Somalian Culture Vs American Culture

Week ones study was focused on the Aboriginal Acknowledgement of Country and the Indigenous terms of reference. These are two very important topics as they focus on the interaction between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians, fostering a relationship a relationship of trust, respect and understanding. A proper understanding of the Aboriginal Terms of Reference is an integral tool for an aspiring teacher such as myself. They encompass the cultural knowledge, understanding and experiences that are at the center of the Indigenous culture (Oxenham, 1999).

Introduction Aboriginal Australian peoples have been placed in unfair situations that have resulted in disconnections from society due to bias in culture, racism and because of previous historical events such as colonisation that led to colonialism and horrible events such as The Stolen Generation. These events act like a scar to the Aboriginal Australian peoples and their culture, those previously mentioned historical events symbolises the cut, the immense pain that was caused in that moment is still a factor and the pain from it is still prevalent and is symbolised by the scar. The scar also represents the factors that still manage to affect the Aboriginal Australians today, such as racism and lack of quality and access to education, money and health care.. The Indigenous peoples are also affected by various other factors such as limited access to health care that may be of poor quality, such resources may also bring fear to the Indigenous peoples because practitioners are not always sensitive or respectful to

INTRODUCTION Ever since the early days of humanity and recorded history, we know that humans have watched the sky and analyzed and recorded the movement of the various celestial bodies within it. Many of these early civilizations saw the movements within the sky as a celestial dance and were reproducing them in their own way as various dances. Song and dance is a traditional way for populations to teach and pass down important information to younger generations.

This means that whenever we move our whole body along with a piece of music is also considered as dancing. Dancing, in a way, is way more informal than choreography since it usually does not required any strict guideline or certain steps that dancers have to follow; dancer can always modify the structure or the movements of the dance if necessary, or even if they wanted to. It is more about gathering a number of people having fun together under the same music. However, dancing can also express a historical story or legend in certain

Ever since I was a little kid, I was serious, mature and warm hearted, and becoming a successful person at school and my community is what I always wanted. I define success as one 's ability to overcome some challenges. My challengeswere adopting both American and Ethiopian cultures and living in them as one. I hat as success because it’s interesting to find peopleliving (an active life in two different cultures.

Aboriginal people have a long history of traditions, but many of these traditions were altered or

Until recently, the western trained archaeologist and anthropologist constructed the identities and histories of the Aboriginal people. The western hegemony which still existed in the anthropological and archeological practice effectively silenced the indigenous voices. The identity of the Indigenous Australians does not rest in an imagined Australian Aborigine, but in the multiplicity of names and identities. However, Anthropology is instrumental in constructing the one Aboriginal identity through the operation of language. Therefore, the Aboriginal people, who became one in order to redefine their cultural identity, seek to re-appropriate their past from the colonialist anthropological and historical narratives.

Of the Somalis born in Australia, there were 2693 males (47.4%) and 2992 females (52.6%) in 2011. The sex ratio was 90 males per 100 females . (see appendix 1) Amongst Somalia-born individuals aged 15 years and over, the contribution rate in the labour force was 51.8% and the unemployment rate was 22.1%. The equivalent rates in the whole Australian population were 65% and 5.6% individually.

Materialism and celebrities have become influences on both indigenous and non-indigenous people of Australia and is becoming more popular than traditional customs. The colonization of Australia has also been one of the reasons that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders native language is dying out. Although influences have become popular, their traditions are still an important aspect of their daily lives and keeping up with their cultural

This culture and the Australian Aboriginal culture have more similarities than differences regarding their cultural values and beliefs. One of the major similarity was the importance of transferring culture from generations through connecting culture in all aspects of life, such as traditional dances, where participation in such cultural traditions expressed one 's identity. In both these cultures, there are mainly three ways cultural wisdom have been passed onto younger generations, which are through family, society, and school. One such knowledge is the importance and benefits of a healthy lifestyle, emphasized through an individual 's diet and exercise (Crowe, Stanley, Probst & McMahon, 2017). These cultural values and traditions help

Abstract Being an aborigine in a white dominated society is a complicated identity. Australia, one of the white governed nations, also owns many aboriginal tribes. They lived harmonious lives in the early period. But European colonization has made a profound effect on the lives of Aboriginals in Australia, which led to the total demolition of their native culture, identity and history. As a result the new generation Aboriginals have lost their Aboriginal heritage and have been accepted neither by Aboriginals nor by whites.

There are many other aspects of dance then just learning the “moves”. A dancer must have well trained technique, flexibility, muscular body, know terminology, memorize steps and so much more. There are so many important aspects of dance most people do not realize. If dance was given more publicity, more people would view it as a

At that time, “dancing” was considered prancing around in pink sparkly tutus while pretending to be a prima ballerina. Now, that is not the case. Dancing is like any other competitive sport, but much different.

I have been dancing for four years now and know for a fact that dancing is a sport. Dancers practice everyday to improve like other sports. I have danced before but it was not as serious until I joined Color Guard my freshman year. Color Guard was mainly contemporary and ballet.

Dance might be just a movement of a person’s feet and body for others. But to me, it means more than that. Dance is an art, a way of expressing your thoughts through your body involving perfect posture, unstoppable practice, and confidence. Gerald Graff’s, “Hidden Intellectualism” mentions that intellect does not only exist in academic form of thinking. Non-academic subjects should be apart of intellect because knowledge can also take the form of street smarts.