GUINEA IS A WORD THAT IS A WORD THAT IS UNCLEAR. EUROPEAN SHOPPERS IN THE17TH CENTURY REFERRED TO THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA WITH THE WORD. THE COASTAL SUSAL GROUP USES GUINEA FOR "WOMEN".
IN 1890 THE FRENCH CLAIMED THE COAST GUINEAAND NAMED IT FRENCH GUINEA. BRITISH OWNED A COLONY IN THE NORTH. THE COUNTRY HAS 94,000 SQUARE MILES. THEY HAVE A MOUNTAINOUS REGION ALLOWING FOR THE CULTIVATION OF POTATOES. MANY FOLKS HAVE FRESHWATER FISHRIVERS. MOST FOLKS ARE FROM THE MANIKA. OTHER IMPORTANT TOWNS AIDED THE BAUXITE MINING TOWN.
IN THE INTERIOR THE CULTIVATIONOF POTATOES IS COMMON. SMALLER ETHNIC GROUPS ARE IN THE THE MPOUNTAINS. AND NARROW VALLEYS TIMBO WAS THE CAPITOL IN PRECOLUMBIA PRECOLONIAL ERA.
IN THE SOUTH IS THE FOREST REGION. WHERE DENSE FORESTS OCCUR. TROPICAL HARDWOODS HAVE INCREASED THE RATE OF DEFORESTATION. THEY HAVE FOUND GOLD, DIAMONDS AND IRON ORE HERE. SINCE THE EARLY 1996'S THERE IS A RISE IN POPULATION AS REFUGEES FROM WARS HAVE FLOODED OVER HERE.
THEIR POPULATION IS 7.5 MILLION ACCORDING TO 2000.THERE ARE 50,000 REFUGES. HALF OF THE POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 15. MANY EUROPEANS AMERICANS LIVE IN CONAKRY WHO WORK EMBASSES AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THERE ARE 8 DESIGNATED OFFICIAL NATIONAL LANGUAGES. FRENCH IS SPOKEN IN SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS CIRCLES.
THEY HAVE A COMPLEX HISTORY IN GEOGRAPHIC ZONES. ISLAMIC MIGRANTS ARRIVED DISPLACING THE SUSAL AT A TOWN. OVER 200 YEARS THE SUSA AT A TOWN. OVER 200 YEARS THE SUSA GAINED CONTROL OF THE CASH AND BUILD STATES BASED ON CANS. THEY SUPPORTED THEMSELVES WITH FISHING AND TRADING EUROPEANS. THEY TRADED BEESWAX. THEIR REGION WAS NOT A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.
THE WEST AFRICAN SAVANNA OF GUINEA WAS USED FOR AGRICULTURE AND WAS A MAGNET FOR MUSLIM SCHOLARS. SOME OF THESE FOLKS OWNED SLAVES WHO SUPPORTED THEIR AGRICULTURE AND COMMON ACTIVITIES. THE SLAVES HAD THIR OWN VILLAGE.
BY 18TH CENTURY WARFARE INTENSIFIED. THE FRENCH EAST AND CLASHED WITH THE SAMOIS. THEY DROVE THEM OUT OF NEW GUINEA. THE FRENCH MADE ALLIANCES WITH ELITES. FRENCH GUINEA WAS AN AREA THEY CLAIMED IN 1896.
BY 1950 THE GUINEA FOLKS CLAIMED INDEPENDENCE IN 1950'S. ONE SAKOU TOURE, WHO LED THE NATION TO INDEPENDENCE DECLARED WE PREFER POVERTY AND FREEDOM TO RICHES IN IN CHAINS.
MR. TOURE ORDERED FRENCH TO LEAVE. MR. TOURE ORDERED THE FRENCH TO LEAVE IN 1958 AS FRANCE'S IST PRESIDENT. GUINEA WAS THROWN INTO INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION.
TOURE TURNED TO RUSSIA AND LATTER CHINA FOR HELP. THE POLITICAL CHAOS HAD MANY FOLKS LEAVE THE COUNTRY. OLDER FORMS OF AFRICAN VILLAGES ARE STILL IN KHAN KAN WHER SMALL HUTS WITH THATCHED ROOFS ARE BUILT. MEMBERS OF THE SAME HOUSEHOLD SLEEP IN SEPARATE DWELLINGS. THEY HAVE A COMUNAL SPACE WHERE COOKING AND SOCIAL INTERACTION TAKE PLACE. SOME MARRIAGES ARE POLYGAMOUS IN GUINEA.
THERE ARE MANY TABOOS AND CUSTOMS THAT AFFECT THEM. IT IS IMPOLITE TO EAT WHILE WALKING.IN LARGE FAMILIES MEN EAT FROM ONE BOWL, WOMEN FROM ANOTHER! MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM MALNUTRITION AND SOME FOLKS EAT ONLY ONCE PER DAY. THEIR MAIN MEAL IS EATEN ONCE PER DAY.A SAUCE OVER RICE OR MILLET WITH FISH MEAT OR CHICKEN. THEY EAT LITTLE PORK.
