Architecture is another important part of Dominican culture, such as the colonial Spanish buildings in Santo Domingo. Chilean artists discovered their own identity, motive and gesture. The national scenery during this period was stained with subjective markings giving an insight into the artist’s reality. Prominent Chilean artists of this era include Alfredo Helsby, Eugenio Guzman, Valenzuela Llanos, Juan Francisco Gonzalez and Pable Burchard. In this paragraph I am going to cover music.
[pic] The Colombian culture is different from other populations and regions among the South American culture. Colombia is a very colorful and diverse culture, which accounts for large portion of the South American population. Colombia’s primary language is Spanish, however a portion of the population speaks the English language. The culture influences with this region is a combination of the Spanish and African culture. The major source of transportation is via road travel by motor vehicles, however there is a small percentage of traveling via horseback or boat.
Anthropology of Yanomami By: Rana Elahmad The Yanomami are a large population of indigenous Amerindian people in South America. They reside in the Amazon rainforest, among the hills that line the border between Brazil and Venezuela. Due to the remoteness of their residence, they had remained largely uncontacted by the outside world until the beginning of the 20th century. This allowed them to retain several aspects of their traditional culture and have been a subject of study by modern researchers. The word Yanomami means "human being" in their language.
Angelica Davis Infinito: World Civilization African Dance & Statues African Dance is a performing art deeply woven into the social fabric of Africa and generally involving aspects of music and theatre, as well as rythmetic bodily movement. (http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9384736). Traditional African Dance was created to express the life in the community by not the typical going to church and praising God through song and clapping. Traditional African Dance mostly refers to the Sub-Saharan Africa. African Dance is important to Africa to show many cultural differences in musical and movement styles.
The term “calypso” itself is debatable as there are many theories about the origin of the word. It may have came from the French word “carrousseaux” meaning a drinking party or festivity, the Carib word “carieto” which means a joyous song , the Spanish word “caliso” which means a topical song or the West African (Hausa) word “kaiso” which means bravo. The most widely accepted explanation is that it came from “kaiso”. The art form itself was distinctly shaped by the enslaved Africans out of the music, structure and function of their ancestral musical practices. Calypsos in their earliest stages of inception were songs accompanied by rhythmic percussive music
African Folklore and its Importance in America Almost every oral tradition in the world has trickster figures, and African American culture is no exception. Tricksters dominate the folk tradition that peoples of African descent developed in the United States, especially those tales Trickster figures, present in every oral tradition, are weak, often amoral, characters who outsmart stronger opponents. Many were influenced by African folk tradition, landscape, and wildlife. Though trickster tales in African American culture are frequently a source of humor, they also contain serious commentary on the inequities of existence in a country where the promises of democracy were denied to a large portion of the citizenry, a pattern that becomes even clearer in the literary adaptations of trickster figures. As the African- American people who were enslaved gained literacy and began to write about their experiences, they incorporated figures from oral tradition into their written creations.
The continent of Africa is very diverse in its culture. Not only are there culture variations from one country to another, but within an individual country as well. Much of Africa’s cultural activity centers on family and ethnic groups. Art, music and oral literature serve to reinforce existing religious and social patterns. Many of Africa’s inhabitants are of indigenous origin, which contributes to the scientific notation that Africa was the birthplace of all human species.
This music style sometimes aquired chanting and emphasized the syncopated beat. Reggae contained a collection of many different instruments and music genres. Electric guitars, organs, pianos, and drums were the most used instruments in reggae records. Reggae also had some mixed beats from American R and B or other traditional folk music from Africa. There have been a number of successful artists come from Jamaica.
Because of the history of this large continent, which includes the forceful transplanting of the people into slavery on other continents, many of the same folk tales exist in North America, South America, and the West Indies. These are told with little variation, for the tales were spread by word of mouth and were kept among the African population. In addition to the folk tales, there are myths, legends, many proverbs, tongue twisters, and riddles. Anansi Anansi, the Spider, is one of the major trickster figures in African folk tales. This spider can be wise, foolish, amusing, or even lazy--but always there is a lesson to be learned from Anansi.
The Inquices do not tend to possess as detailed a mythology as the Yoruba gods. Kumina is a Afro-Jamaican religion influenced mainly by the Bantu peoples from the Congo-Angola area. Kumina refers to both a religion and dance. Dances include the Bailo, mainly used for entertainment purposes and the Country, used during the private religious ceremonies. Kumina provides a perfect example of what intra African