Different Cultures

Develop very deep meditation in a short time.
Here you will find fantastic tools for developing your inner self by using the unique holosync tools for balancing the brain and developing a deep inner peace.
www.centerpointe.com

Lotus Heart Spiritual Art
Beautiful Spiritual Art, portraits of Jesus, Krishna, Angels, Faeries by Artist Flora Cloud.
www.lotusheartart.com

To Reach Yonder
Legitimate sacrifices of 240,000 Philippines Veterans with the Japanese-American World War II who fought for the United States of America in time of crisis and distress December 7, 1941 to June 1946.
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=20320

Steve's America
STEVE'S AMERICA - a color photo book of places named "Steve's."A fun travelogue and perfect gift for anyone named Steve
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=21929

Hayward Gallery
London, it provides a contemporary perspective on the art of our time and times past. It aims to bring an enquiring and critical edge to exhibitions which span history, cultures, artistic disciplines and media.
www.hayward-gallery.org.uk

Mohr, Sue
Paints somewhat non-traditional watercolors, specializing in florals and dream worlds. Her work reflects the influence of many cultures, especially Japan. Images with some comments, and resume.
www.dreamwater.org

Casabal, Francisco
Paintings, murals and restaurant interiors inspired by ancient cultures and civilizations.
www.casabal.com

The Museum of Juggling
History, greatest jugglers, pictures, movies, and juggling in different cultures.
www.juggling.org

The Sad-geezers Guide to Aeon Flux
Characters, episodes, cultures and links, also includes an Aeon Flux purity test.
www.sadgeezer.com

Border Crossings
An international theatre company specializing in combined arts performances fusing many forms of world theatre, dance and music. Works across borders, between cultures and art forms, between nations and peoples.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk

Bearclaw Gallery
A pioneer in the promotion of First Nations artists, the Bearclaw Gallery has made a significant contribution to the development of the awareness of the many different cultures found in Canada.
www.bearclawgallery.com

Calligraphy as a Visual Art
An article with links, at beautiful writing, calligraphy, including that of other cultures.
www.suite101.com

Comstock, Diana
Presents her contemporary mixed media and acrylic paintings, with collage, of subjects influenced by Eastern cultures. Has images, and a mailing list.
dianacomstock.com

Los Tanyaderos
An ensemble of two to ten performers dedicated to the preservation of the ethnic music of endangered cultures. Site includes a biography, show schedule, and contact information.
www.lostanyaderos.com

Music Archive for the Pacific
Articles, audio samples and links relating to the music of the indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea, and the Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian cultures.
www.scu.edu.au

Todd Green
One musician playing over 30 instruments from many cultures. Instrument photos and descriptions, quotes about music, links, reviews and references, and used instruments and pro audio gear for sale.
www.toddgreen.com

Lark In The Morning Ukuleles
Wide selection of ukes in all qualities and well as uke type instruments from other cultures.
www.larkinam.com

Kagero
New York City bicultural band that fuses two cultures to create a heavy rock sound with far eastern melodies. Site includes a biography, RealAudio clips, and a gig schedule.
www.kagero.com

DJ Woody
Southern California's electronic dance music DJ and Promoter. Information on the rave and club cultures.
www.djwoody.com

Johnson, Tendai
Artist living between two cultures, Zimbabwe and U.S.A, expresses the human condition. Resume, statement, and images of his paintings and drawings.
tendaijohnson.com

Workshops in Italy and France
Offers artists and art lovers an opportunity to work in beautiful landscapes and study art treasures and charming cultures. The sampling of fine cuisine is included.
www.workshopsinitaly.com

ForWord Girls
ForWord Girls is an all-girl spoken word festival taking place in San Francisco in the Fall of 2002. The mission of ForWord Girls is to create a space and event for women writers and spoken word performers of all cultures and ages from all over. Includes submission guidelines.
www.forwordgirls.com

Hayslip, Craig
Photographs and stories from travels in Asia, Africa, Costa Rica, and the western US. Includes wildlife, markets, children, and traditional cultures.
www.photosntravels.com

The Ohio State University School of Music: Musicology
Studies in ethnomusicology concentrate on the music of non-Western cultures and emphasize a solid grounding in field research, theory, and experimental methods, complemented by performance experience. Site includes course and faculty listings, and admissions instructions.
www.arts.ohio-state.edu