MEALS ARE SERVED A WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. ALCOHOL IS NOT SERVED AT FAMILY EVENTS. GUINEA IS ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIESIN THE WORLD. THEY ARE MOSTLY RURAL AND HAVE FEW DOCTORS AND MUCH RAIN. AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND HIGH INFANT MORTALLITY. 80% OF FOLKS ARE IN AGRICULTURE.
MANY HAVE SMALL OCCUPATIONS.
THEY HAVE BAUXITE MINES AND IRON ORE AND GOLD AND DIAMONDS THEY HAVE INTERMEDIARIES SELL THEIR DIAMONDS, BEER, CIGARETTES AND SOFT DRINKS ARE MANUFACTURED HERE. BAUXITER IS THE MAIN EXPORT.
THEY STILL HAVE DOMESTIC SLAVERY. MOST PEOPLE MARRY THEIR OWN SOCIAL CLASS. MAQNY PEOPLE HAVE NO ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, WATER OR SANITATION SERVICES. SOME VILLAGES POOL THEIR RESOURCES TO BUILD SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. THEFT IS A PROBLEM. THEIR GOVERNMENT IS HIGHLY MILITARIED. TROOPS SERVE IN THE UNITED NATIONS.
AID ORGANIZATION AND DONOR AGENCIES PLAY A LARGE ROLE . MANY ETHNIC GROUPS PRACTICE INITIATION RITES THAT RITUALIZE THE PASSAGE OF INTO ADULT HOOD. WOMEN ARE LESS EDUCATED AND LESS FINANCIALY SECURE IN ADULTHOOD. BOYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE EDUCATED AND HAVE MORE EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS .
THE WIFE MAY BE AN INFANT WHEN THE PARENTS DECIDE WHO SHE WILL MARRY. THE GROOM MAY BE LIVING AND WORKING APART FROM HIS WIFE WHEN SHE HAS A WEDDING CEREMONY. THE CHILDREN ARE BREAST FED AND THE MOM IS A CARETAKER AS WELL ASAUNTS AND GRADMOTHERS. THE MOM TIE'S HER BAQBY ON HER BAQCK WITH A WRAPPER AND CARRIES THE CHILD AS SHE GOES ON WITH HER LIFE. CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT UP CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT UP BY THEIR ELDERS AND THEIR PARENTS AND FRIENDS. CHILDREN DON'T CONFRONT THEIR PARENTS.
85% ARE MUSLIMS AND ONLY 8% ARE PEOPLE. MANY PRACTICE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS. THEY HAVE A THRIVING MUSIC INDUSTRY.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
MOZAMBIQUE CULTURE
THEIR FIRST INHABITANTS WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS KNOWN AS BUSHMEN. THEY WERE NOMADIC AND INTERBANTOS. ARAB TRADERS BUILT TRADING POSTS ALONG THE ALONG THE COASTS. THE FIRST PORTUGUESE EXPLORER 1498 AND THEY CONTROLLED A TRADING POSTSTHERE. THEY FORCED AFRICANS TO WORK ON FARMS AND AS GOLD MINERS. THEY CLAIMED RIGHTS TO MUCH OF THE LAND!
MOZAMBIQUE IS IN A LARGE PART DERIVED FROM ITS HISTORY OF BANTU. SWAHILL AND PORTUGUESE RULE. THEY GAINED THEY GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM SINCE 1975. THEIR LANGUAGE IS PORTUGUESE AND THEY PRACTICE CATHOLICISM AND 40% ARE CHRISTIANS. THEY ARE CHRISTIANS
THEY HAVE A RICH HISTORY AND MANY ETHNIC GROUPS ARE ABOUT 20% ARE 20% MUSLIMS. THEIR MEDIAN LIFESPAN IS ONLY 42! THEY ALSO SPEAQK BANTU. THEY HAVE 45,000 EUROPEANS AND 15,000 SOUTH ASIANS. MANY MOZAMBIQUE PRACTICE NATIVE BELIEFS. ONLY 1/3 OF THE CHILDREN OVER AGE 15 CAN READ OR WRITE. FEW ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THEIR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE HANDMADE THE MARIMBA IS POPULAR WITH THE CHOPI IN THE SOUTH. THEIR MUSIC IS LIKE REGGAE.
ONE TRIBE MAKES MASKS USED IN RITUAL DANCES. ONE TRIBE MAKES MASKS USED IN RITUAL DANCES. THE UJAMA CARVE TOTEMS LIKE CARVINGS THAT LOOK LIKE PEOPLE'S FACES. THEY ARE CALLED FAMILY TREES.
