG FOR A LONG TIME. CHINESE INTRODUCED PAPER MAKING TO JAPANESE AROUND THE 7TH CENTURY BY SOME MONKS. JAPANESE PAINTING TECHNIQUES ARE IN USE TODAY SOME ARE FROM ASIA, THEY USE CALLIGRAPHAPY AS A FORM OF ART . IT CAN BE 100 ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECTS OF A SINGLE CHARACTER. THE STYLE AQND FORMAT OF THE WRITING CAN MIMIC SUBJECT MATTER, IT CAN TAKE OVER 100 ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED AFFECT OF THE PROCESS. CALLIGRAOHY IS KNOWN AS A WAY OF CREATING THE WORK OF SHADO-LEARNING TOWRITE CHARACATURES.
JAPANESE SCULPTURES AND WOOD PRINTS ARE COMMON AND CONSIST OF BUDDIST IMAGES AND TEMPLES. WOOD IS THE MAIN MATERIAL IN JAPAN SOME ARE LACQUERED AND SOME ARE BRONZED. SOME OF THE THEIR WORK CAN MIMIC THE SUBJECT MATTER TO THE POINT TEXTURE. IT CAN TAKE OVER 100 ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE ITS DESIRED EFFECT OF A SINGLE CHARACTER BUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORK IS CONSIDERED AS MUCH AS THE END. OTHER MATERIALS HAVE HAD EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ROLES IN BELIEFS. UKIYOE MEANS PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD. IT IS A GENRE OF WOOD BLOCK PRINTS THAT EXEMPLIFYTHE CHARACTERISTIC OF JAPAN'S ART. THEY HAVE MASKS, COSTUMES AND GESTURES WITH PAINTED FACES.
THEIR CLOTHING IS DISTINGUISHED AS A KIMONO. IT MEANS SOMETHING ONE WEARS. THEY ARE TRADITIONAL ONE WEARS. THEY ARE TRADITIONAL THEY ARE TRADITIONAL TO JAPAN. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN WEAR KIMONOS. ARE MARRIED WOMEN WEAR KIMONOS. A MARRIED WOMAN WEARS KIMONOS. A MARRIED WOMAN WEARS DIFFERENT KIMONO STYLE AND COLOR. THEY WEAR HEAVIER MATERIAL IN THE WINTER ANOBI SASH AND IT IS AN ELABORATE PART OF THE KIMONOS WHO ARE TIED TYPICALLY IN SEVERAL LAYERS DEPENDING UPON THE SEASON.
THEY MAKE REFINED SANDALS OUT OF WOODEN BLOCKS AND ARE ATTACHED TO THE FEET BY CLOTH. THE JAPANESE FOOD IS VERY REFINED. SUSHI TEPURA AND TERRIYAKIARE SOME OF THE FOODS KNOWN THEY EAT REFINED RICE LEAN SEAFOOD AND BOILED VEGETABLES. THEIR HEALTHY DIET IS BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO THEIR LONGEVITY. THEIR MAIN SPORT IS SAMURAI TRAINING AND MARTIAL ARTS. THEIR WAS RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
LAOS CULTURE
LAOS CULTURE IS SIMILAR TO BUDDISM AND IS INFLUENCED BY
INDIA. IT HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY INDIA AND ALSO NEARBY COUNTRIES. THEY ARE REFLECTIVE THROUGHOUT LAOS IN THEIR ART AND PERFORMING ARTS. THEY ARE PATIENT AND ACCEPT PEOPLE. BUDDISM BINDS PEOPLE TOGETHER.AND TEACHES FOLKS TO NOT DO WRONG THINGS.
THEY HAVE A 2 DAY BUDDIST FESTIVAL AND INVOLVES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE BOUN PHA IS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY DEPENDING UPON THE MOON CYCLE. DURING THE CEREMONY THE MONKS GIVE A SERVICE WITH ALL CHAPTERS OF THE MAHA OR THE GREAT SERMAN.
THIER MUSIC IS DOMINATED BY ITS NATIONAL INSTRUMENT , THE KKHAEN PIPE. THEY HAVE FIDDLERS TOO. THEIR LANGUAGE IS LAO. THEIR ARE OTHER DIALECTS SPOKEN THEY HAVE AUTHENTIC MINORITIESTHERE ARE LAOTIAN DIALECTS SPOKEN BY THE ETHNIC MINORITYGROUPS LIVING IN LAOS. IT IS A POLITE LANGUAGE.
WIKI[PEDIA.ORG
LAOS HAS INFLUENCES FROM
INDIA. IT HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY INDIA AND ALSO NEARBY COUNTRIES. THEY ARE REFLECTIVE THROUGHOUT LAOS IN THEIR ART AND PERFORMING ARTS. THEY ARE PATIENT AND ACCEPT PEOPLE. BUDDISM BINDS PEOPLE TOGETHER.AND TEACHES FOLKS TO NOT DO WRONG THINGS.
THEY HAVE A 2 DAY BUDDIST FESTIVAL AND INVOLVES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE BOUN PHA IS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY DEPENDING UPON THE MOON CYCLE. DURING THE CEREMONY THE MONKS GIVE A SERVICE WITH ALL CHAPTERS OF THE MAHA OR THE GREAT SERMAN.
THIER MUSIC IS DOMINATED BY ITS NATIONAL INSTRUMENT , THE KKHAEN PIPE. THEY HAVE FIDDLERS TOO. THEIR LANGUAGE IS LAO. THEIR ARE OTHER DIALECTS SPOKEN THEY HAVE AUTHENTIC MINORITIESTHERE ARE LAOTIAN DIALECTS SPOKEN BY THE ETHNIC MINORITYGROUPS LIVING IN LAOS. IT IS A POLITE LANGUAGE.
WIKI[PEDIA.ORG
LAOS HAS INFLUENCES FROM
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