Cultural Show and Tell by Ben Ghebrezghi

One interesting fact

ben_ghebrezghi — 2025-04-09 16:47:21 UTC

People in this cultural group uses their father's first name as their last name.

Spoken Language

ben_ghebrezghi — 2025-04-09 16:47:53 UTC

People of the Tigrinya culture speak a language called Tigrinya. This language is one of the main languages in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

To say how are you, in Tigrinya is, kamay ālakā.

One Traditional Food

ben_ghebrezghi — 2025-04-09 16:48:03 UTC

Tigrinya culture features a vibrant culinary tradition centered around injera, a spongy flatbread, and various stews (tsebhi or wat) often served with meat, vegetables, and the spice berbere

One Festival

ben_ghebrezghi — 2025-04-09 16:48:31 UTC

"Hoye Hoye" - A traditional Eritrean cultural celebration and ritual, specifically on the eve of St. John's Day (Kudus Yohannes), involving torch-burning, chanting, and community gatherings. It is seen as a way to celebrate the new beginning of the season, believed to start in September after the great floods in the Old Testament.

Clothing

ben_ghebrezghi — 2025-04-09 16:48:44 UTC

A zuria is a dress worn by the Tigrinya women in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Traditional zurias often feature intricate designs, go to the ankles, and are accessorized with a netsela, a white, scarflike accessory worn about the shoulders and head.

Han Chinese - Tony & Carson

carsonsu — 2025-04-09 17:49:35 UTC

LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE.

Russian Peasants - Andy & Eric

2025-04-09 17:50:29 UTC

One interesting fact

juliahuang2 — 2025-04-09 17:51:42 UTC

The name Levant States was given to the French mandate of Syria and Lebanon after World War 1.

Brazilian Culture- Kevin, Olivia M

kevinlian — 2025-04-09 17:52:24 UTC

Brazil is the biggest country in South America and is known for its beautiful culture and insane landmarks.

Lingnan Culture - Kayley & Krishna

2025-04-09 17:52:35 UTC

German—Alex and Josh

alexdu1 — 2025-04-09 17:53:17 UTC

Morocco - Subeer and Parthiv

2025-04-09 17:54:41 UTC

Melody & Isabella & Tabi Cuba culture

isabellaqu1 — 2025-04-09 17:55:21 UTC

Italian Culture - Grace and Rui

gracelee2_5 — 2025-04-09 17:57:52 UTC

One interesting fact about Italian culture is that lunch and supper always includes fruits in the end to finish it off.

One interesting fact

isabellaqu1 — 2025-04-09 17:58:03 UTC

Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, with Cuba having one of the best education systems in Latin American. The successful rate is also very high with 97%+ Literacy rate.

Dunzy — 2025-04-09 17:58:10 UTC

Korean Culture

Food Culture about Italy

2025-04-09 17:58:46 UTC

Some type of traditional dish are pizza, pasta, glato. The food contains fiber, vitamins, lastly (super sorry vegans) meat is forever DeLiCIoUS.

Jamaica Davis and Antwon

davismorgan1 — 2025-04-09 17:58:53 UTC

Interesting fact

christinepark6 — 2025-04-09 17:59:04 UTC

More than 95% of Koreans have kimchi everyday. The reason is because kimchi includes many different types of nutrients such as fibre, probiotics, vitamin A, and vitamin C which makes kimchi very healthy.

One Traditional German Food: Shnitzel

joshuaciavarella — 2025-04-09 17:59:22 UTC

A traditional food eaten in the German culture is called schnitzel, which is breaded and fried pork served usually with fries or cabbage.

Language

davismorgan1 — 2025-04-09 17:59:36 UTC

Taiwanese Culture - Lucas and Danhee

2025-04-09 17:59:55 UTC

Interesting Fact!

kevinlian — 2025-04-09 18:00:02 UTC

Brazilian culture has a wide mix of Indigenous, European, and African cultures which results in a big tapestry of traditions, food, music, and social interactions.

One Interesting Fact

2025-04-09 18:00:17 UTC

The Russian Peasant culture used a serfdom where the peasants were kind of like slaves to the landowner until either the peasant buys the land. Eventually the rule was stopped in 1861.

