THE CULTURE OF MONGOLIAN WAS A NOMADIC WAY. THEY ARE INFLUENCED FROM TIBET, CHINA, AND BUDDISTS. SINCE THE 20TH CENTURY EUROPE AND RUSSIA HAVE HAD STRONG EFFECTS ON MONGOLIA.
THEY LIKED TO READ LITERATURE AND ENJOY THE PLACES THEY GREW UP. HORSES ARE AN IMPORTANT ROLE. THEY LIKE HOSPITALITY. THEY HAVE CREATIVE CREATIVITY. THEY SPPEAL BULGARIAN LANGUAGE . SOME TRADITIONAL WORDS DESCRIBE THEIR PASSION AND CREATIVITY. THEIR NATIONAL IDENTITY WAS PART OF THE MONGOLIAN IDENTITY. THEY LIVE IN FEET TENTS AND EVEN IN HAVE A LARGE SHARE OF THE POPULATION IN LIGHT ACTING.
IN THE17TH CENTURY , TIBETAN BUDDISM BECAME THE DOMINANT RELIGION IN MONGOLIA.
TRADITIONAL SHAMANISM WAS SUPPRESSED. SHAMANIC PRACTICES WERE IN BUDDISM. THE TIBETANS HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF DIETIES. BY 19320'S BUDDISM WAS OUTLAWED. SINCE 1990'S A NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN SECTS ARE TRYING TO GAINA FOOTHOLD. SOME 4% ARE MUSLIM. MONGOLIANS BELIEVE IN THE GOOD AND BAD OMENS. THE NAME OF A CHILD IMPARTED HIS CHARACTER OR WILL SPIRIT.
WHEN PASSING ACROSS A JPOURNEY ON MOPUNTAINS THEY PLACE SWEETS TO SACRAIFICE. A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY WAS NEVER CELEBRATED. WEDDINGS MEANT THE COUPLE LIVED IN A NEW YURT.
FOR FAMILIES THE OST IMPORTANT HOLIDAY IS CHINESE NEW YEAR'S. VISITOR'S EXCHANGE PRESENTS AND EAT AT EACH OTHER'S HOUSES. MOST OF THEIR ART IS MONGOLIAN AND HAD RELIGIOUS FUNCTION.
THEY HAVE VERY OLD TRADITION OF THROAT SINGING.
PAINTING HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME ART. AND THE BRUSH HAS BEEN A TRQDITIONALNATURAL CHINESE PAPER MAKING, INTRODUCED BY CHINESE. ASIAN PAINTINGS HAVE INFLUENCED JAPANESE PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
THEY USE A BRUSH TO PRINT TEXT AND IT IS AN ART FORM. THEY WRITE POETRY AND STORIES IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES.
MONGOLIAN TEXTS WERE CONVERTED TO BUDDISM. A NUMBER OF CHINESE NOVELS WERE TRANSLATED INTO MONGOLISM. SOCIAL DISCONTENT AND THEIR NATIONALISM LEAD TO HISTORICAL WORKS AND NOVELS. SOME CHINESE CHINESE NOVELS WERE TRRANSLATED INTO MONGOLISM.
MONGOLIAN DRAMA TODAY IS MOON CUCKOO AND WAS CREATED BY THE 1830'S. IN 1930'S THE 1ST PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WAS FOUNDED IN ULAAM BATAR. BY 1990'S A NUMBER OF PRIVATELY OWNED THEATRE COMPANIES WERE CREATED. THEY FOCUS ON COMEDIES.
BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY THE FINE ARTS WERE RELIGIOUS.THEY MADE BRONZE SCULPTURES OF BUDDIST GODS. IN THE 19TH CENTURIES PAINTERS MADE REALISTIC PAINTING STYLES. THEY HAVE FOUND CAVE PETROGLYPHS LIKE THOSE FOUND HERE -WITH DEER AND BIG HORN SHEEP.
THEIR FOOD IS BASED ON MEAT AND DAIRY WITH MUTTON. THEY EAT CAMEL MEAT. THEY MAKE DAIRY FROM MARE'S MILK AND CATTLE YAK' AND CAMELS. THEY MAKE A MEAT PASTRY AND A STEW. BY 1950'S THEY FINALLY ATE VEGETABLES.
MONGOLIAN DRESS HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE THE DAYS OF THE EMPIRE. IT IS WELL ADAPTED TO PASTORAL NOMADSTHEY HAVE A LONG GOWN WITH A PIECE OF SASHE. THIS GOWN IS STILL WORN BY BY WOMEN PERSIANS AND CHINESE. SOURCES DEPICT MEN AND WOMEN WEARING THEIR HAIR IN BRAIDS. SOME MEN SHAVED THEIR HAIR. EACH GROUP LIVING IN MONGOLIA HAS THEIR OWN MANNER OF DRESSING. THEY PLAYEDCHESS AND CHECKERS AND DOMINOES. THEIR INDIGENOUS GAMES ARE NOW LOST. ONE OF THE POPULAR CARD GAMES IS MUSLIG. THEY ALSO PLAYED ICE GAMES.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
MY DREAMS
SOMETIMES I REMEMBER MY DREAMS AND OTHER TIMES I DON'T. I DREAMED IN COLOR THAT MY HUSBAND AND I WERE REDECORATING A HOUSE WITH ALL KINDS OF NEW DECORATIONS WITH MY YOUNG SON. WE WERE MUCH YOUNGER. WE HAVE LIVED IN MANY HOUSES BEFORE AS ARCHAEOLOGISTS. WE MOVED TO THIS HOUSE WITH OUR FRIENDS WHO WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS. THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF COLORED DECORATIONS THAT WE WERE DISTRIBUTING AROUND THE HOUSE. I WOKE UP AND REALIZED THAT I AM STILL SEPARATED FROM MY FAMILY UNFORTUNATELY. WE WILL BE GETTING BACK TOGETHER SOON.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
WE TRAVELLED TO ZUNI, NEW MEXICO
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.
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.
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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