NIGERIA CULTURE IS SHAPED BY ABOUT 50 ETHNIC GROUPS, 250 DIALECTS. THEY HAVE 3 LARGE ETHNIC GROUPS, 250 DIALECTS. THEY HAVE THREE ETHNIC GROUPS. SOME ARE CHRISTIANS AND OTHERS WORSHIPDIETIES CALLED OGU. ABOUT 1/3 SPEAK ENGLISH. SOCCER IS POPULAR, BO0TH FIELD AND INTERNATIONAL SOCCER.
NIGER FOOD EMBELLISHES A RICH BLEND OF AFRICAN CARBS - YAMS AND CASSAVA WITH SOUPS. THEY EAT GARRI - A POWDERED POTATOE.
YAMS ARE FRIED OR MASHED. THEY ROAST BUSH MEAT , DEER, AND GIRAFFES. THEY MAKE A LIQOUR OF PALM WINE. MOST FOODS ARE SPICY. THEY EAT EBA, POUNDED YAMS, OKRA EGUSI AAND OTHER VEGETABLES. THEY MAKE WOODEN MASKS.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
SOMALIA CULTURE
THE CULTURE OF HAS MANY TRADITIONS INFLUENCED BY
COUNTRIES. SOME COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE ARABIAN PENNISULA AND INDIA HAD INFLUENCE. SOMALIA HAS BEEN CALLED A NATION OF BARDS, WITH VARIOUS STORY TELLING TRADITIONS. THEY ALSO HAVE A RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE CENTERED ON SOMALIA AND IT ORIGINATED FROM AFRO ASIATIC LANGUAGE. THEY HAD A LONG LOST ANCIENT SCRIPT AND SOME FOLKS MAY USE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS FOR TRANSCRIBING THE LANGUAGE. ENGLISH IS WIDELY USED . THEIR RELIGION IS ENTIRELY MUSLIMS. SURFISM IS ALSO A MYSTICAL DIMENSION OF ISLAM. IT IS A MALE DOMINATED RELIGION. BY THE 19YJ CENTURYBY THE 19TH CENTURY SOMALIA WOMEN HAD THEIR OWN INSTITUTION.
THE CLAN GROUPINGS ARE PATRILINEAL.SOMALIA MEN WEAR MACAWIS, WHICH IS A SARONG SKIRT. THEY WRAP THEIR HEADS WITH A TURBAN. THEY ALSO WEAR JEANS AND A TEE SHIRT.
WOMEN COMMONLY BEAR A GUNTIINO, A LONG STRETCH CLOTH TIED OVER THE SHOLDER AND DRAPED AROUND THE WAIST. MARRIED WOMEN WEAR HEAD SCARVES. AND A SHAUL THAT COVERS THEIR BODIES. THEIR TRADITIONAL GARB IS A JIBAB.
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COUNTRIES. SOME COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE ARABIAN PENNISULA AND INDIA HAD INFLUENCE. SOMALIA HAS BEEN CALLED A NATION OF BARDS, WITH VARIOUS STORY TELLING TRADITIONS. THEY ALSO HAVE A RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE CENTERED ON SOMALIA AND IT ORIGINATED FROM AFRO ASIATIC LANGUAGE. THEY HAD A LONG LOST ANCIENT SCRIPT AND SOME FOLKS MAY USE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS FOR TRANSCRIBING THE LANGUAGE. ENGLISH IS WIDELY USED . THEIR RELIGION IS ENTIRELY MUSLIMS. SURFISM IS ALSO A MYSTICAL DIMENSION OF ISLAM. IT IS A MALE DOMINATED RELIGION. BY THE 19YJ CENTURYBY THE 19TH CENTURY SOMALIA WOMEN HAD THEIR OWN INSTITUTION.
THE CLAN GROUPINGS ARE PATRILINEAL.SOMALIA MEN WEAR MACAWIS, WHICH IS A SARONG SKIRT. THEY WRAP THEIR HEADS WITH A TURBAN. THEY ALSO WEAR JEANS AND A TEE SHIRT.