Morocco is home to the world's biggest university

2025-04-09 18:01:06 UTC

One traditional food

davismorgan1 — 2025-04-09 18:01:49 UTC

One Interesting Fact

tonychan2_1 — 2025-04-09 18:02:32 UTC

The name for this ethnicity (Han Chinese) was named after the Han Dynasty, one of the longest-lasting dynasties that reigned over China from 206 BCE–220 CE, being considered a golden age in Chinese history for its long reign.

Spoken Languages

christinepark6 — 2025-04-09 18:05:17 UTC

The Koreans learn a language known as Hangeul.

In school, Koreans tend to learn English and Japanese.

If students take extracurricular language classes, they can learn other foreign languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, German, French, Vietnamese, etc.

Here is an interesting word to know the next time you go to Korea! [hakgyo] = school (학교)

Traditional Language

parthivsaravanan2 — 2025-04-09 18:05:31 UTC

The people of Berber, descendants of pre-Arab inhabitants, are considered the oldest residents of Northern Africa. Tamazight, a Berber language, is an annex of various dialects spoken across the North African region. These symbols are often shown on tapestries. A common example is Afak (spelled phonetically), meaning "please" or Maminik atgeet, meaning "how are you?"

One Interesting Fact

2025-04-09 18:06:20 UTC

In Taiwan, a clock is not a good choice for a gift. This is because the word "Clock" is pronounced in a similar way as the words "end" and "termination". Giving a clock as a gift implies that you are paying your last respects.

One festival

2025-04-09 18:08:52 UTC

Carnival is the most popular festival in Brazil. It is a vibrant celebration of music, dance, and cultural heritage. This takes place in late February or early March. It is a period of parades, street festivals, and elaborate costumes.

Spoken language

layalsaffaf — 2025-04-09 18:09:18 UTC

The most commonly spoken language in the Levant area is Arabic, but French and Russian are pretty common there too. There are 6 different ways to say 'how is your day?', 2 for each gender and 2 for the plural. But the most common in the Levant area is, 'Keefo Yomukk?'

Traditional Food

juliahuang2 — 2025-04-09 18:09:23 UTC

Baba Ghanouj is a traditional food in the Levant culture and all across the Middle East.

One Traditional is Msemmen, which is a traditional flatbread made originally from the Maghreb.

2025-04-09 18:09:52 UTC

Italian Festival

gracelee2_5 — 2025-04-09 18:10:52 UTC

In Italian culture, there is a festival called the Sanremo Music Festival where they invite music artists to sing and then they choose a winner. This goes on for 4 days and on the last and final day, they vote for the last time, then the winner is decided. This is a festival has been going on for around 76 years.

Spoken Language

2025-04-09 18:12:02 UTC

привет means hello in their cultural language, pronounced (privet), and Как вы means how are you, and is pronounced (kak vy).

Language

2025-04-09 18:13:07 UTC

Italian: originated/evolved from Vulgar Latin most spoken language in Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia. Two word from Italy is: Spaghetti Come stai?

One traditional food

2025-04-09 18:13:27 UTC

Moqueca is a Brazilian seafood stew typically made with shrimp or fish in a base of tomatoes, onions, garlic, lime, coriander, palm oil, and coconut milk.

Traditional Foods

carsonsu — 2025-04-09 18:13:41 UTC

Han Chinese foods include dumplings (jiaozi), Peking duck, mapo tofu, and hot pot. The Han Chinese use a variety of different cooking methods that range from stir-frying, steaming, braising, smoking, and many, MANY more. There are also many cuisine variants that include Sichuan cuisines and Hunan cuisines. All these are used for a well-balanced and at the same time delicious diet.

Interesting Fact

2025-04-09 18:14:23 UTC

Lingnan culture, originating in southern China, is a unique blend of the cultures Han Chinese and Nanyue influence. It is known for the commercial focus, open attitude towards foreign culture and a preservation of Tang-Song culture heritages.

Dunzy — 2025-04-09 18:15:58 UTC

Kimchi Noodles is one of the traditional food, you might think that it is not healthy but it is very healthy this fermented cabbage based dish is reputed to be one of the healthiest dishes in the world. Add to this delicious instant noodles.

