Introduction

The present job Culture is a term that has various meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred
Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A
Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions. However, the word "culture" is most
commonly used in three basic senses:

• Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture
• An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon
the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning
• The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an
institution, organization or group

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2. A especial day of my year that family celebrat is chrismas day. thay celebrate going
to church in order to pray, after mass back to home order to eat, drink and dance

3. The History my family and Use and Costumes of Makonde Masks. Inhabiting the
southeast of Tanzania and the northeast of Mozambique are nearly 500,000
Makonde (pronounced mah-CONE-day), divided into matrilineal clans, each one
comprising several villages. Decisions are made by a chief supported by a council.
Clan members only meet for the ancestral cult and to celebrate initiations of the
adolescents into adulthood.

This is where masks play an important part in the Makonde culture

The most important carving used in initiation ceremonies was the lipiko (or mapiko)
mask, which was worn over the top of the head, tilted back so the wearer could look
out through the mouth. The masks often represent ancestral spirits, or occasionally
animals. It was believed that the ancestors came back masked in order to express
their joy at the successful achievement of initiation. Their presence is believed to be
proof of the close bonds that exist between the living and the dead. During initiation
ceremonies an orchestra of drummers accompanies a group of dancers wearing the
masks.

The faces of the masks are often scarified. The Makonde are known for scarification
of the body originally to prevent being taken as slaves. While this is no longer
practiced many of the older people among the Makonde still bear the markings on
their face and bodies.

4. Tradictions and Culture I knom An African

Africa is comprised of many religious and non-religious groups. The major

religious cultures are Muslim, Christians (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox,
Anglican and others), ethnic religionist, non-christian, Hindu and Baha'i.

Wedding Traditions

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Here are some African wedding traditions. You may wish to be creative in adapting
these traditions to your wedding.

Africa is made up of various different countries, each of which may have their own
traditions. Many of these traditions would not be acceptable to the African
American bride as it may require lifestyle changes which would be unacceptable.
Moroccan Wedding Traditions

Morocco, one of the gems of the North Africa, is the country with very rich and
active traditions. Like other cultures of the world, a Moroccan wedding is a great
gala event. It’s celebrated in three stages with great fun and festivity.

• The Hammam: A pre-wedding ceremony, women and friends of the bride have a
party where the bride is given a milk bath in the hammam, which includes a black
soap to purify the bride.

• The Henna: The Nekkacha, a specialist paints the hands and feet of the bride and
her party. The bride’s hands are painted with intricate designs which are usually
floral and geometrical designs to ward off evil spirits.

• The Ceremony: The Neggafates dresses the bride & groom in their traditional
attire that is customary to the different regions of Morocco in which they exchange
their rings. After the ceremony refreshments of milk and eating of dates are served
to symbolize life‘s sweetness and fruitfulness and the newlyweds go around the
room on an Amariya carried by young men dressed for the occasion.

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Historic Moroccan Wedding Traditions

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A traditional wedding of a bride from Morocco is expensive and impressive. The
dowry is paid before a notary and is spent on the bride's trousseau and new
furniture. The jewelry she receives must be made of gold (rings, bracelets,
necklaces and earrings). During the engagement period, (which usually lasts six
months to two years) the prospective groom sends his bride-to-be gifts of cloth,
gowns and perfume on feast days.

Five days before the wedding, a mattress, blankets, and other necessities are carried
into the bridal chamber. The bride is given a bath in the hammam. Her female
wedding attendants, called negassa, closely supervise. She is applied make up
(including henna-stained designs) to her hands and feet. She is then dressed in her
embroidered wedding finery of white robes. She is then placed behind a curtain,
symbolizing her transition to a new life.

The next evening the bride, while sitting on a round table, is carried on the
shoulders of her wedding attendants as they are singing and shouting walking to the
bridal chamber. This ritual of carrying her to the bridal chamber while festivities go
on happens for the next seven days. The wedding attendants stand behind a screen
to verify the bride's virginity and witness her defloration. After a second ritual bath,
the wedding attendants leave the house and the couple are left alone.

Ankole Wedding Traditions

Ankole was a most important lake kingdom in prestige and population. The king
owned all the cattle and theoretically owned all its women. Hima fathers were
anxious to call attention to their daughters because the king gave generous wedding
gifts. Should she marry her husband would be a future king and that meant her
family would share the glory. Slim girls were unfit for royalty so those girls whom
the king found to be of interest to marry one of his sons were force fed with milk
until very heavy, barely able to walk.

Pygmie Wedding Traditions

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Pygmie engagements were not long and usually formalized by an exchange of visits
between the families concerned. The groom to be would bring a gift of game or
maybe a few arrows to his new in-laws, take his bride home to live in his band and
with his new parents. His only obligation is to find among his relatives a girl willing
to marry a brother or male cousin of his wife. If he feels he can feed more than one
wife, he may have additional wives.