WOMEN COMMONLY BEAR A GUNTIINO, A LONG STRETCH CLOTH TIED OVER THE SHOLDER AND DRAPED AROUND THE WAIST. MARRIED WOMEN WEAR HEAD SCARVES. AND A SHAUL THAT COVERS THEIR BODIES. THEIR TRADITIONAL GARB IS A JIBAB.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
MEDITATION - MY WAY
I HAVE USED TE ELEMENTS OF NATURE TO RELAX AND STAY CALM. THEIR ARE WAYS TO STAY CALM. THEIR ARE WAYS TO RELAXE BY VIEWING THE CLOUDS, LISTENING TO THE SONGS OF VARIOUS BIRDS, , AND LISTENING TOTHE WIND AND THE RAIN FALL. I HAVE WORKED IN NATURE FOR MANY YEARS. IN SOME WAYS IT HAS BEEN RELAXING TO SEE A VARIETY OF ECOTONES AND LET NATURE TEACH ME ABOUT HOW CERTAIN PLANTS GROW IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
IT IS A WAY TO WAY TO STAY CALM WHILE THE WORLD PASSES BY. THE MAIN IDEA THAT NATURE TEACHES ME IS THAT IMPERFECTIONS ARE GOOD. ALL OF NATURE HAS NO SPECIAL DUPLICATION EXCEPT THAT IN VEGETATION THE PLANTS HAVE SPECIAL LEAF PATTERNS. I AM NOT A BOTANISTS BUT MANY PLANT LEAVES HAVE PARTICULAR PATTERNS THAT ARE REPEATED. I HAVE STUDIED ROCKS AND REALIZE THAT THE MANY VARIETIES OF STONES MAKE UP A BEAUTIFUL SCENE. THE ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICANS KNEW MORE ABOUT MANAGING THE LAND AND PLANTS THAN OTHERS DO TODAY. THEY CONSIDER EARTH MOTHER TO BE THEIR GUIDE AND ARE GROUNDED IN IT.
IT IS A WAY TO WAY TO STAY CALM WHILE THE WORLD PASSES BY. THE MAIN IDEA THAT NATURE TEACHES ME IS THAT IMPERFECTIONS ARE GOOD. ALL OF NATURE HAS NO SPECIAL DUPLICATION EXCEPT THAT IN VEGETATION THE PLANTS HAVE SPECIAL LEAF PATTERNS. I AM NOT A BOTANISTS BUT MANY PLANT LEAVES HAVE PARTICULAR PATTERNS THAT ARE REPEATED. I HAVE STUDIED ROCKS AND REALIZE THAT THE MANY VARIETIES OF STONES MAKE UP A BEAUTIFUL SCENE. THE ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICANS KNEW MORE ABOUT MANAGING THE LAND AND PLANTS THAN OTHERS DO TODAY. THEY CONSIDER EARTH MOTHER TO BE THEIR GUIDE AND ARE GROUNDED IN IT.
MOROCCO CULTURE
MOROCCO HAS MANY HAS MANY ETHNIC SOCIETIES AND A RICH CULTURE. THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY THEY CAME FROM THE EAST, ARABS, AFRICANS, ROMANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWISH ALL LEFT AN IMPACT ON MOROCCO. THESE FOLKS HAVE MANY BELIEFS. MOROCCO'S PRIORITY IS PROTECTING ITS DIVERSITY AND PRESERVING ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE.
THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS ARE ARABS. ONE HALF SPEAK AMAZIGH. DURING AN ISLAMIC EXPANSION SOME ARABS CAME TO LIVE HERE. AS ARAB BERBER COUNTRY. ARAB IS THEIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. MOST FOLKS LIKE ISLAMS, THOUGH NON ARAB FOLKSRESISTED ARAB INFLUENCE HUNDREDS OF BERBER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO DEFEND THEIR CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE LAST FEW DECADES IN MORROCCO AND ALGERIA.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WEAR DJELLABA - A LONG LOOSE HODED GARMENT . MEN WEAR A RED CAP. WOMEN WEAR KAFTANS CREATED WITH DJELLARA - A LONG LOOSE HODED GARMENT. MEN WEAR A RED CAP. WOMEN WEAR KAFTANS DECORATED WITH ORNAMENTS. THE WOMEN'S GARMENTS ARE BRIGHTLY COLORED. THE DECORATIONS ON THEIR GARMENTS ARE DONE BY HAND AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. THEY USUALLY PURCHSE A NEW KAFTAN EVERY YEAR.
