Culture
Traditions, music, dance, clothing, crafts, festivals, family and social life — nine ways into the same world.
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Traditions
Naming ceremonies, weddings, harvest rites — what happens, who does what, and why it is done that way.
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Music
The kora, the balafon, the drums that announce a wedding two villages away.
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Dance
Who dances, when, and what is being said without words.
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Clothing
Woven strips, indigo, embroidery — and what an outfit tells you before its wearer speaks.
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Crafts
Weaving, pottery, leather, metal. Trades learned by watching, rarely by being taught.
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Festivals
The days the whole village stops working, and what it costs to host them.
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Family
The compound, the elders, the children raised by everyone.
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Social life
Tea under the mango tree, the long greeting, and who gets to speak first.
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Beliefs and practices
Faith, custom, and everything that lives comfortably in between.
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