THEY GAINED FREEDOM IN 1975 AND THEIR ART REFLECTED OPPRESSION BY THE COLONIAL POWER. AFTER INDEPENDENCE ART DURING THE 1980'S AND 1990'S DEPICTS STRUGGLE, CIVIL WAR, SUFFERING AND STARVATION. THE MOZAMBIQUE DANCES ARE RITUALISTIC IN NATURE. THEY WEAR COLORFUL MASKS AND OUTFITS.
THEIR FOOD IS RICH AND VARIED. THEY EAT SPICY STEWS ESPECIALLY WITH RICE OR STEAMED CORNMEAL DOUGH. LIKE MOST OF COASTAL AFRICA. FISH IS PART OF A NATIONAL DIET AND INCORPORATED INTO A NUMBER OF DISHES. THEY HAVE MANY FRUITS AND CITRUS SUCH AS ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUITS, BANANAS, MANGOES, COCONUTS.\\THEY WERE RULED BY PORTUGAL AND THE MOZAMBIQUE CULTURE INFLUENCED THEM AS WELL. THEY BECAME ROMAN CATHOLICS.
THEIR TERRAIN RANGES FROM RAIN FORESTS TO SWAMPS TO MOUNTAINS AND SAND DUNES. THE ZAMBEZI RIVER IS IS A GREAT RIVER POWER SOURCE SUPPLYING HYDROELECTRIC POWER THEY HAVE A WET SEASON AND A DRY SEASON APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER. DROUGHT IS COMMON AND THEY HAVE DEVASTATING FLOODS (IN 1999). THEY HAVE WILDLIFE PRESERVES FOR LARGE GAME. ANIMALS - ZEBRAS, WATER BUFFALO, ELEPHANTS, GIRRAFFES, AND LIONS.
IN 2000 THEIR POPULATION WAS 18 MILLION AND SEVERAL MILLION MOVED TO OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY HAVE 9 MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS. ONLY IN THE 1960'S MOZAMBIQUE WAS SWEPT INTO INDEPENDENCE. AGRICULTURE IS THEIR LARGEST INDUSTRY.
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MOZAMBIQUE IS IN A LARGE PART DERIVED FROM ITS HISTORY OF BANTU. SWAHILL AND PORTUGUESE RULE. THEY GAINED THEY GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM SINCE 1975. THEIR LANGUAGE IS PORTUGUESE AND THEY PRACTICE CATHOLICISM AND 40% ARE CHRISTIANS. THEY ARE CHRISTIANS
THEY HAVE A RICH HISTORY AND MANY ETHNIC GROUPS ARE ABOUT 20% ARE 20% MUSLIMS. THEIR MEDIAN LIFESPAN IS ONLY 42! THEY ALSO SPEAQK BANTU. THEY HAVE 45,000 EUROPEANS AND 15,000 SOUTH ASIANS. MANY MOZAMBIQUE PRACTICE NATIVE BELIEFS. ONLY 1/3 OF THE CHILDREN OVER AGE 15 CAN READ OR WRITE. FEW ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THEIR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE HANDMADE THE MARIMBA IS POPULAR WITH THE CHOPI IN THE SOUTH. THEIR MUSIC IS LIKE REGGAE.
ONE TRIBE MAKES MASKS USED IN RITUAL DANCES. ONE TRIBE MAKES MASKS USED IN RITUAL DANCES. THE UJAMA CARVE TOTEMS LIKE CARVINGS THAT LOOK LIKE PEOPLE'S FACES. THEY ARE CALLED FAMILY TREES.
THEY GAINED FREEDOM IN 1975 AND THEIR ART REFLECTED OPPRESSION BY THE COLONIAL POWER. AFTER INDEPENDENCE ART DURING THE 1980'S AND 1990'S DEPICTS STRUGGLE, CIVIL WAR, SUFFERING AND STARVATION. THE MOZAMBIQUE DANCES ARE RITUALISTIC IN NATURE. THEY WEAR COLORFUL MASKS AND OUTFITS.
THEIR FOOD IS RICH AND VARIED. THEY EAT SPICY STEWS ESPECIALLY WITH RICE OR STEAMED CORNMEAL DOUGH. LIKE MOST OF COASTAL AFRICA. FISH IS PART OF A NATIONAL DIET AND INCORPORATED INTO A NUMBER OF DISHES. THEY HAVE MANY FRUITS AND CITRUS SUCH AS ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUITS, BANANAS, MANGOES, COCONUTS.\\THEY WERE RULED BY PORTUGAL AND THE MOZAMBIQUE CULTURE INFLUENCED THEM AS WELL. THEY BECAME ROMAN CATHOLICS.