Spoken Language of German

alexdu1 — 2025-04-09 18:16:03 UTC

The people of the German culture speak a West Germanic language called German (or "Deutsch"). As a part of the Indo-European language family, German is the official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and many other regions.

In German, you'd greet somebody by saying "Guten Tag," meaning good day.

Spoken Language

isabellaqu1 — 2025-04-09 18:16:10 UTC

Spanish: the official language of Cuba is Spanish, and the most majority of Cubans speak it.

One word in spanish is hello which is Hola.

Sea Gypsies

2025-04-09 18:17:14 UTC

One Traditional Food

2025-04-09 18:17:50 UTC

One traditional food from the Russian Peasant culture is Shchi which is a type of cabbage soup. Additionally offering fiber, vitamins, and protein from the meat stock. (Sorry, Vegans)

A Unique Selection of German Clothes: Dirndls and Lederhosen

alexdu1 — 2025-04-09 18:18:12 UTC

A commonly worn selection of German clothes includes dirndls and lederhosen. Dirndls are a traditional dress that has a structured bodice, the upper part of women's garments, which is tightly tied and embroidered decoratively. Lederhosen are men's clothes consisting of leather shorts, generally featuring patterns and made from goat or buckskin. They are typically worn with over-shoulder braces and are connected across the chest with a decorative panel.

Traditional clothing

2025-04-09 18:20:48 UTC

Traditional Brazilian clothing includes colorful and vibrant garments, such as the traditional dress called the “baiana” and the “canga,” which is a wrap-around skirt.

Traditional festivals

layalsaffaf — 2025-04-09 18:20:58 UTC

Although it isn't completely for Levant, we celebrate eid by buying new Abayas for women and Galabeya for men. We buy new things and celebrate by giving money to loved ones. The entirety of the Levant culture celebrates this, even the non-muslims, as it's a part of Levant culture as well.

Traditional Clothing

juliahuang2 — 2025-04-09 18:21:09 UTC

Traditional Levant clothing for women is sometimes paired with an abaya and a hijab, which is usually mandatory after a girl's first period. And men wear galabeyat as tradition.

Sports that Italian are good at :

2025-04-09 18:21:10 UTC

Italians are known and fabulous at soccer, which this country has these leagues called Serie A, a bunch of soccer teams. They won four World Cup.

Seollal

christinepark6 — 2025-04-09 18:21:26 UTC

Koreans celebrate 'Seollal' which is when Koreans celebrate Lunar New Year. On this day, they bow to their elders to show our respect and to wish them a longer, better life.

FOOD

2025-04-09 18:21:44 UTC

Some foods :

Wonton Noodles
Dim sum
Steamed fish
soup dumpling
BBQ Duck noodles

Levant culture - Layal & Julia

layalsaffaf — 2025-04-09 18:21:48 UTC

A Festival of German Culture: Oktoberfest

joshuaciavarella — 2025-04-09 18:23:08 UTC

One famous festival celebrated by Germans is called Oktoberfest, celebrated from September 20th to October 5th. The celebration mainly reflects on beer consumption and activities, including parades featuring breweries through beer wagons. In fact, total beer consumption during Oktoberfest averages an upward of 75,800 hectolitres—about 2 million gallons! That's a lot.

One Significant Festival

2025-04-09 18:23:11 UTC

Maslenitsa, a.k.a. Butter or Pancake Week, is a traditional Slavic festival signaling the end of winter and the arrival of spring, including a week of festivities including pancake-making, outdoor games, and cultural performances

Festival

2025-04-09 18:23:22 UTC

Lingnan Culture has a festival and in the festival there is a dance called the Lion Dance. In Hong Kong, you could go to the city square and watch the show for free.

Spoken Language

2025-04-09 18:23:39 UTC

The spoken language in Taiwan is Mandarin. Mandarin is the official language in Taiwan, but most people in Taiwan speak Taiwanese.

To say "how are you" in Mandarin, you say "Ni hao ma". The chinese characters of Ni hao ma is 你好嗎.

