#Cultural appreciation

[etherealspacejelly]

i think we should all start using arabic words and phrases more often because its a beautiful language and also theres not really. english equivalents that have the same vibes

theres also the comedy potential of it. you guys dont know the joy of having your muslim friend text you "hopefully the racists in our city will all get sick and cant go to the protest" and you, as a pasty white guy, responding with "inshallah they get covid"

its a one hit KO every time. its fucking hilarious. theres no english word that has the same effect.

he also once texted me that he got over a mysterious illness he came down with (i think? i cant remember the exact context) and i responded with "subhanallah he is cured"

again, one hit KO. he lost his shit.

what im saying is we gotta normalise arabic. its just a language like any other, and it has some great words. its just like saying "thank god" or whatever, but theres so much variety and nuance. its beautiful

[odinsblog]

Tracy Chapman has herself said that she didn’t mind the remake because she is the sole writer of the song, and as such, she appreciates the royalties.

Luke’s version is getting a lot of airtime, but so is Tracy’s original version.

And Luke’s sincere and obvious appreciation of Chapman’s song is just icing on the cake:

When Luke Combs set out to cover Tracy Chapman's 1988 hit “Fast Car”, he did it out of complete admiration for the song

Although not every lyric makes sense being covered by a male vocalist, he decided not to deviate from the original lyrics out of respect for its original songwriter.

“You want to just be mega respectful of the original song,” Combs tells Kelleigh Bannen on Today's Country Radio. “That's why in that song ... it’s, ‘Work in the market as a checkout girl.’ I didn’t change that in my version — I really wanted to just do the original version of the song.”

Combs really wanted to bring the song as it was intended to be in presenting it to a new generation of fans who may have only been vaguely familiar with the original.

“It’s weird because you’re doing a cover of it, and you say, ‘I don’t want to make it my own, because I really just want to shine a light on the original version and bring that.’”

“Because I think there’s so many people that maybe know that song, or it would be familiar to them, but they really don’t know anything about it,” he explains. “They’ve never really listened to it.”

“When I recorded this, literally the engineer in there asked me who I wrote that song with,” Combs adds.

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[zephyrbug]

I need some people to grasp that you cannot remove things from the context they were created in. In reference to style and art it would be wonderful if you could use anything you’ve ever seen PURELY for the sake of aesthetics, but you cannot. Some clothing, hairstyles, tattoos, and many other things can all have cultural significance to them. While it’s wonderful to include them in your work or take inspiration from them you have to respect their history and the people they come from. To flock to something so rich in culture and pick it apart without care just cause you like how something looks without having taken the time to see why people feel protective over it is WILDLY ignorant. Google is SO free and there is so much out there that when you treat it with respect can be endless inspiration for beautiful creations and ideas! Cultural appreciation is so exciting and healing to see, giving people a chance to see themselves and where they come from in your work is the best thing! There is enough cultural appropriation going on in the world, as a creative don't be a part of it. 

Also if you STILL think it’s “harmless” or “not a big deal” just know I personally think you are a fucking loser and I do not like you. But to everyone else, have a great day🫶

[fireheartwraith]

What is Festa Junina?

You may have heard the brazilian cc's talking about throwing a festa junina in the server, but what is it exactly?

Festa Junina translates to June's Party, and its origins go back to pagan midsummer and harvest celebrations. Time went on and it mixed with catholic beliefs, especially those centered around Saint Anthony, Saint Peter, and Saint John the Baptist (which is why it is also known as São João).

The tradition was brought to Brazil with colonization. It's no longer a summer fest since it's winter, but you can still see the influence (maybe the bonfires are part of it).

Nowadays, Festa Junina is known for the traditional square dancing and the food — seriously, the food is amazing (look up pamonha, cural, canjica, pé-de-moleque, bolo de fubá, cuzcuz nordestino... damn I'm hungry)! Most of it is made with corn or peanuts. Mulled wine is also a must! People dress in a "country" fashion, with straw hats, puffy dresses, and drawn freckles and mustaches. Everything is VERY colorful.

School kids will put on shows (known as quadrilhas), which usually include a "wedding" comedy sketch. In my high school, the twist was that the best man was in love with the groom. It was very dramatic. I loved it.

Here are some pictures and traditional songs! I wish we could get a mod with the foods to the server or something, but just the skins and decorations will already be so much fun!

