Essays on Culture

Out of all the tribes, the tribe that stood out most was the Hamar tribe. The Hamar Tribe is a group of people who originated from the Omo Valley, which extends to Lake Chew Bahir in Southwest Ethiopia. They speak the Hamar-Banna language. The Hamar people are a mixture of Caucasian and Negroid. They are...

India is one of the largest countries in the world with 1.35 billion people belong to it. Since I was young, I was watching a lot of Indian movies and I was amazed by their wedding ceremonies. I could see a lot of dancing, singing, and many other different traditions that they must do in...

Boroghil Valley National Park or Boroghil Pass is a national park and valley situated in the most north of Upper Chitral District, of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa Pakistan. It is situated near to Pak-Afghan border close to the Tajikistan border which is also familiar with Wa -Khan Corridor. The Boroghil Valley is situated 250km away from...

Introduction Nepal is a country situated in between China and India. The people of Nepal have three major religions they follow, namely: Hinduism, Buddhism and Catholicism but 80% of the population take Hinduism as their religion and follow Hindu culture. Hindu culture has its own way of celebrating a wedding. The wedding happens for four...

Funerals are highly ritualized services that observe the passage of the deceased and Maori identity is said to be closely intertwined with funeral rituals and tangihanga mourning ceremonies (P. Sinclair 1990). When thinking of Western funeral rituals, the ideal way to mourn a loved one would be having the deceased in the casket within the...

The Indigenous Arts Festival is presented by the City of Toronto, by the Friends of Fort York and Mississauga, the Indigenous Arts Festival will celebrate the best in indigenous culture. This will energized me by music, dance, food film, and knowledge-sharing. This festival is an opportunity to celebrate traditional and Indigenous culture, from music and...

Selecting the right name for your child can be a Herculean task when you don’t have the right information to guide you. It’s even more difficult when you have to select unique and rare Punjabi Sikh baby and baby girl names. The old and best Punjabi name for boys and girls can’t just be heard...

The Pasola and Nyale Tradition, NTT – Between Sea Worms & Javelin Throwing The Pasola tradition is a tradition carried out by the Sumba tribe on Sumba Island, precisely in West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. A game of dexterity with each other throwing a javelin made of wood. Uniquely this game is carried out between...