Italian Traditional Clothing

gracelee2_5 — 2025-04-09 18:24:32 UTC

Even though Italy's Traditional Clothing isn't worn as much , it is still there. Their traditional clothing includes:

Tight-fitting bodices

Detachable sleeves for easier styling

Luxurious accessories

Hanbok

christinepark6 — 2025-04-09 18:25:55 UTC

Traditional clothing Koreans wear is Hanbok. Hanbok is clothing made of silk and cotton. In the olden days, the rich and poor wore Hanbok, but just in different colours to express their wealth. The rich would wear colourful clothing, while the poor had no dye involved in it.

FACTS

2025-04-09 18:26:13 UTC

Facts :

Macau also have the Lingnan Culture
Lingnan is also known as the Cantonese Culture
There is no alphabet in Cantonese
Hong Kong and Macau have a very large population of Lingnan Culture
Guangdong and Guangxi also has a lot of Lingnan Culture

Han Festivals

tonychan2_1 — 2025-04-09 18:26:18 UTC

"Qingming Festival (清明节/Qīngmíng Jié) / Tomb-Sweeping Day" - An annual and traditional, well-known festival celebrated by many ethnicities, specifically the Han, is a festival about honouring ancestors. Families would visit graves to clean them and pay respects, make food offerings, burn paper money and incense, and often plant willows and/or fly kites. It is usually celebrated on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either the 4th, 5th or 6th of April in a given year.

Traditional Clothing

carsonsu — 2025-04-09 18:26:19 UTC

A 'Hanfu' consists of a Paofu robe, or a Ru jacket worn as the upper garment with a Qun skirt commonly worn as the lower garment. In addition to clothing, Hanfu also includes several forms of accessories, such as headwear, footwear, belts, jewellery, Yupei and handheld traditional fans.

Eid al-Adha

parthivsaravanan2 — 2025-04-09 18:27:18 UTC

Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice," marks the culmination of the pilgrimage. Falling on the 10th day of the Islamic month, revelers sacrifice a ritually acceptable animal, then divide the remnants equally amongst themselves. Another tradition involves charity or gift-giving, in which families wish each other "Eid Mubarak" (meaning Blessed Eid). Additionally, it denotes a more religious meaning, commemorating Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to act as a "sacrificial lamb" as an act of obedience.

Carnivals

tabasomshoukorzada — 2025-04-09 18:27:43 UTC

Another traditional carnival with colorful floats, music, and costumes is similar to the one in Santiago, Cuba.

Cultural Clothing

2025-04-09 18:28:31 UTC

Zhuang clothing from the lingnan region are characterized by a handmade process involving 4 things: weaving, printing, dyeing, and embroidery

One traditional food

2025-04-09 18:29:33 UTC

Croquette is a deep-fried roll originating in French cuisine, consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling, which is then breaded. It's served as a side dish, a snack, or fast food worldwide. The binder is typically a thick béchamel or brown sauce, mashed potatoes, wheat flour, or wheat bread. That is really good and taste amazing.

Traditional Clothing

2025-04-09 18:29:45 UTC

A kosovorotka is a traditional peasant tunic with patterns on the sleeves, necks area, and the belt, worn by both men and women in many occasions including normal life before 1917 specifically the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

One Traditional Food

2025-04-09 18:31:47 UTC

Braised Pork Rice (also known as Hongshao rou fan) is a traditional Taiwanese food that many people in Taiwan enjoy. Braised Pork Rice is made from braised pork belly on top of rice, and sometimes with additional ingredients like egg and vegatables.

(according to Lucas, this food is very very good)

The djellaba or jillaba is a long loose-fitting unisex robe

2025-04-09 18:33:05 UTC

One festival

2025-04-09 18:37:33 UTC

The Taiwan Lantern festival is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communication in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern festival. This festival features dazzling lantern displays, cultural performances, and the release of sky lanterns.

Cultural Foods

2025-04-09 18:37:39 UTC

The Bajau mostly eat food from the sea since that's where most of their food supply lies. They eat a variety of seafood including octopus, fish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. Some of their traditional meals include Sagol (made with fish), Tayum (made with sea urchin), and Acar (pronounced achar and made with cucumbers and pineapple). They also eat some land foods, for example, rice and ground cassava.

Cantonese word

2025-04-09 18:40:52 UTC

(aoh)-(mm)-(hau)-(ye)-(joe)-(doh)-(di)

I can't do more.