THEIR TERRAIN RANGES FROM RAIN FORESTS TO SWAMPS TO MOUNTAINS AND SAND DUNES. THE ZAMBEZI RIVER IS IS A GREAT RIVER POWER SOURCE SUPPLYING HYDROELECTRIC POWER THEY HAVE A WET SEASON AND A DRY SEASON APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER. DROUGHT IS COMMON AND THEY HAVE DEVASTATING FLOODS (IN 1999). THEY HAVE WILDLIFE PRESERVES FOR LARGE GAME. ANIMALS - ZEBRAS, WATER BUFFALO, ELEPHANTS, GIRRAFFES, AND LIONS.
IN 2000 THEIR POPULATION WAS 18 MILLION AND SEVERAL MILLION MOVED TO OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY HAVE 9 MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS. ONLY IN THE 1960'S MOZAMBIQUE WAS SWEPT INTO INDEPENDENCE. AGRICULTURE IS THEIR LARGEST INDUSTRY.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
BOTSWANA CULTURE
THE BOTSWANA HAVE RICH CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF SETSWANA ETHNIC GROUPS. THE WOMEN ARE NOTED FOR THEIR SKILL IN CRAFTING BASKETS. FOR UNIQUE PURPOSES.
SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS ARE FROM BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA DEPICTING HUNTING. SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS ARE OVER 20,000 YEARS OLD.
MUSIC IS IS OMNIPRESENT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE ARE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL SONGS AND DANCES.
THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS OMNIPRESENT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS PERFORMED WITHOUT DRUMS. THEY HAVE BEEN REVITALIZING THEIR MUSIC. GUMBA IS MUSIC MIXED WITH JAZZ - A FORM OF A PARTY. THEY ALSO HAVE ROCK MUSIC. EVER SINCE 2000 A LOT OF BANDS ARE TO FIGHT AIDS.
TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY IS IN THE KALAHARI DESERT.. THEY HAVE A LARGE DELTA WHERE THEY FISH AND FARM ON FLOODED BANKS. TOURISTS ARE DRAWN TO LARGE NUMBERS OF WILDLIFE THAT LIVE IN ONE AREA. THEY HAVE OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE NOW. TASWANA INDIANS ARE SAID TO BE A MAJORITY.
ENGLISH IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE, BUT THEY HAVE MANY LANGUAGES. TTHEY SPEAK SETSWANA WHICH MEANS RAIN. IT IS THEIR TERM FOR PUBLIC CURRENCY.
THE BUSHMEN HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 1000'S OF YEARS. THEY WERE HERDERS AND AGRICULTURALISTS. TASWAN CHIEFS MOVED INTO BOTSWANA FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. THE BRITISH CAME HERE AND MISSIONIZED THESE FOLKS AND TOOK CONTROL OF THEIR LAND IN 1885. DURING THE 1900'S TASWANA CHIEFS STRENGTHENED THEIR LAWS AND CUSTOMS.
FINALLY BY 1966 THEY HAD A PEACEFUL MOVE TO INDEPENDENCE. DIAMOND MINES WERE OPENED AND THEY HAD MORE MONEY. CERTAIN GROUPS WERE CREATED AS SUBORDINATES. BY 1990'S THEY SECURED RECOGNITION. FOR ETHNIC REVIVALISM
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SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS ARE FROM BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA DEPICTING HUNTING. SOME OF THEIR PAINTINGS ARE OVER 20,000 YEARS OLD.
MUSIC IS IS OMNIPRESENT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE ARE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL SONGS AND DANCES.
THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS OMNIPRESENT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS PERFORMED WITHOUT DRUMS. THEY HAVE BEEN REVITALIZING THEIR MUSIC. GUMBA IS MUSIC MIXED WITH JAZZ - A FORM OF A PARTY. THEY ALSO HAVE ROCK MUSIC. EVER SINCE 2000 A LOT OF BANDS ARE TO FIGHT AIDS.
TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY IS IN THE KALAHARI DESERT.. THEY HAVE A LARGE DELTA WHERE THEY FISH AND FARM ON FLOODED BANKS. TOURISTS ARE DRAWN TO LARGE NUMBERS OF WILDLIFE THAT LIVE IN ONE AREA. THEY HAVE OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE NOW. TASWANA INDIANS ARE SAID TO BE A MAJORITY.
ENGLISH IS THE MAIN LANGUAGE, BUT THEY HAVE MANY LANGUAGES. TTHEY SPEAK SETSWANA WHICH MEANS RAIN. IT IS THEIR TERM FOR PUBLIC CURRENCY.
THE BUSHMEN HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 1000'S OF YEARS. THEY WERE HERDERS AND AGRICULTURALISTS. TASWAN CHIEFS MOVED INTO BOTSWANA FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. THE BRITISH CAME HERE AND MISSIONIZED THESE FOLKS AND TOOK CONTROL OF THEIR LAND IN 1885. DURING THE 1900'S TASWANA CHIEFS STRENGTHENED THEIR LAWS AND CUSTOMS.