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THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS ARE ARABS. ONE HALF SPEAK AMAZIGH. DURING AN ISLAMIC EXPANSION SOME ARABS CAME TO LIVE HERE. AS ARAB BERBER COUNTRY. ARAB IS THEIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. MOST FOLKS LIKE ISLAMS, THOUGH NON ARAB FOLKSRESISTED ARAB INFLUENCE HUNDREDS OF BERBER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO DEFEND THEIR CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE LAST FEW DECADES IN MORROCCO AND ALGERIA.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WEAR DJELLABA - A LONG LOOSE HODED GARMENT . MEN WEAR A RED CAP. WOMEN WEAR KAFTANS CREATED WITH DJELLARA - A LONG LOOSE HODED GARMENT. MEN WEAR A RED CAP. WOMEN WEAR KAFTANS DECORATED WITH ORNAMENTS. THE WOMEN'S GARMENTS ARE BRIGHTLY COLORED. THE DECORATIONS ON THEIR GARMENTS ARE DONE BY HAND AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. THEY USUALLY PURCHSE A NEW KAFTAN EVERY YEAR.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
SOUTHWEST INDIAN FETISHES
THE FETISHES ARE HAND CARVED ANIMALS OR FORCES OF NATURE MADE OF VARIOUS STONES. FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES THE NATIVES USED FETISHES TO MASTER UNPREDICTABLE FORCES. THE ZUNIS CALL THEM AHLASHIWE. SOME MAY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE. THE ZUNI ARE MOST CLEVER AT CARVING THESE FETSHES AND SELL THEM TO THE TOURISTS OR USE THEM IN RITUALS. THEY MAY CAUSE GOOD LUCK IN HUNTING. INITIATIONS, CURING AN ILLNESS, FERTILITY, AND FOOD FERTILITY.
ZUNIS AND OTHER PREHISTORIC TRIBES COULD EITHER HELP OR HURT MAN. THEY BELIEVE THE ANIMAL FETISHES HELP OTHER OWNERS OVERCOME THEIR PROBLEMS. IN ZUNI GUARDIAN ANIMALS ARE IN THEIR KIVA RITES. MT LION - NORTH; BEAR-WEST, BADGER-SOUTH; EAGLE -SKY; MOLE-UNDERGROUND; WOLF -EAST.
THE MOLE FETISH PROTECTS FIELDS FROM RODENTS, FROG FETISHES ARE VALUED FOR FETILITY. MT LION PROVIDES OWNER , OVER POWER. WHEN A HUNT OCCURS THE FETISH WHICH GAVE THEM SUCESS ARE VALUED SUCCESS ARE ALLOWED THE FIRST CEREMONIAL FEEDING.
FETISHES MAY HAVE CORAL, TURQUOISE, OR AN ARROWHEAD TIED TO THE BACK OF OR SIDE OF FETISHES THAT HAVE A HEARTLINE REPRESENTS A TIME IN ZUNI MYTHOLOGY. WHEN ANIMALS DOMINATED. LIGHTENING IS ALSO REPRESENTED BY A LINE IN THE ANIMAL. THE LINE MAY GIVE THE STONE MEDICINAL POWER AS WELL.
ZUNI FETISHES ARE PLACED ON THE FAMILY ALTAR OR KEPT IN A HANDMADE POT WITH TURQOUISE. MINIATURE ZUNI FETISHES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR ECONOMY AND HAVE CORAL, SHELL AND JET IN THE STONES.
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ZUNIS AND OTHER PREHISTORIC TRIBES COULD EITHER HELP OR HURT MAN. THEY BELIEVE THE ANIMAL FETISHES HELP OTHER OWNERS OVERCOME THEIR PROBLEMS. IN ZUNI GUARDIAN ANIMALS ARE IN THEIR KIVA RITES. MT LION - NORTH; BEAR-WEST, BADGER-SOUTH; EAGLE -SKY; MOLE-UNDERGROUND; WOLF -EAST.
THE MOLE FETISH PROTECTS FIELDS FROM RODENTS, FROG FETISHES ARE VALUED FOR FETILITY. MT LION PROVIDES OWNER , OVER POWER. WHEN A HUNT OCCURS THE FETISH WHICH GAVE THEM SUCESS ARE VALUED SUCCESS ARE ALLOWED THE FIRST CEREMONIAL FEEDING.