Rhythmweb
Information and links about percussion and music around the world, browsable by cultures and instruments.
www.rhythmweb.com

Calvin Charles Gallery
Scottsdale, AZ gallery offering contemporary art from diverse ethnic cultures, and select Asian antique furniture, objects and reproductions.
www.calvincharles.com

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
The festival is an annual celebration of Australian and Japanese cultures. Held in Port Fairy, Victoria.
www.port-fairy.com

The History of Floral Design
An overview of the use of fresh flowers and design styles, including those from Egyptian, European and Asian cultures. Presented by Cook College of Rutgers University.
aesop.rutgers.edu

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
An arena for the presentation, documentation, and support of visual and performing arts representing a wide range of attitudes and cultures encouraging high quality new work.
www.sbcaf.org

Ensemble Enchiriadis
Ensemble performs Medieval and Renaissance music of mediterranean cultures, recreating the naturalistic atmosphere of ancient performances. Historical instruments reconstructed by members; biographies, photos of instruments, audio files.
utenti.lycos.it

Label France: The Dream Parises of Jean-Paul Gaultier
Anne-Laure Quilleriet lauds the designer who "made mixing cultures a style, celebrating differences in shows that pay tribute to the Hassidic Jews of Brooklyn, the boxers of the Bronx or to the Eskimos".
www.france.diplomatie.fr

Madrigaia
A cappella group of six female vocalists from Winnipeg, Manitoba who sing world folk songs from different cultures and in different languages. Site includes MP3s, pictures, and concert listings.
www.madrigaia.com

University of South Africa: Subsection of Musicology
Offering courses in the history of music, music in world cultures, and compositional theory.
www.unisa.ac.za

Shakespeare in Europe: Critical Texts in English and German
William Shakespeare in European culture: critical essays, scholarly texts. A project of the English Department at Basel University. The study of cultures in contact. Uses of Shakespeare.
www.unibas.ch

Trans
A bilingual (English and Spanish) magazine publishing theoretical and critical texts on contemporary arts and cultures. Has articles, images, symposia, and moving and interactive exhibitions using modern technologies.
www.echonyc.com

ZOOM! Drum Ensemble
Perform music of indigenous world cultures. Performances and calendar.
www.zoomdrumming.com

Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre
A Bronx-based contemporary modern dance company committed to carving a permanent niche in the Bronx cultural landscape with a repertory of works that explore life on the margins of Latino and gay cultures, and to bring these works to a local, national and international audience.
www.arthuravilestypicaltheatre.org

National Music Museum
Founded as an academic support unit of The University of South Dakota, this collection includes more than 10,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
www.usd.edu

Chakatcha Dance Group
A traditional African and Caribbean dance troupe based in London. Encourages and supports programs, policies and opportunities that ensure the ongoing development, presentation and promotion of African/Caribbean Arts and Cultures through music and dance.
www.chakatcha.btinternet.co.uk

William Hanbury-Tenison
Based in California and acting on behalf of sellers of paintings, sculpture, furniture and decorative arts of all periods and cultures.
www.fineartagent.com

People of Endangered Cultures: A Portrait of Compassion
The award winning photography of Phil Borges is combined with personal anecdotes, and the spiritual thoughts by the Dalai Lama.
www.philborges.com

Connect to Art and Culture in Delray Beach, Florida
Public art and design linking the diverse cultures of this South Florida town.
www.delrayconnect.com

Rhythms of the Globe: Global Rhythms
Music from around the world that transcends cultures and geography.
www.rhythmsoftheglobe.com

H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa
A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
www.h-net.org

Filippos
Eclectic sculpture inspired by the mysticism of ancient rites and cultures.
www.sculpturebyfilippos.com

Bells and Their Music
Online book with chapters discussing the origins and historical development of bells in different cultures. Also examines founding, acoustics and ringing materials.
www.msu.edu

VeDaKi
Netherlands-based band is a meeting of different cultures, rhythms, languages, and forces of the world including Africa, India, Russia, and Tuva. News, member profiles, discography, reviews, sound files, and show dates. Originally known as Vershki da Koreshki.
www.xs4all.nl