Nile Wedding Traditions

Along the Nile, if a man wishes to see his sons well married, he must have
numerous sheep, goats and donkeys. When marriage negotiations are underway, the
father of the bride will insist that each of her close relatives be given livestock. The
grooms problem is to meet the demands while holding enough cattle to support his
bride.

Similar to our custom of sending wedding invitations and expecting gifts in return,
he makes the rounds of relatives getting contributions for his bridal herd. Each day
for a series of wedding days there is a special event. On the first day, or the wedding
day, the groom arrives at the bride's homestead wearing a handsome leopard skin
draped over his cowhide cape. Usually that will be all.

Nilotes are devoted nudists. Clay, ash, feathers, sandals and a necklace are
considered ample dress for any occasion. The bride wears the beaded apron and half
skirt of the unmarried girl.

After the private cattle negotiations are publicly and elaborately re-enacted, the
bride is taken to the groom's homestead and installed in the compound of her eldest
co-wife until a separate place can be prepared for her.

Congo(Zaire) Wedding Traditions of the Woyo People

Marriage is a key moment that follows immediately after initiation among many
peoples because both events serve to break the bonds of the individual with
childhood and the unmarried state, and to reintegrate the individual into the adult
community.
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Among the Woyo people,a young woman is given a set of carved pot lids by her
mother when she marries and moves to her husband's home. Each of the lids is
carved with images that illustrate proverbs about relations between husband and
wife.

If a husband abuses his wife in some way or if the wife is unhappy, she serves the
husband's supper in a bowl that is covered with a lid decorated with the appropriate
proverb. She can make her complaints public by using such a lid when her husband
brings his friends home for dinner.

Zambian Wedding Traditions

To demonstrate the differences of African culture, here are some examples of

several Zambian weddings. Although these weddings take place in the same
country, difference provinces have different ways of approaching the marriage
ceremony. The common thread is the closeness of the bridal family to achieve the
goal of a wedding and lasting relationship. Marriage payments are to the family of
the bride rather than to the brides parents.

Courtship

In traditional Zambian society, a man marries a women, a woman never marries a

man. It is taboo if a woman seeks out a man for marriage.

In Namwanga, a young man is allowed to find a girl. He proposes and gives her an
engagement token called Insalamu. This is either beads or money to show his
commitment. It also shows that the girl has agreed to be married. His parents then
approve or disapprove his choice. Should they reject his choice, he starts to look
again. If they agree, then the marriage procedure begins.

A man who has reached the age for marrying in the Ngoni society looks for a girl of
marriageable age. Once he has selected someone, the two agree to marry and tell
their respective relatives.

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 The Lamba or Lima mother started the process of finding a girl for her son to marry.
She would search for an initiated girl known locally as ichisungu or moye. (An
uninitiated girl was not for marriage until she reached puberty or initiation age.) The
mother of the man visited neighboring villages looking for the right unmarried
initiated girl. When she found one - one whom was from a good family according to
her judgments, not the son's, she would go to the mother of the girl and tell her that
she wanted her son to marry her daughter. The mother would then discuss this with
her daughter, the man's mother would return home and come back a few days later
for an answer.

Many Bemba men began their marriages by first engaging young girls below the
age of puberty. The young girl is not consulted with at all. The girl would go to her
future husband's house, sometimes alone, most often with friends after the marriage
price was negotiated. On her first trip to his house she did not talk to him or enter
his house without small presents being given to him. She would then speak to him
and do a lot of housework for him. She would do what she thought was good for her
future husband. This period of courtship was known as ukwisha. During this period,
she was responsible for the man's daily food. The groom had to build his own house
in the village where he was living, or in the village of his parents-in-law.

5. My special day is is Chrismas "Christmas Day" redirects here. For other uses, see
Christmas (disambiguation) and Christmas Day (disambiguation).

Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday generally observed on December 25

(with alternative days of January 7 for many Orthodox churches, January 6 for the
Armenian Apostolic Church and January 19 for the Armenians of Jerusalem and the
Holy Land commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity.

The actual birthday of Jesus is not known, and the events of his birth are only
recorded in two of the Canonical gospels. Christmas may have initially been chosen
to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after Christians believe Jesus
to have been conceived, the date of the Roman winter solstice,[11] or one of various
ancient winter festivals. Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season,

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and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which
lasts twelve days.[13]Although nominally a Christian holiday, Christmas is also
celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians worldwide, and many of its
popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins.
Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of
Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various
decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes,
and holly. In addition, several figures, known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas,
and Santa Claus, among other names, are associated with bringing gifts to children
during the Christmas season.

Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve
heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the
holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and
businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily
over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.