MetaFilter posts tagged with customs and culture

"My humble efforts to assist in the elucidation of the social condition of a distant and comparatively unknown race."

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:34:54 -0800

Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs (1867).

All Things Muertos

moonbird — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:38:01 -0800

The Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos, "Day of the Dead."

Shoe slapping in Iraq.

Civa — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:10:24 -0800

The culture of a society, is largely invisable to it's inhabitants. While the bigger things in our own cultures are easily identifiable, such as food, customs and religion. More unique things like hitting a statue or a picture of Saddam with a shoe, are not. Symbolism is usually subtle and can easily be missed or misinterpreted by people from other cultures. This is a great article from BBC WORLD NEWS which explains some of the symbolism we're seeing in the Iraqi gatherings.

hama7 — Thu, 31 Oct 2002 05:08:30 -0800

Chinese culture. Calligraphy, and Chinese rural architecture.