FINALLY BY 1966 THEY HAD A PEACEFUL MOVE TO INDEPENDENCE. DIAMOND MINES WERE OPENED AND THEY HAD MORE MONEY. CERTAIN GROUPS WERE CREATED AS SUBORDINATES. BY 1990'S THEY SECURED RECOGNITION. FOR ETHNIC REVIVALISM
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WHAT I LEARNED FROM CHURCH
WHAT I LEARNED FROM CHURCH IS TO BE A HUMAN BEING. THAT IS WE SHOULD NOT BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOING PART. THIS IS PART OF OUR MEDITATION VIGIL.
BASALT PAVING STONES
THE ITALIANS HAND DUG AND CUT BASALT PAVING STONES FROM ANNADEL STATE PARK WHICH IS NOW OPERATED BY THE COUNTY. I HAD INVENTORIED MANY HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC SITES THERE IN EARLY 1980'S. THE ITALIANS IMMIGRATED HERE IN 1880'S TO GROW GRAPES. SOME WERE GOOD STONE MASONS. THEY NAMED ONE TRAIL COBBLESTONE TRAIL. THESE STONE WERE MINED AND CUT HERE AND PLACED ON ON RAILROAD CARS TO PAVE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA ROSA, AND PETALUMA.
BLOCK MAKERS WERE CALLED QUARRY MEN WHO B;LASTED FROM THE HILLSIDE WITH EXPLOSIVES. THEY HAD GRAVITY RUN RAILROADS THAT TOOK THE BLOCKS TO THE TRAIN AT MELITA, ANNADEL STATIONS, AND KENWOOD DEPOT. SOME OF SANTA ROSA BUILDINGS WERE MADE FROM STONES FROM ANNADEL HOTEL LA ROSE AND THE RAILROAD DEPOT NEARBY WHICH IS NOW THE TOWN VISITOR CENTER. THE STONES WERE ALSO USED ON JACK LONDON'S WOLF HOUSE THAT BURNED. AFTER THE 1920'S COBBLESTONE WAS REPLACED BY PAVED AND GRAVEL ROADS.
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BLOCK MAKERS WERE CALLED QUARRY MEN WHO B;LASTED FROM THE HILLSIDE WITH EXPLOSIVES. THEY HAD GRAVITY RUN RAILROADS THAT TOOK THE BLOCKS TO THE TRAIN AT MELITA, ANNADEL STATIONS, AND KENWOOD DEPOT. SOME OF SANTA ROSA BUILDINGS WERE MADE FROM STONES FROM ANNADEL HOTEL LA ROSE AND THE RAILROAD DEPOT NEARBY WHICH IS NOW THE TOWN VISITOR CENTER. THE STONES WERE ALSO USED ON JACK LONDON'S WOLF HOUSE THAT BURNED. AFTER THE 1920'S COBBLESTONE WAS REPLACED BY PAVED AND GRAVEL ROADS.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
GABON CULTURE
GABON IS A COUNTRY ON THE WEST SIDE OF COAST OF AFRICA. IN THE 1800'S THE CAPITAL WAS THE LANDINGPLACE OF FREED SLAVES. THERE ARE 9 PROVINCES NAMED AFTER THE RIVERS THAT SEPARATE THEM.. THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION GABONESE. ORIGINALLY THERE WERE PYGMIES, ONLY A FEW 1000 REMAIN. THEIR GABON LANGUAGE IS FRENCH. MOST FOLKS KNOW TWO LANGUAGES.
TOOLS FROM STONE AGE INDICATE VERY EARLY HUMAN USE.MYENE CAME IN THE 13TH CENTURY AS A FISHING VILLAGE ON THE COAST. DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS CAME AND WENT SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. BY THE 15TH CENTURY EUROPEANS CAME AND USED THE SLAVE TRADE. FOR 350 YEARS. IN 1866 FRENCH BROUGHT A GOVERNOR AND GABON WAS PART OF FRENCH EQUATORIAL ZONE. UNTIL 1960 GABON WAS STILL FRENCH EQUATORIAL ZONE. UNTIL 1960.
GABON WAS STILL FRENCH TERRITORY. THEY HAVE MANY CEREMONIES AND ARE SPIRITUAL. THEY HAVE NO MAJOR INTERCONFLICTS BETWEEN THE GROUPS AND INTERMARRIAGE IS COMMON.
URBAN INNER WEALTH AS CEMENT BUILDINGS TAKE OVER. YET IN THEIR VILLAGES THEIR ECONOMICA HOUSES ARE FROM MUD AND COVERED WITH PALM FRONDS. SOME HOUSES ARE WOOD BARK AND BRICK. WEALTHY FAMILIES MIGHT BUILD WITH BRICKS. IN ADDITION TO HOUSES MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT GATHERING PLACES. WOMEN HAVE A KITCHENS FILLED WITH POTS AND BAMBOO RESTING AREAS. MEN HAVE OPEN AREAS WITH LINED BENCHES AND A CENTRAL FIRE.
