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Cultures, Foreign & Otherwise:
AmerIndian Cultures
National Museum of American Indians Home
Page http://www.si.edu/nmai
The NMAI is raising funds, right now, to build this well-deserved
tribute to the Amerindians.
Deaf Cultures
It's amazing, what you can learn on the internet! We stumbled across a Deaf culture class, lots of Deaf culture discussions, and ... best of all ... this absolutely terrific page which will tell you everything you ever wanted to know (and a lot of things you'd have never thought to ask) about the Deaf (a linguistic/cultural minority), the hard of hearing, and the people who enjoy their company.
The Deaf Resource Page ... used
to be Karen Nakamura's Deaf Culture Page http://www.deaflibrary.org/
The most complete list of "deafness related" links anywhere!
On-line
Deaf Culture Class
http://cyberschool.4j.lane.edu/people/faculty/cruscial/DeafCulture/CourseDescription.html
This class is an experiment in teaching via the internet. It was written
up in NewsWeek in '95.
Hispanic Cultures
Recipes from
Spain
http://www.xmission.com/%7Edderhak/recipes.html
Ballet Folklorico
de Mexico
http://www.ciateq.conacyt.mx/intelnet/ballet6.html
Interested in other types of dances? Try the
More Cultural Info From Around the World:
Dance Library
http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/www/dance/type.html
Friendship Force ...
Cultural Exchanges Around the World
Friendship Force (another one of Jimmy Carter's projects) is an international exchange program between families in various countries. Basically, it works like this: you host someone from another country by providing food and lodging. They learn about your way of life ... and do a bit of touristing on the side. Then you get to play ambassador and go to a different country and learn about their way of life ... and do a bit of touristering on the side. When we first joined Friendship Force you had to agree (and pay your money up front) to go where ever you were sent and to participate in the daily activities of the family you stayed with. We went to Switzerland for 10 days ... when we first went, we didn't even know the names or addresses of the people we'd stay with -- and they were only expecting one guest!
Today, the regulations are much less restrictive and the lines of communication are much better. Not only do you have ample opportunity to correspond with your Friendship Force counterpart, but you may also choose to travel either with your local group or tag along with another group. Also, you can stay as long as you like (though not in private homes). It's a great way to travel. And an even greater way to make friends. Our local Friendship Force has hosted people from Switzerland, Korea(2), Columbia, France, England, Brazil, Japan, and Germany.
If you'd like to know more about Friendship Force, please contact:
Friendship Force InternationalHere's a wonderful Friendship Force Homepage which is being created by Harald Shurack for the Luebeck German FF':
Suite 575, South Tower One CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303
USA
http://www.on-luebeck.de/luebeck_kulturell/vereine_verbaende/friendship_force/
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