Madri Institute
Non-profit dance research association dedicated to the art of mediterranean archaic dances and music cultures. Offers seminars on the Nelly Mazloum techniques, in Europe, Canada and Athens, Greece.
www.nellymazloummadri.org.gr

Smith, Timothy John-Luke and Margie Resto
Realistic works influenced by the Mayan and Egyptian cultures. Images, biographies, statements, and information on Timothy's classes.
www.paintedglyphs.com

World Wide Webs - String Figures from Around the World
Richard Darsie's instructions (with photographs) for making a wide variety of string figures popular with native cultures throughout the world, organized by "families" and rated according to difficulty. He provides bibliographical references to sources.
www.darsie.net

Narodno! International Dancers
Performs at a wide variety of functions including festivals, concerts, and weddings in Wisconsin and surrounding states. Specializing in ethnic dances and cultures from Eastern Europe.
plantpath.wisc.edu

Performance Space 122
A not-for-profit arts center serving the New York City dance and performance community since 1979. P.S.122 is committed to supporting the development of work by individual artists who create live art with an authentic vision. We are fully dedicated to finding, developing, and bringing to the public eye artistic creations from a diversity of cultures, points of view, ages, and sexual orientations
www.ps122.org

fUSION Anomaly.
604 memetic propagation through trance, ancient cultures and future visions..an effort to accelerate the coming singularity with cosmic enthusiasm.
www.fusionanomaly.net

Creation Story Theatre
One-man shamanic performance of Byenai and Lena--the creation myth of the Yakut People of Siberia--and other stories from indigenous cultures. Contact information, video stills and performance description.
www.creationstorytheatre.com

Tribalsite
Site devoted to traditional tribal cultures, with strong emphasis on those of Pacific islands. Includes illustrated articles with accounts of visits to some of the islands.
www.tribalsite.com

TheatreHistory.com
Collections of articles and links on the origins of theatre and theatre history in various countries, cultures, and time periods.
www.theatrehistory.com

ImagineAsia
The British Film Institute's UK-wide celebration of the cinema cultures of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, including British-Asian film and television.
imagineasia.bfi.org.uk

Tribal Artifacts,Inc.
A potpourri of information and artifacts from the cultures of southeast Asia.
www.tribalartifacts.com

Music and Anthropology
Founded by the Study Group on Anthropology of Music in Mediterranean Cultures of the International Council for Traditional Music. Includes all articles since 1996.
www.muspe.unibo.it

Sword Forum International
Sword Forum Magazine Online is a free e-zine dedicated to the art, forging, collecting, and martial arts practitionary use of swords from various cultures and time periods, with discussion forums frequented by industry leading bladesmiths and practitioners.
www.swordforum.com

Raaf, Sabrina
An artist working with experimental sculptural materials such as biological cultures, cow-gut and electronic circuitry.
www.raaf.org

Elektra Festival : Montreal Electronic Music Digital Imagery and Robotics
The ELEKTRA series focuses on new electronic music and on linking the various contemporary cultures resulting from the creative use of new technologies. Site includes history, contact, and ticket info. Event in november.
www.elektrafestival.ca

Heerdink, Maurice
Portraits of individuals, including celebrities and natives of other cultures, or groups, as for business, as well as male nudes by accomplished Dutch artist available for commissions and offering originals and prints.
home.planet.nl

Callen, Fran
Portfolio of paintings, sketches, illustration and murals, Work is focused on Australian rural life and urban sub-cultures.
users.senet.com.au

Mundo Etnico Foundation
Dutch non profit organization promotes dance cultures from the South Pacific islands, including Samoa, Hawaii, Cook Islands, Rapanui, Tonga, Tuvalu, New Zealand, Fiji.
www.mundoetnico.nl

Alma
An acoustic ensemble: features compositions of Agustin Lira and musical styles from Latin American, American, and Afro-Cuban cultures.
home.earthlink.net

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Essays on Taoist and Confucian classics. Also includes a timeline with literary dates and links to texts.
eawc.evansville.edu

Around the World in a Viewfinder
A selection of photo essays by Jean-Philippe Soule to present various Native Cultures.
www.jpsviewfinder.com

The Film Study Center at Harvard
Comprehensive film and photographic studies of whole cultures. History and profile of center, resources, archive, and other miscellaneous information.
www.filmstudycenter.org