STAPLES VARY. THJEY EAT BANANAS, PAPAYAS, PINEAPPLES, GUAVAS, MANGOES, AVACADOES AND OTHER FRUITS. EGGPLANT, FEED CORN, PLAINTAINS, PEANUTS, AND CASSAVA AND TENTER. THEY FISHED AND HAD A LOT OF MEAT.
WINE IS FROM PALM TREES AND SUGAR. AOYA IS A HALLUCINOGENIC ROOT FOR CEREMONIES AND DEATH.. IT ACTS AS A STIMULANT. IN LARGE QUANTITIES IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE THEIR ANCESTORS. THEY OFFER DRUM AND SINGING AND DANCE. 90% OF THEIR FOOD IS IMPORTED,
EACH VILLAGE OWNS THREE SQUARE MILES PROPERTY IS PASSED DOWNTHEIR CHILDREN. IT HAS MANY RICHES. IT PRODUCES THE WORLDS LARGEST AMOUNT OF LARGEST AMOUNT OF MANGANESE. OIL IS A MAJOR EXPORT. LEAD AND SILVER HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCOVERED. IRON ORE IS NOT MINED. FRANCE STILL RECEIVES MORE THAN 1/3OF GABON'S EXPORTED GOODS.
IT HAS HALF OF ITS IMPORTS. IN 2000 60% WERE IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR. 30% IN SERVICE AND 10% IN AGRICULTURE. 30% IN SERVICE AND 10% IN gRICULTURE . tHEY HAVE SOCIOLOGICAL AND WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECTS IN THE NORTH AND ON THE COAST. THE PEACE CORP IS ACTIVE HERE.
THEY PRACTICE POLYGYNY BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE. DIVORCE IS UNCOMMON. SOME WOMEN CHOOSE MEN AND MEN CHOOSE WOMEN. MOST EVERYONE IS MARRIED. IT IS CO0MMON TO A HOME WHERE A HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. AND EXTENDED RELATIVES.
WITHIN EACH GROUP OR TRIBES, TRIBES LIVE IN THE SAME AREA. CHILDREN ARE RAISED BY NEIGHBORING SIBLINGS/COMMMUNUALLY. THEY START SCHOOL BY AGE 5 OR 6.
GABONESE ARE VERY COMMUNAL. THEY HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT BELIEF SYSTEMS. MOST ARE CHRISTIANS. THERE ARE 3 TIMES AS MANY ROMAN CATHOLICS. AS PROTESTANTS. BEVITI IS AN ANCESTRAL WORSHIP. THERE ARE 2000 MUSLIMS.
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TOOLS FROM STONE AGE INDICATE VERY EARLY HUMAN USE.MYENE CAME IN THE 13TH CENTURY AS A FISHING VILLAGE ON THE COAST. DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS CAME AND WENT SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. BY THE 15TH CENTURY EUROPEANS CAME AND USED THE SLAVE TRADE. FOR 350 YEARS. IN 1866 FRENCH BROUGHT A GOVERNOR AND GABON WAS PART OF FRENCH EQUATORIAL ZONE. UNTIL 1960 GABON WAS STILL FRENCH EQUATORIAL ZONE. UNTIL 1960.
GABON WAS STILL FRENCH TERRITORY. THEY HAVE MANY CEREMONIES AND ARE SPIRITUAL. THEY HAVE NO MAJOR INTERCONFLICTS BETWEEN THE GROUPS AND INTERMARRIAGE IS COMMON.
URBAN INNER WEALTH AS CEMENT BUILDINGS TAKE OVER. YET IN THEIR VILLAGES THEIR ECONOMICA HOUSES ARE FROM MUD AND COVERED WITH PALM FRONDS. SOME HOUSES ARE WOOD BARK AND BRICK. WEALTHY FAMILIES MIGHT BUILD WITH BRICKS. IN ADDITION TO HOUSES MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT GATHERING PLACES. WOMEN HAVE A KITCHENS FILLED WITH POTS AND BAMBOO RESTING AREAS. MEN HAVE OPEN AREAS WITH LINED BENCHES AND A CENTRAL FIRE.
STAPLES VARY. THJEY EAT BANANAS, PAPAYAS, PINEAPPLES, GUAVAS, MANGOES, AVACADOES AND OTHER FRUITS. EGGPLANT, FEED CORN, PLAINTAINS, PEANUTS, AND CASSAVA AND TENTER. THEY FISHED AND HAD A LOT OF MEAT.
