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Hoodoo is an ethnoreligion that, in a broader context, functions as a set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities and elements of indigenous American botanical knowledge.
Americana artifacts are related to the history, geography, folklore, and cultural heritage of the United States of America. Americana is any collection of materials and things concerning or characteristic of the United States or of the American people, and is representative or even stereotypical of American culture as a whole. [1] [2]
Storytelling falls under the umbrella of broader oral traditions and can take either the form of oral history or oral tradition. [9] The difference between the two is that oral history tells the stories that occurred in the teller's own life while oral traditions are passed down through generations and reflect histories beyond the living memory of the tribal members. [9]
The Voice is officially live!. The Top 8 contestants took the stage for the first live episode of Season 26, in which each hopeful sang twice: a solo performance and a special duet covering a ...
White supremacy in America, explains how our new war collided with an old fight and put Black Americans on the front lines. We're living in a perfect storm for extremist recruitment. Five questions on America's racial reckoning. The one word that Tree of Life's rabbi refuses to say.
When did America begin? Well, the United States became a country in 1776 and drafted a constitution in 1787. Seems simple enough, right?Yet many Americans remain unsatisfied with such an obvious ...
William Hogarth's engraving "Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington" (illustration to Samuel Butler's Hudibras) [1]. Charivari (/ ˌ ʃ ɪ v ə ˈ r iː, ˈ ʃ ɪ v ə r iː /, UK also / ˌ ʃ ɑːr ɪ ˈ v ɑːr i /, US also / ʃ ə ˌ r ɪ v ə ˈ r iː /, [2] [3] alternatively spelled shivaree or chivaree and also called a skimmington) was a European and North American folk custom designed to ...
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