Category: CULTURES
Culture Notes - Sept 30 ‘07
Hollywood Fails to Anticipate Afghan Views on Dishonor in Filming of Kite Runner. The movie version of the excellent and hugely popular novel by Khaled Hosseini was filmed with an Afghan cast. Some of the actors, including the boy who plays the lead role, didn’t completely understand some of the plot elements before [...] 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 »
The Maypole and other May Day Traditions
The beginning of May was an important feast day in many ancient cultures, a time to celebrate the coming of summer. The Druids of the British Isles thought that May 1, the Feast of Beltane, divided the year in half, with the other half ending on Samhain on November 1. Both days were celebrated by [...] Read More »
Expat: Canadian in Korea
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.
The Wander is a Canadian professor who teaches at a university in Seoul. His observations on life in Korea will help you decide what [...] Read More »
Tiradentes Day: Independence for Brazil
April 21 is a national holiday in Brazil known as Tiradentes Day, which honors Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (1746 to April 21, 1792), a Brazilian revolutionary who fought for Brazilian independence and freedom from Portuguese taxation as part of the movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira. He was a dentist, and his nickname, “Tiradentes,” [...] Read More »
Vaisakhi: the Punjabi New Year and Harvest Festival
Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi, is the Punjabi and Nepali New Year, and the beginning of the harvest season in Punjab, India and Nepal. It is one of the major Sikh religious festivals, and is celebrated by Sikh communities around the world.
The date of Vaisakhi is determined by the solar calendar; it is the [...] 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 »
Easter Monday: Angel’s Monday, Wet Monday, Dyngus Day
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday. It is an official holiday in many largely Christian cultures in Europe, Africa and Central and South America. It is sometimes called Angel’s Monday, because it is the day that, according to Christian traditions, the angels gave the message of Christ’s resurrection to the women [...] Read More »
Expat: Iranian in Norway
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.
Shahab is an IT student from Iran, now living in Oslo, Norway. His posts are focused mainly on explaining Iranian culture. [...] Read More »