FETISHES MAY HAVE CORAL, TURQUOISE, OR AN ARROWHEAD TIED TO THE BACK OF OR SIDE OF FETISHES THAT HAVE A HEARTLINE REPRESENTS A TIME IN ZUNI MYTHOLOGY. WHEN ANIMALS DOMINATED. LIGHTENING IS ALSO REPRESENTED BY A LINE IN THE ANIMAL. THE LINE MAY GIVE THE STONE MEDICINAL POWER AS WELL.
ZUNI FETISHES ARE PLACED ON THE FAMILY ALTAR OR KEPT IN A HANDMADE POT WITH TURQOUISE. MINIATURE ZUNI FETISHES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR ECONOMY AND HAVE CORAL, SHELL AND JET IN THE STONES.
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Friday, March 1, 2013
GREASE A MUSICAL
GREASE IS A MUSICALBY JIM JACAOBS NAMED FOR THE WORKING CLASS YOUTH SUBCULTURE KNOWN AS GREASERS. THEY HAVE MUSIC OF EARLY ROCK AND ROLL. ORIGINALLY IT WAS A RAUNCHY SHOW. THEY CHANGED IT AND TAMED IT DOWN.. IT HAS BEEN PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY IN CHICAGO. IT HAS TEENAGE DRINKING, SMOKING, PREGNANCY, REBELLION, AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
SINCE CHICAGOIT HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN LONDON. AND ON VARIOUS STAGES AND ON T.V. THEY PLAYED OVER 3000 RUNS ON BROADWAY. IT IS BROADWAY'S 14TH LONGEST RUNNING SHOW.
THE PROPS AT MARIA CARILLO HIGH SCHOOL WERE VERY SIMPLE AND THEY HAD A GOOD SMALL ORCHESTRA. THE BOYS GREASED THEIR HAIR. THE GALS 1950'S SKIRTS AND HOT COUTURE AND THRIFT STORE CLOTHING. I SAW A LADY FROM MY CHURCH. THE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMERS WERE ANGLOS, CHINESE, BLACKS, EAST INDIANS. THEY DID MUCH DANCING
AND MOST KIDS LOOKED MORE MATURE THAN HIGH SCHOOL AGE. THEY USED FAKE CIGARETTES THAT SMOKED!
THE MUSICAL BEGINS WITH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION WITH AN ENGLISH TEACHER.
THETWO LEADS DANNY AND SANDY SPEND THEIR LAST DAY OF SUMMER ROMAQNCE TOGETHER. SANDY ASKS HER LOVER IF IT IS ALL OVER AND HE SAYS IT HAS JUST STARTED.
THERE IS A SCENE WHERE THE GREASE BOYS ARE AT SCHOOL AND THE LADIES ARE EATTING LUNCH. THE BOYS DISCUSS A BRIEF LOVE AFFAIR A YEAR AGO. SANDY FOCUSES ON THEIR ROMANCE QAND DANNY EXAGERATES THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREASE BOYS.DANNY BRUSHES HER OFF ONCE THEY SEE HER AT SCHOOL. SANDY IS HEART BROKEN BUT HER GIRLFRIENDS SUPPORT HER. THE GIRLS HAVE A PAJAMA PARTY AND TALK ABOUT THE BOYS. ONE GAL HAS A LONG DISTANCE COURTSHIP WITH A MARINE. SHE SINGS A SONG ABOUT HIM. THAT SAME NIGHT THE GREASE BOYSSTEEL HUBCAPS AND TEASE A BOY ABOUT HIS NEW USED CAR. DANNY SEES SANDY AGAIN AND TRIES TO APOLOGIZEUNSUCCESSFULLY.. ANOTHER COUPLE MOON THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR UNDERWEAR!
THE 2ND ACT IS A SCHOOL PROM. DANNY AND SANDY ARE NOT TOGETHER. THEY HAVE A HAND DNCE CONTEST. DANNY AND CHA CHA ARE WINNERS. ONE GAL LAMENTS AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH HER LIFE AS SHE FAILED HER CLASSES IN BEAUTY SCHOOL. DANNY AGAIN OFFERS SANDY HER RING HE ATTEMPTS TO GET TOO INTIMATE. AND SHE LEAVES. DANNY SINGS "ALONE AT A DRIVE IN MOVIE".
