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Culture Vulture

The tag #culturevulture is a place where you can share something unique about your country with the world. Instead of being a tag about travel or tourism this tag is more about sharing local experiences. Let's get inside the hearts and souls of the Steemit Community!

More info about this months challenge can be found at Culture Vulture - January Challenge.
There is still time to enter this month and be in with a chance to get a share of the guaranteed 115 USD (paid in Steem)

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Recommendations

In this post I call out some of the great entries from the past week (you can still vote on these). They all stand out to me and really capture the spirit and the vision of the Challenge. This is just a small selection but for more you can check out the #culturevulture tag or for a complete list you can check out SteemChallenges.

• http://steemchallenges.com/culturevulture/index.html

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Festivals

Festivals are great to experience when you travel because they usually showcase the best local speciality foods, music, art as well as being great fun and a time for holidays.

@agustiarismail shares with us a very colourful parade in Indonesia.

• https://steemit.com/photography/@agustiarismail/colorful-indonesian-cultural-parade-bilingual

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Customs & Traditions

Traditions passed down from generation to generation may have a symbolic meaning or cultural significance; clothes, dress, food, holidays, family gatherings, pass-times. Traditions and customs are bound tightly to our cultural identity and may not always be the easiest for outsiders to grasp.

@deniandepa shares with us an event that unites two cultures and traditions in Banda Aceh.

https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@deniandepa/marriage-of-two-distinct-cultural-nations-aceh-and-australia-bilingual

I really likes this post by @cisah which describes some of the history of an ancient port city in Sumatra.

https://steemit.com/science/@cisah/sumatra-archeology-part-i-barus-1

@rahmadantara provides a wonderful detailed visit to a salt farm in Aceh. The photograph really makes this post stand out.

https://steemit.com/photography/@rahmadantara/my-salt-is-not-salted-again

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Food

In some respects nothing expresses a culture more than its food. The climate, culture, religion, the family structure and even way of life are all represented. When we travel or live overseas nothing brings you home like the taste or aroma of a dish from your childhood.

@maulida shares a delicacy from the Aceh region which unfortunately is being forgotten by millennial's.

https://steemit.com/food/@maulida/pisang-keurabe-traditional-cuisine-already-scarce

@rahmadantara takes us up a few trees in Aceh where the craftsmen retrieve Nira water from the Palm Trees. Again great photography as always

https://steemit.com/photography/@rahmadantara/nira-aceh-craftsmen

This post by @sumi teaches us about the tea tradition in Japan and how its taught in schools.

https://steemit.com/japanese/@sumi/lecture-of-tea

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Art

"#culturevulture" considers art as a physical expression of creativity. It takes many forms from the visual to performance arts. Art can change the temperature of a room, it inspires, it heals unites and can divide people. Art often provides a focal point to a celebration. Like food, art is a rich expression of our culture.

@rahmadantara's posts this month have definately shone. Great photography but also great descriptions. This post shows some of the Gem Art from Aceh and the craftsmen at work to fashion it into beautiful Jewellery.

https://steemit.com/photography/@rahmadantara/jade-aceh-the-most-beautiful-gem-in-the-world

This post by @yonsmulyono shows a painting he made displaying some culture from Western Java. We love original content on Culturevulture!

https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@yonsmulyono/a-work-of-painting-about-the-culture-of-western-java

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Join the fun today and check out #culturevulture

If you wish to support this challenge you can write an article, donate to the monthly prize fund, spread the word, resteem or most importantly check out the tag from time to time and comment and upvote peoples posts. Thank you for reading, I hope to read your entry this month and learn more about your culture.

Thank you for reading this. I write on Steemit about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Travel and lots of random topics.
Images in this post are all attributable to the linked authors.