(aoh)-(jong)-(ye)-(suit)-(go)

I like ice cream

(aho)-(auw)-(yeh)-(sick)

I love to eat

One Unique Traditional Clothing Item

2025-04-09 18:50:21 UTC

Qipao is a unique and traditional clothing item of Taiwan and other Chinese cultures. Qipao is a Chinese dress worn by women. People wear the qipao for formal events, cultural celebratings (like lunar new year), and special occasions.

traditional clothing

2025-04-09 18:51:40 UTC

this is the traditional clothing and its made by natural materials like cotton, linen, and some leather. and very factionist in the sea gypsies.

2025-04-11 00:56:24 UTC

Kung fu, also spelled gongfu (功夫), is a term with rich cultural and historical significance. It primarily refers to Chinese martial arts but also mean skill or mastery achieved through hard work and dedication

Language

vionadaghighi — 2025-04-25 16:09:03 UTC

Sea Gypsies speak many versions of the language they speak called "Sinama" or "Bajau". There are many names for this language, such as Bajau, Bajo, Bahasa Bajau or Bahasa Sama-Bajau.

Fun words to say in this language!

Hello: Kamalay

I want food: Kaw want makan

What is your name: Siapa nama mu

My friend is crazy: Kawanku gila

One Festival

vionadaghighi — 2025-04-25 16:19:33 UTC

The Pesta Igal is a festival celebrated by the Sama-Bajau. It's a celebration of Sama-Bajau dance and music. It's a cultural performance that takes place at the Hyundai Hall, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University where they perform their traditional dances and songs.

One Interesting Fact

vionadaghighi — 2025-04-25 16:25:51 UTC

Since the Sea Gypsies live on water and need to learn to swim lots, they are able to hold their breaths for long periods of time. Sometimes, they are even able to hold their breaths for up to 10 minutes at depths of 200 feet.

One interesting fact

davismorgan1 — 2025-04-25 17:22:40 UTC

One interesting fact about Jamaica is that it's home to the world's largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere, the Homerus swallowtail

hi

tonychan2_1 — 2025-04-25 17:29:52 UTC

HHHHIIII

lucashsu2 — 2025-04-25 17:30:46 UTC

Hellooo!

vionadaghighi — 2025-04-25 17:31:21 UTC

Language

kevinlian — 2025-04-25 17:34:03 UTC

Brazil is the largest country in the continent of South America but the people of Brazil actually speak portuguese. There is a phrase that is said like "Eu preciso de ajuda", which means I need help in Portuguese.

One interesting fact about Germans: auto-making

joshuaciavarella — 2025-04-25 17:43:09 UTC

Germany is one of the leading countries in car manufacturing industries. Currently, Germany has Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes, and Opel. Germany is one of three countries with the most cars produced, including the United States, Germany and Japan.

THE END !!

danheerhee — 2025-04-25 17:47:55 UTC

Bye Bye Bye :)

she reported me for bullying and child abuse

kevinlian — 2025-04-25 18:18:00 UTC

Interesting Fact

parthivsaravanan2 — 2025-04-28 01:40:09 UTC

The term "Berber" itself is an exonym, meaning it wasn't used by the people themselves but rather by outsiders, specifically the Greeks and Romans, to describe the indigenous population of North Africa.

Traditional Food

parthivsaravanan2 — 2025-04-28 01:43:23 UTC

A staple of Berber cuisine is couscous, a dish made from semolina wheat, often steamed over a stew of vegetables, meat, and aromatic spices. It's considered a communal dish, often eaten in family settings. Archaeological evidence suggests that couscous preparation methods and tools were in use by the Berber kings of Numidia centuries before the initial Roman conquest.

Traditional Clothing

parthivsaravanan2 — 2025-04-28 01:51:04 UTC

The djellaba is a long, hooded robe worn over other clothing, often with elaborate embroidery. Being a unisex garment, it is made from traditional materials, including cotton and wool, to show camaraderie with the natural environment. Djellabas originated with the Berber people and are known for their comfort and practical design, offering protection from the desert sun and cold nights. They are typically ankle-length, have a hood, and full sleeves. The embroidery can be indicated around the neck, chest, and sleeves, often with intricate patterns and colors.