THE VERSION OF THE PLAY I SAW DID NOT HAVE DANNY TOGETHER, BUT SOME VERSIONS DID HAVE THEM TOGETHER. I SAW A VERSION THAT IS SUITABLE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES WITH NO SWEARING. THE LATER VERSION HAS MANY MORE SONGS.
SINCE CHICAGOIT HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN LONDON. AND ON VARIOUS STAGES AND ON T.V. THEY PLAYED OVER 3000 RUNS ON BROADWAY. IT IS BROADWAY'S 14TH LONGEST RUNNING SHOW.
THE PROPS AT MARIA CARILLO HIGH SCHOOL WERE VERY SIMPLE AND THEY HAD A GOOD SMALL ORCHESTRA. THE BOYS GREASED THEIR HAIR. THE GALS 1950'S SKIRTS AND HOT COUTURE AND THRIFT STORE CLOTHING. I SAW A LADY FROM MY CHURCH. THE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMERS WERE ANGLOS, CHINESE, BLACKS, EAST INDIANS. THEY DID MUCH DANCING
AND MOST KIDS LOOKED MORE MATURE THAN HIGH SCHOOL AGE. THEY USED FAKE CIGARETTES THAT SMOKED!
THE MUSICAL BEGINS WITH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION WITH AN ENGLISH TEACHER.
THETWO LEADS DANNY AND SANDY SPEND THEIR LAST DAY OF SUMMER ROMAQNCE TOGETHER. SANDY ASKS HER LOVER IF IT IS ALL OVER AND HE SAYS IT HAS JUST STARTED.
THERE IS A SCENE WHERE THE GREASE BOYS ARE AT SCHOOL AND THE LADIES ARE EATTING LUNCH. THE BOYS DISCUSS A BRIEF LOVE AFFAIR A YEAR AGO. SANDY FOCUSES ON THEIR ROMANCE QAND DANNY EXAGERATES THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREASE BOYS.DANNY BRUSHES HER OFF ONCE THEY SEE HER AT SCHOOL. SANDY IS HEART BROKEN BUT HER GIRLFRIENDS SUPPORT HER. THE GIRLS HAVE A PAJAMA PARTY AND TALK ABOUT THE BOYS. ONE GAL HAS A LONG DISTANCE COURTSHIP WITH A MARINE. SHE SINGS A SONG ABOUT HIM. THAT SAME NIGHT THE GREASE BOYSSTEEL HUBCAPS AND TEASE A BOY ABOUT HIS NEW USED CAR. DANNY SEES SANDY AGAIN AND TRIES TO APOLOGIZEUNSUCCESSFULLY.. ANOTHER COUPLE MOON THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR UNDERWEAR!
THE 2ND ACT IS A SCHOOL PROM. DANNY AND SANDY ARE NOT TOGETHER. THEY HAVE A HAND DNCE CONTEST. DANNY AND CHA CHA ARE WINNERS. ONE GAL LAMENTS AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH HER LIFE AS SHE FAILED HER CLASSES IN BEAUTY SCHOOL. DANNY AGAIN OFFERS SANDY HER RING HE ATTEMPTS TO GET TOO INTIMATE. AND SHE LEAVES. DANNY SINGS "ALONE AT A DRIVE IN MOVIE".
THE VERSION OF THE PLAY I SAW DID NOT HAVE DANNY TOGETHER, BUT SOME VERSIONS DID HAVE THEM TOGETHER. I SAW A VERSION THAT IS SUITABLE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES WITH NO SWEARING. THE LATER VERSION HAS MANY MORE SONGS.
HOPI NATION ELDERS
BANISH THE WORLD STRUGGLE FROM YOUR VOCABULARY. THE ELDERS SAY WE MUST LET GO OF THE SHORE AND PUSH OFF INTO THE RIVER. AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY TAKE NOTHING PERSONALLY, LEAST OF ALL OURSELVES. AT THE MOMENT WE DO OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND OUR JOURNEY COMES TO A HALT. THE TIME OF THE LONE WOLF IS OVER. GATHER YOURSELVES.
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