https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh Made with swagger en-us 2018-09-05 05:25:58 UTC 2018-09-05 06:15:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844418 The article is written by Jacklyn Janeksela who explores the idea of why Czechs do not speak german, this article was interesting and explained a lot of history behind this statement. The Czechs peasants who earn money by doing puppet shows were the ones who were legally allowed to speack the Czech language, while the upper classes and the rest of the country spoke German, at this point most of the Czech language was dead. From what I got from the article the reason the language of Czech came back was because these peasants protected their language and kept it alive. ]]> 2018-09-05 05:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844418 https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844488 This article written by Egle Gerulaityte explores one of the more curious traditions of the Gana Yala people about the natural gender equality and complete tolerance and celebration of gender fluidity. This article explores the unique gender positivity for transgendered people, also known to the Gana's as Omeggid. This society values both men, women, and the "third gender" as equal in both work and home.]]> 2018-09-05 05:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844488 https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844516 The Legend of Benin's fearless female warriors:
This article is written by Fleur Macdonald explores a group of female warriors named "the Amazons" by European colonists. These females were an elite group of ruthless warriors that protected the queen. There were front line warriors of the kingdom of Dahomey which was a west African empire which existed from 1625- 1894. Its remains lie in modern-day Benin located between Nigeria and Togo. The author's opinion on these women is that they are "...inspirational, powerful women" (Macdonald). ]]> 2018-09-05 05:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844516 https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844835 The Guatemalan god that 'gets people out of jail'

This article written by Gavin Haines, explores  the Guatemalan deity known as San Simón, also known as Maximón. At the temple of San Simón, 'pilgrims' would worship San Simón by smoking cigars, drinking rum, and alcohol. Many worshippers are good and honest people, however, the temple is also associated with illegal activities such as prostitution and drug dealing.
  ]]> 2018-09-05 05:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844835 https://padlet.com/oliver_picton/ylwbrre45twh/wish/277844908 This article written by Nori Jemil examines the long lasting fight of saving the ancient language of Faroese. Furthermore, this fight went on between the Danish culture and the Faroese independence. Faroese was prohibited in schools, courts and churches. The ban did not stop the Faroese from keeping the language alive and updated.

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