WINE IS FROM PALM TREES AND SUGAR. AOYA IS A HALLUCINOGENIC ROOT FOR CEREMONIES AND DEATH.. IT ACTS AS A STIMULANT. IN LARGE QUANTITIES IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE THEIR ANCESTORS. THEY OFFER DRUM AND SINGING AND DANCE. 90% OF THEIR FOOD IS IMPORTED,
EACH VILLAGE OWNS THREE SQUARE MILES PROPERTY IS PASSED DOWNTHEIR CHILDREN. IT HAS MANY RICHES. IT PRODUCES THE WORLDS LARGEST AMOUNT OF LARGEST AMOUNT OF MANGANESE. OIL IS A MAJOR EXPORT. LEAD AND SILVER HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCOVERED. IRON ORE IS NOT MINED. FRANCE STILL RECEIVES MORE THAN 1/3OF GABON'S EXPORTED GOODS.
IT HAS HALF OF ITS IMPORTS. IN 2000 60% WERE IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR. 30% IN SERVICE AND 10% IN AGRICULTURE. 30% IN SERVICE AND 10% IN gRICULTURE . tHEY HAVE SOCIOLOGICAL AND WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECTS IN THE NORTH AND ON THE COAST. THE PEACE CORP IS ACTIVE HERE.
THEY PRACTICE POLYGYNY BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE. DIVORCE IS UNCOMMON. SOME WOMEN CHOOSE MEN AND MEN CHOOSE WOMEN. MOST EVERYONE IS MARRIED. IT IS CO0MMON TO A HOME WHERE A HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS. AND EXTENDED RELATIVES.
WITHIN EACH GROUP OR TRIBES, TRIBES LIVE IN THE SAME AREA. CHILDREN ARE RAISED BY NEIGHBORING SIBLINGS/COMMMUNUALLY. THEY START SCHOOL BY AGE 5 OR 6.
GABONESE ARE VERY COMMUNAL. THEY HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT BELIEF SYSTEMS. MOST ARE CHRISTIANS. THERE ARE 3 TIMES AS MANY ROMAN CATHOLICS. AS PROTESTANTS. BEVITI IS AN ANCESTRAL WORSHIP. THERE ARE 2000 MUSLIMS.
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BANGLADESH CULTURE
THE COUNTRY HAS A LONG HISTORY IN CULTURES. THEY HAVE MAJOR DIFFERENCES FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS. THE BENGAL RENNAISSANCE HAD AN INFLUX TO VARIOUS RELIGIONS - HINDU, JAMISM, BUDDISM, ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY.
THEIR MUSIC AND DANCES ARE IN 3 CATEGORIES - CLASSICAL, FOLK, AND MODERN. THEY HAVE AGREGATE FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS DURING THE YEAR.
THE MOST IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION IS EID UL-FITR, A THREE DAY FESTIVAL. PEOPLE GO TO CHURCHES, OUTDOORS OR MOSQUES.THEN THEY VISIT EACH OTHER'S HOUSES AND SHARE SWEETS. THEY HAVE BOAT RACES, CRICKET AND FOOTBALL, WATCH MOVIES OR PLAY MUSIC . IT SEEMS LIKE DAYS TO TAQKE IT EASY. THEY SOMETIMES SACRIFICE A DOMESTIC ANIMAL. A LARGE PORTION OF MEAT IS GIVEN TO THE POOR PEOPLE. MANY FOLKS IN THE CITY GO TOTHEIR ANCESTRAL HOUSES (BOHELA-BOIS-SHAKH) TO SHARE THE FESTIVAL WITH FRIENDS. IT TAKES PLACE ON APRIL 4TH AND IS THE START DAY OF THE CROPS. HOUSES ARE CLEANED. AND PEOPLE BOTH EARLY AND LATE DRESS NICELY. THEY HAVE A VISIT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND A PARACLE AND A FRIEND. THEY HAVE FAIRS WITH ENTERTAINMENT. AND SINGERS AND DANCERS WITH SONGS AND HORSE RACES, BULLFIGHTS, AND BOAT RACES. IN 1952 THE MIDDLE CLASS OF BANGLADESH AGITATED A MOVEMENT SO THEY COULD HAVE FREEDOM AND LIVE INDEPENDANTLY IN 1971 .
THE BRIDES HAS HER BODY PAINTED IN TUMERIC DESIGNS ON HER BODY. HENNA DECORATES HER HANDS AND FEET. THE BRIDE'S FAMILY ARRANGES THE WEDDING. THE BRIDE'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY TRIES TO PLAY A PRACTICAL JOKE ON THE FAMILY. THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE BRIDE'S FAMILY CHARGE THE GROOM MONEY TO COME TO THE EVNT. THEY HAVE A FAMILY GIVEN BY THE GROOM'S FAMILY. IT IS ONLY THE SECOND BEST WEDDING OUTFIT WORN AND IS A RELAXED AFFAIR.
BANGLADESH HAS APPEALING ARCHITECTURE FROM HISTORIC TREASURES TO CONTEMPORTARY LANDMARKS. THEY HAVE OLD TEMPLES AND AS A TRIBUTE TO LIBERATION WAR MARTYRS.
