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Somali Hospitality II
2008-05-26 17:58:00 A story has it that once a weary traveller came to a nomadic family by dusk. Unable to continue on with his journey, he decided to stay the night with the family that night. But due to the rainless season, the family had nothing much to offer. Noticing this, the guest did not expect a ...
Somali Hospitality
2008-05-24 16:26:00 Somalis are renowned for their hospitality. Though in their breast lies an indomitable spirit, sculpted by the asperity of their surroundings, Somalis are generally a pleasant people with a keen eye for generosity and are known to indulge in the pleasures of conviviality. In the vast arid countryside, where the nomadic settlers roam, hospitality is of ...
Free resource: Cultural Heritage Protection Handbook - Care and Handling of
2008-05-15 20:45:00 Whilst tracking back from a trackback on my Mali blog, I took time to explore the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project In the research pages I found a link to this handbook which I think might be of interest: Cultural Heritage Protection Handbook: Care and Handling of Manuscripts Textes par : Antonio Mirabile Dessins par : Beatrice Beccaro Migliorati printed by UNESCO In ...
Conference: Protecting Cultural Heritage
2008-04-07 17:45:00 A conference entitled Protecting Cultural Heritage will be held on Monday, 21 April 2008, at 7.00 ? 8.30pm and will be followed by a drinks reception. The conference will be held at The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1. The cultural heritage of the world is presently under threat as never before, manifested by ...
Gaaf Poetry
2008-03-30 19:49:00 Once the drumming starts and the Gaaf is initiated, silence fills the air. Every ear is tuned towards the person reciting the poetry or singing, in order to assess and judge the worth of his/her words. Addressing everyone present, the young girl starts the ceremony with these lines: Hoobe hobaala hoobala hoobalow Ee hoobe hobaala hoobalayey hadaba Salaamu ...
Somali Cultural Weddings - Gaaf
2008-03-18 00:26:00 As the sun plummets down the horizon, the joyous people of the village depart company after the Gelbis to prepare for the more interesting part of the ceremony and the festivities continue through the night. Demonstrative of the happy times they are having, everyone in the village as well as the neighbouring settlements ...
Somali Cultural Weddings - Gelbis
2008-03-10 18:50:00 The Gelbis (escorting the bride to her new home), as I said earlier, is the occasion that marks the commencement of the wedding ceremony. And this (above left) is how it starts, with the women slowly making their way to the hut ululating, drumming and singing songs of praise and various wedding songs ...
IS THE STEALING OF CULTURAL OBJECTS OF OTHERS A SPECIFIC CULTURAL HERITAGE
2008-02-10 22:28:00 Source: Kwame Opoku Another article by Dr Kwame Opoku IS THE STEALING OF CULTURAL OBJECTS OF OTHERS A SPECIFIC CULTURAL HERITAGE OF EUROPE OR IS IT A UNIVEVERSAL HERITAGE? After reading a lot of books and articles on the question of restitution of cultural objects stolen or illegally exported, I was gradually coming to the conclusion that the ...
Spot the difference!
2008-02-07 12:13:00 The Raw Somali The trained Somali Is there anything wrong with these two images, or is it just me? obtained from JSTOR.
Xeedho
2008-02-02 00:50:00 The Xeedho is a custom usually prevalent in the Northern parts of Somalia. After the wedding is consummated and the bride and groom settle peacefully in their newly constructed home, it is time for opening the Xeedho or as it is called in Somali Xeedho-fur. This usually occurs on the seventh night, - the final ...
Gelbis
2008-01-25 22:33:00 Gelbis - the process of escorting the bride and groom to their newly constructed hut/house is one of the pre-requisites of Somali weddings. The above song is usually sung during such processes.
Somali Cultural Weddings
2008-01-19 03:06:00 During the rainy seasons of Gu? and some times throughout the moderately infrequent rains of the Dayr seasons, the pastoral nomads of Somalia?s countryside rejoice in the abundance of wealth that they have. It is at this time when most of their animals give birth. The once barren earth now becomes fertile; the top ...
Hue Festival 2008 - Cultural heritage with integration and development
2008-01-14 17:57:00 Themed "Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development," the Hue Festival 2008 will include hundreds of cultural and tourism programs, honoring unique traditional values of Vietnamese people in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
World Cultural Heritage - Mt. Huangshan
2007-12-21 13:46:00 Of all the notable mountains in China, Mount Huangshan, to be found in the south of Anhui province, is probably the most famous. Originally known as Mt. Yishan it was renamed Mt. Huangshan in 747 AD in recognition of the legendary Huang Di, who was the reputed ancestor of the Chinese people and who made ...
By: China online
Archaeology: ?The Digital Curation of Cultural Heritage? conference
2007-12-15 19:04:00 The International Documentation Committee of the International Council of Museums (CIDOC) annual meeting 2008 will be held in Athens, Greece from the 15th to 18th of September 2008 and will be organised by the Hellenic Committee of ICOM and the Benaki Museum. The theme of the 2008 conference is The Digital Curation of Cultural Heritage. ...
The Battle of Jidbaale
2007-12-14 23:19:00 click on the above image to read entire letter or click here to read This letter dated January 1904, speaks of of the tragic battle of Jidbaale where so many Somalis lost their lives. Though the Dervishes lost a thousand men in the Battle of Jidbaale, yet the opposing forces led by the British Army also ...
Nomadic Culture
2007-12-11 22:44:00 Continuing on from my previous post on Somali Culture, here are a few other images that I managed to obtain from Somali heritage. Dhiil la Culayo - The woman in this picture is inserting smouldering branches into the Dhiil. Once inserted, they are left inside for a while and then shaken vigorously. This process is ...
No Post
2007-12-07 18:18:00 Salaamu Calaykum dear friends, I have been rather busy lately and have been unable to update this blog, and probably would not be able to do so for the next few days either. So, until we meet again in a few day?s time, I shall leave you with this brilliant video. Do enjoy? Native, I haven?t forgotten ...
Archaeology: Cultural Heritage and Impact Assessment Workshop at IAIA08
2007-12-05 16:00:00 The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) announces its annual conference in Perth, Western Australia, that will be held from May 4-10, 2008. The Preliminary Program of IAIA08 and other related documents are available on the conference website. Arlene Fleming and Julio de Jesus are organising a workshop on Cultural heritage and impact assessment as ...
I am Somali
2007-11-13 15:55:00 These are the words to the classic song Soomaali Baan Ahay that I’ve tried to translate. I must say, though, that any translation from Somali to English doesn’t give much justice to the original and doesn’t convey the message accurately. If you spot any mistakes in the translation, or you find any better words to ...
International Expert Meet on Dynamic Conservation of Agricultural Heritage
2007-11-12 12:31:00 Gangtok: An Inaugural function of International Expert Meeting on “Dynamic Conservation of Agricultural Heritage Systems in Mountainous Landscapes” was held today at a local hotel. The two day meeting is being organized by Sikkim University along with United Nations University (UNU) Tokyo, Kyoto University, Japan, ICIMOD, Kathmandu Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rome and Government of Sikkim.The Chief Minister, Mr. Pawan Chamling, who chaired the meeting as the chief guest on the inaugural day, in his address said that the expert group meeting is taking place at a very critical period of the economic development process of the state. As the state is in a transitional period and is adopting various elements of economic liberalization measures, he hoped that the meeting will be overarching in contents and far reaching in its policy prescriptions. Informing about the innovative measures to modernize the agriculture systems like making the state a total organic by 2015, inn...
By: The Sikkim Times
ISRAEL - Tel Aviv named a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO
2007-11-05 07:56:00 Tel Aviv offers the world’s largest concentration of buildings in the international ...
By: Israel-Times.com
Dialogues in the Diaspora
2007-11-02 16:23:00 Somali art, film, music & culture DIALOGUES IN THE DIASPORA Sunday, 4th November 2007 7pm-11pm Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ Tickets: 15/ - 20 at the door Booking: 020 8985 2424/ http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk- Numbi is the largest celebration of Somali culture and music to hit London. This imaginative and passionate festival is to be held annually in London with ...
Cultural Heritages and Assets of Nepal
2007-10-31 11:05:00 Kathmandu, the capital of the South Asian country Nepal is known as the city of temples among the world and as I said before, Nepal is the best destination for any human being from any corner of the world. Nepal is the best place for vacations, tour, researches, honeymoon, health rest, etc. Nepal contains the best ...
By: blog's magic
A Sea Change
2007-10-30 13:29:00 Dear readers, There hasn?t been much activity on this blog for the past few weeks for so. And I have a good reason for this, or at least I believe I do. The past few weeks have been somewhat hectic and, in the greater sense, life transforming. As of the past Saturday, I am no longer ...
A Nomad?s utensils
2007-10-10 00:56:00 Hadhuub - made from Caw, the Hadhuub is used for milking goats and, very rarely, camels. Haan or Aagaan - largely made from Caw and in some parts of Somalia, the Qabo tree. The cover and the cavity upon which it sits are both usually made from Gaatir tree. Haan has two purposes. ...
Intangible cultural heritages in E China
2007-10-03 16:57:00 Intangible cultural heritages in E ChinaActors perform local opera in Xuzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 1, 2007. The show of the provincial intangible cultural heritages was put on in the city Monday. A total of 12 items of Xuzhou were listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritages of Jiangsu in 2006.
By: lady-killing
A nomadic Experience 2
2007-10-01 21:39:00 A Nomadic experience 1 I woke up from my sisters hut. Beside me, stacked in some corner or hanging from the boughs were Sati, Sallad, Bocor, Hadhuub, dhiil, etc. ? the very finest of a Somali nomad?s handmade utensils (I will explain these in another post hopefully in detail). Being my first time sleeping on a ...
Kos Cultural Heritage
2007-09-03 09:52:00 What I love when on holidays is discovering things off the beaten track. In Kos, being a Greek Island therefore filled with old Greek cultural remnants, the first thing you notice is abandoned archeological sites. Then if you go for a walk, you can just find real old authentic Greek history just tucked away in an ...
?Utsavam? to showcase Kerala?s cultural heritage
2007-07-04 15:44:00 &-nbsp; &n-bsp; Kerala Tourism has chalked out a year-long cultural festival, ?Utsavam,? featuring the traditional art forms of Kerala, including dance and dance-based performances, as part of steps to market the destination among the tourists. The event ensures the participation of the local bodies, non-governmental organisations, tourism clubs, youth clubs and the local communities who will be involved in the selection of the art forms and venues. &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; Kerala Tourism sources told that the cultural festival would be the first of its kind to be organised in the State with the support of the Government and the local community. The expenditure for the event is estimated at Rs.2 crore. The District Tourism Promotion Councils will be the executing agencies for the event. Already, 36 centres have been identif...
The Cultural Heritage of All Mankind
2007-06-12 17:21:00 Koç ve Santa Clara üniversiteleri yaz okulu açılışı: Konuşmacılar: John Henry Merryman, Schweitzer Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of Art, Emeritus Stanford University Eric Schneider, Director of the Santa Clara Summer School... www.PaleoBerkay.cjb.net
Iraq: Cultural Heritage in Conflict
2007-04-14 16:50:00 Konuşmacı: René Teijgeler Kültürel antropolog, 2004-2005'te Irak Kültür Bakanlığı'nda baş danışman Tarih: 19 Nisan 2007 Saat: 18:00 Yer: Koç Üniversitesi Anadolu Uygarlıklarını Araştırma Merkezi İstiklal Caddesi Nuru Ziya Sokak, No:5 Beyoğlu... www.PaleoBerkay.cjb.net
Looting of cultural heritage
2007-02-16 11:17:02 As the Guardian recently reported: Looters Still Ransacking in Afghanistan | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited. You may be also interested to read the the latest Intute Limelight which is about the destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage. The image above is from an original photograph reproduced with kind permission of the photographer, Joanne Farchakh-Bajjaly, a Lebanese archaeologist and journalist. This moulded clay, hollow, terracotta lion found at the gate of the Dagan temple in Tell Harmal (ancient Shaduppum) was photographed in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad, (May 2003) its head destroyed during museum looting. Read more in the Intute Limelight presentation. |
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