Monday, January 25, 2010

Мы тут посовещались с парнями и решили, что, пожалуй, будем вести блог на русском языке.)


Однако, это не будет исключать англоязычных ссылок и цитат.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Fantastic Photo series 'Zulu Land' 1903. How does an european high class material culture come into zulu's live:


It looks more like stage photo - I am not shure about zulu like playing piano, golf or table tennis.
The source is Okinava Flickr - there are also a lot of different ethnographic photo.






















































Pygmeis VS Europien people:





African Pygmies living areas




Monday, January 18, 2010

Pigmies

Pygmy is a term used for various ethnic groups worldwide whose average height is unusually low; anthropologists define pygmy as any group whose adult males grow to less than 150 cm in average height. A member of a slightly taller group is termed pygmoid. The best known pygmies are the Aka, Efé and Mbuti of central Africa. There are also pygmies in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil.The term also includes the Negritos of Southeast Asia. The remains of at least 25 miniature humans, who lived between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago, were found on the islands of Palau in Micronesia.

Here the short film about african pigmies made 40 years ago:

Read more on Wiki

Monday, January 4, 2010

White Girl Arabic World:


I found one quite interesting blog about arabic world. There are articles and pictures about modern and ancient culture of Middle East. As you have a chance to understand by the name - the author is european woman. Enjoy!