Category: American
Culture Notes Oct 11 ‘07
Ghana in Ithaca: Ghana native Sulley Imoro teaches African Drum and Dance to college students in Ithaca, New York as the Ithaca College School of Music’s artist in residence. Includes audio slide show of an African Drum and Dance performance.
No Sports Culture in India: In a country of many cultures, there’s one [...] Read More »
Expat: American in Finland
We see many great blogs written by expatriates living in other cultures. When we find ones that we like, we will create a post and then list them on our Expats page.
Phil has been living in Finland for four years and blogging about political and cultural topics since 2004. Recent posts include [...] Read More »
Culture Notes - May 14 ‘07
Culture News have become Culture Notes, since often they are not really news. Let us know what you think!
Serbia Wins
Serbia won the 52nd annual Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 with the song "Molitva." It was performed by Marija Serifovic who has returned home to a hero’s welcome (BBC). The Eurovision Song Contest features [...] Read More »
Cinco de Mayo
The “Fifth of May,” is a holiday that is widely celebrated in the United States both by people of Mexican background and by Americans regardless of their ethnic origins. In Mexico, it’s not that big a deal. Similar to St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that is more widely observed in [...] Read More »
Expat: American in Paris
We see many great blogs written by expatriates living in other cultures. When we find ones that we like, we will create a post and then list them on our Expats page.
Polly is a consultant who moved to Paris in March of 2006. Her blog offers humorous observations on topics ranging from American bumper stickers [...] Read More »
Expat: American in China
We see many great blogs written by expatriates living in other cultures. When we find ones that we like, we will create a post and then list them on our new Expats page.
Dan explores Chinese culture as he teaches English to students in the Northwest of China. Topics include Chinese education, learning the language, [...] Read More »
Culture News Apr. 3 ‘07
Lonely Planet
Learn how to travel to other cultures with the new LonelyPlanetTV.
Lent 2.0
Many Christians have been abstaining from rich foods or giving up luxuries during lent, the 40 days before Easter. Some young people have decided to abstain from Facebook and other social networking sites. Read more about their sacrifices on CNN.
Executive Planet
Learn [...] Read More »
Culture News March 31 ‘07
How to Communicate with Americans
Unlike most other cultures, American business people use sports analogies to describe business situations, confusing many non-native English speakers. Some great examples of useful football and baseball phrases in this USA Today article.
How to Communicate with Asians
Hafizah in Brunei has a couple of great posts explaining how to [...] Read More »
Kite Flying and Basant
Picture: Kites over Pakistan, posted on Pakistani Pictures, originally uploaded by Manitoon.
The Basant festival, celebrated in Pakistan and parts of India, welcomes the beginning of spring. In most places it is a one-day festival, strongly associated with kite flying. In Lahore, Pakistan, capital of the agriculture-based province of Punjab, Basant is [...] Read More »
Culture News March 21 ‘07
Veils banned in English schools
English schools win the right to ban Muslim veils
Hispanic digital culture
US Hispanic youths embrace the web, increasing the digital generation gap within the Hispanic immigrant community
Chinese culture explained: sneezes and the color red
Jordan’s Chinese colleague explains the meaning of sneezes in Chinese culture to an Indian colleague and Renmenbi [...] Read More »
