Showing posts with label ritual. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ritual. Show all posts

Sep 4, 2017

This takes time ... and that's exactly what we don't have nowadays

The ritual of Mongolian camel coaxing. Because of the climate there are a lot of mourning camels who lost their kids but there are also a lot of baby camels who need a mother. The nomadic herders in Mongolia had a musical ritual to help the two of them bond. So sweet! But each year there are fewer and fewer young herders who want to learn this ritual.

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Jan 19, 2015

West African Carneval

Phyllis Galembo studied for 20 years the culture of masquerade in West Africa. Looks much better than the carneval 'ritual' here in the Netherlands.

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