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Australia - Aboriginal Mythology. Donkey and Elephant. Donkey and Elephant.

Donkey and Elephant

The History of these Symbols in Politics. Where did the Democrats and Republicans ever come up with the animal symbols of the parties we've become accustomed to? The Democrats and the donkey came about first in History. But here's the story: When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule. " Hamsa. Hamsa In Islam, the hamsa is called the Hand of Fatima, in honor of one of the daughters of the Prophet Mohammed.

Hamsa

Some say that in Islamic tradition the five fingers represent the Five Pillars of Islam In Ottoman Turkish this sign is called: 'pence-i al-i aba', with 'pence' meaning 'hand' or 'five', referring to the household of the Islamic prophet Muhammed. The household of Muhammed is enumerated as those five people over whom the prophet held a cloth; they are: Fatima-tül ZehraAli-el MürtezaHasan-ül MüctebaHüseyin-i Desht-i KerbelaMuhammed Etymology[edit] The Symbolism of Horns. As far back as man can be traced, he has had an emotional esteem for horned animals.

The Symbolism of Horns

Cave paintings indicate the intensity of ancient hunters' feeling toward deer, bison, aurochs, rams and oxen. Later, written records affirm these visual ones. ‘In Abuja we found them living on the periphery of... Training to be a falconer. Hidden Language Recorded. History of the Teddy Bear. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is the person responsible for giving the teddy bear his name.

History of the Teddy Bear

On November 14, 1902, Roosevelt was helping settle a border dispute between Mississippi and Louisiana. During his spare time he attended a bear hunt in Mississippi. During the hunt, Roosevelt came upon a wounded young bear and ordered the mercy killing of the animal. The Washington Post ran a editorial cartoon created by the political cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman that illustrated the event. Who made the first toy bear called teddy bear? Teddy_Bear_Timeline. Berber people. The Berbers (Berber: ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⴻⵏ, Imazighen / Imaziɣen in plural, and Amazigh in singular) are the ethnicity indigenous to North Africa west of the Nile Valley.

Berber people

They are distributed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Siwa Oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Niger River. Historically they spoke Berber languages, which together form the "Berber branch" of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Since the Muslim conquest of North Africa in the seventh century, a large portion of Berbers have spoken varieties of Maghrebi Arabic, either by choice or obligation. Foreign languages like French and Spanish, inherited from former European colonial powers, are used by most educated Berbers in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia in some formal contexts such as higher education or business.

Today, most Berber-speaking people live in Algeria and Morocco. Name Prehistory History. Exogamy. Exogamy is a social arrangement where marriage is allowed only outside of a social group.

Exogamy

The social groups define the scope and extent of exogamy, and the rules and enforcement mechanisms that ensure its continuity. In social studies, exogamy is viewed as a combination of two related aspects: biological and cultural. Biological exogamy is marriage of non blood-related beings, regulated by forms of incest law. Native Americans: Wampanoag History and Culture (Massachusett, Natick, Massasoit, Nantucket, Pokanoket) Native American Languages Native American Culture What's new on our site today!

Native Americans: Wampanoag History and Culture (Massachusett, Natick, Massasoit, Nantucket, Pokanoket)

As a complement to our Wampanoag language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Wampanoag people and various aspects of their society. Native Americans: Algonquian Indians (Algonkian tribe, Algonquians, Algonkians) The Drum as Icon and Teacher in D/Lakota Life. By Jonathan Ritter, UCLA Among the Dakota and Lakota (D/Lakota), the drum occupies a position of great cultural and symbolic power.

The Drum as Icon and Teacher in D/Lakota Life

Regarded as a living entity, it is simultaneously understood as a spiritual guardian and a musical instrument, a living tradition and a reference to a past way of life. Kachina. Drawings of kachina dolls, from an 1894 anthropology book.

Kachina

Anthropologie "Haida Poncho" Dorothy Grant. “I don’t think you can take the design and the art without taking the people as well … I think when that is done … you have completely empty images conforming only to the formal aspects of the art, without any feeling for the emotion behind them.”

Dorothy Grant

BILL REID, Haida artist, K’aadaas Gaah K’iigawaay clan, from “Curriculum Vitae 2″ (1983) IN OUR world, it is understood that you cannot separate the land and water; they depend on each other to make the whole. An ancient Haida saying, “everything depends on everything else,” drives this point home. In the same way, you cannot separate Haida art from our way of life, for without this context it has little meaning. Thunderbird and Trickster. By Steve Mizrach Introduction The Thunderbird is one of the few cross-cultural elements of Native North American mythology.

He is found not just among Plains Indians, but also among Pacific Northwest and Northeastern tribes. He has also become quite a bit of an icon for non-Indians, since he has also had the honor of having automobiles, liquors, and even a United States Air Force squadron named after him. Totems bearing his representation can be found all over the continent. The Khaleeji Online Lifestyle Magazine.

Yemenite Jews. Yemenite Jews have a unique religious tradition that marks them out as separate from Ashkenazi, Sephardi and other Jewish groups. Yemeni Jews are generally described as belonging to "Mizrahi Jews", though they differ from the general trend of Mizrahi groups historically which have undergone a process of total or partial assimilation to Sephardic culture and liturgy. (While the Shami sub-group of Yemenite Jews did adopt a Sephardic-influenced rite, this was for theological reasons and did not reflect a demographic or cultural shift).

It is understood that many South Arabian tribes converted to Judaism, which were Arab tribes who bore South Arabian and Arabic names. However, Yemenite Jews today do not consider themselves to be Arab, believing themselves to be descendants of Israelite migrants in Yemen rather than native South Arabian converts to Judaism. Early history[edit] Hala Kazim. Hula. Hula kahiko performance in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Hula is often performed as a form of prayer at official state functions in Hawaiʻi. Here, hula is performed by Kumu Hula Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett for a ceremony turning over U.S. Navy control over the island of Kahoʻolawe to the state. Hula /ˈhuːlə/ is a dance form accompanied by chant (oli) or song (mele). It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. There are many sub-styles of hula, with the main two categories being Hula 'Auana and Hula Kahiko.

Terminology for two main additional categories is beginning to enter the hula lexicon: "Monarchy" includes any hula which were composed and choreographed during the 19th century. There are also two main positions of a hula dance - either sitting (noho dance) or standing (luna dance). Hula is taught in schools or groups called hālau. Hula Shows & History - Learn How to Dance Hula. Hula on Kauai. List of Indigenous peoples of South America. Quechua people. Quechuas (also Runakuna, Kichwas, and Ingas) is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language (Southern Quechua mainly), belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their language Kichwa–Kichwas or Quichuas. In Colombia, the Kichwa-speaking group calls themselves the Ingas. Other Quechua speakers call themselves Runakuna ("People"' in Junín and parts of Ancash, Peru: Nunakuna; singular: Runa or Nuna). Some historic Quechua peoples include: