Culture Vulture Challenge - August Update

in #culturevulture7 years ago

Are you ready to feast on some Culture?

This month there has been a flood of posts in this challenge with some great and varied topics. People have even taken to writing poetry for the challenge. There has been a significant contribution from the Aceh community but we have also had posts from Hong Kong, Japan, Morocco, South Africa, Malaysia and the UAE.


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Culture Vulture

The tag #culturevulture is a place here on Steemit, where you can share something unique about your country with the world. Instead of being a post about travel or tourism this tag is about sharing local experiences.

Inspiration

If your eager to get writing on Steemit and you don't have material this tag might be just the thing to get you going.



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Inspiration is all around us. It may be a daily ritual where you live or a local passion that always reminds you of home.

Here I wil lcall out some recent posts that stand out and really capture the spirit and the vision of this tag. There have been so many already this month, this is just a small selection but for more you can check out the #culturevulture tag. Winners of this months prize will be announced at the end of the month, but I have no doubt these posts are in the shortlist.

Festivals

There have been several posts about the Saman dance festival in Aceh. @abunagaya has posted some pictures and a video of todays performance.
https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@abunagaya/amazing-today-12-262-breaking-record-dancers-muri


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Culture

@sweetpea has shared some insights into the Zulu people of South Africa
https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@sweetpea/getting-to-know-the-traditional-zulu-culture-visit-us-here-in-south-africa


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Music

@machhour has written a great post about the Gnaoua Festival in Morocco
https://steemit.com/music/@machhour/wonderful-gnaoua-festival


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@keuudeip has written about the regeneration of Rapa'i artists in Aceh. These types of posts are very important for #culturevulture.
https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@keuudeip/regeneration-of-rapa-i-artists


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Customs

@ejhaasteem has described a traditional market in Aceh and provided some great shots and descriptions of what is for sale.
https://steemit.com/aceh/@ejhaasteem/activities-in-aceh-traditional-market-2017812t65613243z


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Traditions

@ijoel has shared the coffee shop tradition in Aceh and how this is helping Steem to grow in this region
https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@ijoel/new-culture-in-the-coffee-shop-after-joined-steemit-201787t173619947z


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Food

Food is something that always reminds you of home, and of other countries. @muftykutink has shared some Aceh delicacies with us.
https://steemit.com/food/@muftykutink/some-traditional-aceh-cakes-2017811t83855648z


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My last contribution to this challenge is part of a series on Irish Pubs in Ireland, The Irish Pub & A Dirty Old Town...

Tell us a bit about the ritual and fill in the details about why, how, and the cultural background. Don't forget a few pictures to bring it to life. We prefer posts with some original photography. It's ok to use some stock photos (but reference the source) as long as these photos are not the main focus of the post. We are looking to reward original stories for this challenge.

For more details about the rules and examples of what we are interested in check out this months announcement post Culture Vulture Challenge August $30 SBD Prize

July Challenge

50 SBD was paid out in the July Challenge. The results can be found at https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@eroche/culture-vulture-challenge-july-results

Thanks

Many thanks to @boxcarblue and @deanliu for a generous donation to the prize fund this month.
A big thank you to all those who have taken part. If you wish to support this challenge you may write an article, donate to the monthly prize fund, spread the word, resteem or most importantly check out the tag from time to time and comment and upvote peoples posts. Thank you for reading.



Thank you for reading this. I write on Steemit about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Travel and lots of random topics.



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Hello ' I love ❤️ beer for azot !! Good 🍺 beer 🍻 ' I am resteem you post

Great thanks for the resteem

great post @eroche
I like it

This's a cool idea to combine many cultures in one post !

Thank you. This tag is more about Culture than travel. This is the fun part of what you see when you travel. Or what you may be lucky enough to get to see. I mean how often do you get invited to weddings when your travelling?

yes its a great idea , you shoud participate , its awesome

I like this upvoted finish

Thank you so much for this challenge and the update
RESTEEMED

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and thanks for the resteem.

Appreciate the pictures. Liked the 1st and 4th one best.

Oh and the one with the #DRUMS and the leaper ..that's pretty neat, as well

Good luck in yr Endeavors here on #STEEMIT.

Your article is very interesting, I really like the contents of the article.
Saman dance is an original culture that has been popular and recognized by the world. Saman dance became popular because the residents of the place created saman dance 90% master saman dance, so saman dance so popular and claimed one of the aceh cultural dance.
If viewed from history, the dance of aceh adat is sedati. Since there are not many who mastered at that time then Saman dance became one of the aceh dances.

Very interesting.

Thank you infinitely, @eroche. I think, with #culturevulture we will find various arts and cultures in the world, and will unveil brilliant things in the course of human life in all corners of the planet. Know each other will bring a sense of mutual respect. It's something the world needs.