Michael "Nick" Nichols
Galleries and advice from a National Geographic photographer on how to take pictures of tigers, elephants, apes, and native cultures.
michaelnicknichols.com

McKie, Lucy J.
Portraits in oil of government officials, military officers, clergy, corporate executives, and a wide variety of other sitters (as from many cultures) by internationally renowned British artist, available for commissions.
www.portraitpainteruk.com

Ntama - Journal of African Music and Popular Culture
Includes articles, particularly on Afrobolivian, Afroeuropean, and African Hip Hop cultures. Also, reviews, obituaries, and event listings.
ietpd1.sowi.uni-mainz.de

Deoran
Combining the cultures of Burkina Faso and Norway, Deoran tries to educate and entertain people with poetry, music and storytelling. Bergen, Norway.
www.deoran.com

Brightpath
Tribal arts and antiques from Africa, Asia, Pre-Columbian and Oceanic cultures.
www.brightpath.net

Great Adventure Films
A series of films from MacGillivray Freeman Films looking at people, cultures, and environments.
www.greatadventureseries.com

Georgetown University - Classics Department
Featuring studies of the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Program and course information, news and events, faculty and resources.
www.georgetown.edu

The Ring of Authors
For and about writers of all ages, cultures, and countries.
www.geocities.com

California Mojo Car
A religious, magical, and good-luck themed assemblage car covered with statues and amulets from all cultures.
luckymojo.com

Classical Atlas Project
The Barrington Atlas is a reference work of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the lands they penetrated, and the peoples and cultures they encountered in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.
www.unc.edu

Vuyani Dance Theatre Project
A project-based company that produces works that combine in a dynamic and theatrical way the many cultures, backgrounds and tastes that enrich South Africa.
www.vuyani.co.za

Watt, Bryan
"Disappearing Cultures" documents the lives of 2 hill tribes in South-east Asia. Available for work on humanitarian projects.
www.bryanwatt.com

Chinese calligraphy
Brush calligraphy is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu (calligraphy), Hua (painting), Qin (a string musical instrument), and Qi (a strategic boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati.
www.asiawind.com

Santa Ana College
Full curriculum in modern dance, ballet, jazz, tap repertory, flamenco, folk-lorico dance, dance history and dance cultures.
ext.sac.edu

The American Musical Instrument Society
AMIS is an international organization founded in 1971 to promote better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods. Includes listings of journals and publications, events calendar, meetings, awards, and links.
www.amis.org

Dean, Sacha Biyan
A compelling photographic journey to the farthest raeches of the globe, delving into the customs and rituals of various remote and vanishing cultures.
www.sachabiyan.com

Fools Rush In
Two people from two distinctly different cultures find themselves married and expecting a baby, knowing very little about one another or their respective backgrounds.
movieweb.com

Don Doyle
Nationally recognized storyteller and actor from Mesa, Arizona. Concerts and workshops for adults and children, stories of ancient mythology, legends of the people of the Southwest, folktales of many world cultures.
don-doyle.com

In the Heart of the Beast
Puppet and mask theater for all ages and cultures, creating a sense of community among performers and audience, and building a vital and healthy culture through art, festivity, work, and play.
www.heartofthebeasttheatre.org

Restless Dance Company
Australian youth dance company whose work is inspired by cultures of disability.
www.restlessdance.org

Los Angeles Salsa Kids
A non-profit organization founded with the purpose to expose kids to different communities, cultures and heritage through dance. Site features biographies, pictures, event information, chatroom, bulletin board and dance class information.
www.salsaweb.com

Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music
Refereed forum for scholarly studies of the musical cultures of the seventeenth century. Fulltext articles.
merlyn.press.uiuc.edu

Native American Journalists Association
Serves and empowers Native communicators through programs and activities designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.
www.naja.com

One World Arts Exchange
Promoting the music and dance of West African cultures.
www.danceanddrum.com

The Multicultural Choir (Melbourne, Australia)
The choir celebrates the many cultures migration has brought to Melbourne by singing songs in many languages from around the world.
home.vicnet.net.au

Todays Tabors Information from Harms Historical Percussion
History of the tabor drum and descriptions of variant of the tabor from different cultures.
www.harmsperc.com

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