The Khmer Apsara Dance of Cambodia
They say dance is the hidden language of the soul; the art form used to represent and honor culture, but did you know that some of them...
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Snapshot Ethnographies
Snapshot Ethnographies is a collection of short articles and multimedia publications that inform readers about interesting sociocultural phenomena around the world and raise important questions relevant to modern society.
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
La Santa Muerte: Saint of Holy Death
They say that death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, but what if death becomes the saint? When one encounters the...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Jun 28, 2022
- 5 min
An Introduction to Kapampangan Idioms
When people talk about the Kapampangan language, the discussion tends to revolve around how it sounds. Although first impressions are...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Jun 24, 2022
- 4 min
Pagnganganga (or How People Smile with Bloodied, Broken Teeth)
Try going to the Mountain Province and you will find a group of people who smile with broken teeth, mouths stained bright red like blood....
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Jun 22, 2022
- 6 min
Viva la Befana! Italy’s Beloved Christmas Nonna
Every culture has its own inherent and distinct ways of celebrating the holidays. In the United States and a lot of countries, the months...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Mar 5, 2021
- 5 min
Baybayin Revivalist Movement
Image by Lloyd Zapanta via Esquire Despite being unused for several centuries because of colonization, it has become a trend to revive...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Mar 5, 2021
- 6 min
Ainu: The Forgotten Culture of Japan
If there’s one thing that makes the Ainu language strikingly different from other languages, it’s the fact that it is a “language...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Mar 3, 2021
- 4 min
Vocalized Nature: An Introduction to Throat Singing in Mongolia and the Altai Republic
Centuries after the fall of Chinggis Khan, his songs and praises still resonate on the steppes he once conquered through throat singing...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
One of the Happiest Countries in the World Doesn’t Have a Word for “Please”
This past decade, Denmark has consistently been one of the happiest countries on the planet according to the World Happiness Report...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Penitensya: Flagellations and Crucifixions as Religious Traditions
In all of the religious traditions in the Philippines, nothing is as brutal and self-contradicting as the penitensiya. For almost a...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
Qoyllur Rit'i: Bridging Tensions Between the Colonial and the Local Through Ritual
Every year, tens of thousands of people, mainly from the indigenous communities in the Cuzco region of Peru and their neighboring...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Feb 22, 2021
- 6 min
Tapati Rapa Nui: Reviving Easter Island’s Lost Identity
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about 3700 km from South America lies the serene Easter Island which is home to the famous Mo’ai, or...
ALAC Advocacy Research Team
- Feb 19, 2021
- 5 min
Yes, Ich Spreche Deutsch. No, I Don’t Sound Like A Nazi: In Defense of The German Language
By Anya Graf Dedicated to Luisa Schiffer, who celebrated the best of me, and taught me to love the worst of me in Deutsch, Englisch, and...
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