[genericpuff]

Oi, inbox pals! Let's do something fun! Tell me what culture / region you hail from and give me one fun fact about your culture that people outside of it might not be aware of or should really know! Neat facts about your native language? Cool food that you like and think people should try? Celebrities that hail from those cultures? Legends and myths from your region? Got a song you wanna share? You don't have to be super specific about where you live and you can send your fun fact anonymously, but let's do some cultural appreciation today and learn some new things about the world around us! ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡

Here's a fun fact about my own: in the Indigenous tribes of Atlantic Canada, we tell stories of a great warrior named Glooscap who was considered to be the 'first human', who travelled to Mother Earth - which was made up entirely of water at the time - in a massive canoe, which became the land that's now known as Cape Breton. Glooscap then went on to create animals from the dirt of the island, and then eventually humans who were born from arrows shot at white ash trees who would go on to become the four major tribes of what is now Atlantic Canada (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, though there are other tribes as well that were created along the way). He also had an evil twin brother named Malsm who he had to kill after Malsm created the badger which you can use as proof of the badger being a lil' trickster LMAO

So yeah, thanks for the dirt beneath our feet and the birds in our skies and the air in our lungs, Glooscap! Wela'lin! <3

[violottie]

"Here's why the "Dune" movies are being accused of erasing the original story's Islamic and Arabic influences" from AJ Plus, 28/Feb/2024:

[abnormalcleric]

Watched the second movie. The ending was good, I liked it as much as I could reasonably expect from the series. I just felt like something was missing... So this is page one.

Page two is out now.

[whereserpentswalk]

Wendigos and Golems are two very different creatures, but pop culture gave them the same treatment of taking them away from their cultural origins and stripping them of their interesting themes so that they could be big monsters for heroes to fight. Probably because both of the original stories are from a context of oppression the storytellers faced from European Christans.

While I don't have the cultural background to tell you how to use the Wendigo, I am from the culture that invented the Golem. And I will tell you that I don't personally take offense to people using Golems in fantasy, but I'd much rather people actually understand the context that they came from, and what happened in the original story, rather than just making it a robot with magic. At the very least make it divine magic instead of arcane.

[maeinthekinning]

Sometimes i will see people say stuff (can be tiktok, tumblr, twitter, youtube or even offline ill see) that all i can think is if the nazis overheard you they would be so grateful cause YOU ARE DOING THEIR WORK FOR THEM

What do i mean by that?

"White people learning spanish is cultural appropriation" spain is right next to france even...and making sure people can't learn languages...

"If you use a satin bonnet as a white person you are a culture vulture" first off, white people can have naturally curly hair. Second off, it can benefit even straight hair. More using it lowers price. Making it exclusive to only black people provides another way for nazis to other

The thing is also, cultural appreciation as a concept is sorely lacking in a lot of people that claim to care about cultural exploitation/appropriation. And the thing is, nazis want that.

[golem-brigadier]

It's just like that, huh?

[officialromaniantranslatiuni]

The Japanese brand ROCHIE (Romanian for „dress”) honouring the traditional Romanian blouse (ie)

[official-oshun]

a lot of people both in real life and in fandom spaces don’t seem to understand what transracial adoption is, let alone normal adoption, and how it absolutely is a family formation. It’s not a vague “found family” without labels, but instead it is a family akin to blood.

and please, if you would:

stop calling canon adoption in media “found family” 

stop assuming adoption can’t be done by ppl bio related to the adoptee

stop assuming family needs to look alike, in real life and in fiction

stop using the “they are adopted” to explain why your ships is “normal”

stop assuming people who look “different” that are participating in culture festivals aren’t related to the cultural. ex: that black person you see participating in the krakowiak could be mixed or transracially adopted by a polish couple and connected to polish traditions. it’s not cultural appropriation if it is your culture.

[indnwitch]

Some things are Cultural Appropriation, wearing box braids and not being Black, Wearing traditional Native American regalia and headdresses and not being native, dressing or acting a certain way to make yourself appear Asian, taking a trend or culturally significant thing from a POC group and claiming it’s yours even though you’re not apart of that culture.

Just to name a few. The line between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, is learning and respecting the cultural, and accepting that some things are NOT nor will they ever BE for YOU.

Hijab/Veil is NOT cultural appropriation. Show it respect when you wear it.

Native Beadwork is NOT cultural appropriation, as long as you don’t disrespect it or pretend you’re native.

Wearing an Ancient Egyptian protection symbol is NOT cultural appropriation, learn the history behind it and respect it.

What IS cultural appropriation is learning and being told something is NOT open and for you, and doing it anyway. IE box braids, hoodoo, voodoo, stregheria, etc.

You don’t need to be a part of everything, being respectful and admiring from a distance the things you can not do, is more culturally appreciative than pretending you’re a part of that culture.

Also telling mixed kids they can’t appreciate and practice both sides of their cultures because of how they might appear to you, is dead wrong. YOU DO NOT get to tell a mixed person what they can and CAN NOT do, especially when it comes to their cultures.

[crazycatsiren]

People, for the loves of my ancestors, not every article of traditional Chinese clothing is a "hanfu". 🤦🏻‍♀️

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Ricky Gervais, "Armageddon."

[abnormalcleric]

Here's page two of my post-movie comic. Page one here.