THEY PLAY LIVE CRICKETT SINCE 2000 AND ENJOY WATCHING LIVE FOOTBALL.
ABOUT 98% OF BANGLADESH ARE MUSLIMS WITH SOME BUDDISTS. DIFFERENT RELIGIONS ARE PERFORMED WITH FESTIVITY IN BANGLADESH.
THE COUNTRY IS FAMOUS ITS CULINARY TRADITIONS. THEY EAT BOILED RICE WITH VEGETABLES AND FRIED RICE WITH CURRY, THICK LENTIL SOUPS, FISH, MUTTON, BEEF, CHICKEN. THEY EAT SOME SOME VARIOUS INDIAN LOOKING DISHES (CHOM-CHOM) IT IS VARIED WITH WITH DIFFERENT SPICES. THEY EAT 40 TYPES OF FISH AND GROWCROPS.
BANGLADESH WOMEN WEAVE THE FABRIC FOR THEIR DRESS SHARES OR DESIGNER DESINER SHARES. THE MEN WEAR KURTA ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS.
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THEIR MUSIC AND DANCES ARE IN 3 CATEGORIES - CLASSICAL, FOLK, AND MODERN. THEY HAVE AGREGATE FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS DURING THE YEAR.
THE MOST IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION IS EID UL-FITR, A THREE DAY FESTIVAL. PEOPLE GO TO CHURCHES, OUTDOORS OR MOSQUES.THEN THEY VISIT EACH OTHER'S HOUSES AND SHARE SWEETS. THEY HAVE BOAT RACES, CRICKET AND FOOTBALL, WATCH MOVIES OR PLAY MUSIC . IT SEEMS LIKE DAYS TO TAQKE IT EASY. THEY SOMETIMES SACRIFICE A DOMESTIC ANIMAL. A LARGE PORTION OF MEAT IS GIVEN TO THE POOR PEOPLE. MANY FOLKS IN THE CITY GO TOTHEIR ANCESTRAL HOUSES (BOHELA-BOIS-SHAKH) TO SHARE THE FESTIVAL WITH FRIENDS. IT TAKES PLACE ON APRIL 4TH AND IS THE START DAY OF THE CROPS. HOUSES ARE CLEANED. AND PEOPLE BOTH EARLY AND LATE DRESS NICELY. THEY HAVE A VISIT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND A PARACLE AND A FRIEND. THEY HAVE FAIRS WITH ENTERTAINMENT. AND SINGERS AND DANCERS WITH SONGS AND HORSE RACES, BULLFIGHTS, AND BOAT RACES. IN 1952 THE MIDDLE CLASS OF BANGLADESH AGITATED A MOVEMENT SO THEY COULD HAVE FREEDOM AND LIVE INDEPENDANTLY IN 1971 .
THE BRIDES HAS HER BODY PAINTED IN TUMERIC DESIGNS ON HER BODY. HENNA DECORATES HER HANDS AND FEET. THE BRIDE'S FAMILY ARRANGES THE WEDDING. THE BRIDE'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY TRIES TO PLAY A PRACTICAL JOKE ON THE FAMILY. THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE BRIDE'S FAMILY CHARGE THE GROOM MONEY TO COME TO THE EVNT. THEY HAVE A FAMILY GIVEN BY THE GROOM'S FAMILY. IT IS ONLY THE SECOND BEST WEDDING OUTFIT WORN AND IS A RELAXED AFFAIR.
BANGLADESH HAS APPEALING ARCHITECTURE FROM HISTORIC TREASURES TO CONTEMPORTARY LANDMARKS. THEY HAVE OLD TEMPLES AND AS A TRIBUTE TO LIBERATION WAR MARTYRS.
THEY PLAY LIVE CRICKETT SINCE 2000 AND ENJOY WATCHING LIVE FOOTBALL.
ABOUT 98% OF BANGLADESH ARE MUSLIMS WITH SOME BUDDISTS. DIFFERENT RELIGIONS ARE PERFORMED WITH FESTIVITY IN BANGLADESH.
THE COUNTRY IS FAMOUS ITS CULINARY TRADITIONS. THEY EAT BOILED RICE WITH VEGETABLES AND FRIED RICE WITH CURRY, THICK LENTIL SOUPS, FISH, MUTTON, BEEF, CHICKEN. THEY EAT SOME SOME VARIOUS INDIAN LOOKING DISHES (CHOM-CHOM) IT IS VARIED WITH WITH DIFFERENT SPICES. THEY EAT 40 TYPES OF FISH AND GROWCROPS.
BANGLADESH WOMEN WEAVE THE FABRIC FOR THEIR DRESS SHARES OR DESIGNER DESINER SHARES. THE MEN WEAR KURTA ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS.
WIKIPEDIA.ORG
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