Traditions - Blog Posts
Don't mind me, just flexing my country.
Ось що буває коли ввалюєшся в особисті до колежанки з питанням чи є якісь незавершені роботи та, чи можна з ними погратися :"D
Reconnect with Nature: A New Year at Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle
Escape the ordinary this New Year at Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle. Immerse yourself in nature, cultural traditions, and wellness for a transformative journey. Continue reading Reconnect with Nature: A New Year at Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle
Hang a mistletoe but instead of kissing you bave to fuck the person on the spot
Breaking Waves
See the water receding back into the endless abyss
Feel the pull as it gathers strengths in the thousands
Tiny waves coalescing into one
Before it breaks upon the immovable cliff face
Nothing less will make a difference
But something as grand is only mutable
Until the edges are worn by the relentlessness
As the mineral is shaved away by the layers
To not be seen and understood
Until the final blow is dealt
The consequence becomes too shocking
For the cliff rooted in its position
More than a chip off the shoulder
A gaping hole of what once was
The water surrounding the broken piece
Consuming whole the bitterness of old
There is a time for traditions
But there is also time for change
To not allow the growth of all things
Is to let them be enraged
- pyxisjaded
Sunset at... Tashi lhunpo monestary... #sunset #sunsetsaroundtheworld #buddism #monestary #monks #tibet #architecture #travelling #spirituality #culture #traditions #wayoflife #peace #riders #dairy #explore #karnataka (at Bylakuppa, Karnatka)
Thegchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargyeling, also known as Namdroling monestary was a temple constructed from bamboo, covering an area of approximately 80 square feet in a jungle where the indian government granted land for the tibetian exiles, initial challenges included rampaging elephants and other tropical dangers. Now its one of the largest teaching centers for nyingma lineage of tibetian buddhism in the world.. #buddhism #buddha #nyingma #namdroling #tibetan #monks #religions #architecture #spiritual #focus #nirvana #lifestyle #cultures #traditions #rituals #outlooktraveller #trav3lr #instagram #instadaily #rider #dairies #explore #karnataka (at Bylakuppa, Karnatka)
Ancient carvings. Dwarapalas(guards) guarding the central chamber which has the famous somaskhanda panel of shiva and parvathi wearing kiriti-mukhut (crown)along with their son skanda in mahishasuramardine cave temple (7th century AD). #preserved #history #skanda #indian #mythology #ancientarchitecture #archeology #ancientart #gods #pallavas #worldheritagesite #cave #temple #shiva #lordshiva #sculptures #rockcarving #granite #instagram #ancienttemple #religion #traditions #explorer (at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India)
🇮🇹 Tipica della tradizione sicula, la Frutta Martorana viene gustata durante la celebrazione della Festa dei Morti. Due sono gli ingredienti principali: la farina di mandorle e lo zucchero. È fatta di ingredienti semplici, ma è deliziosa. Servitela a tavola durante queste feste; farete un figurone! 😉😎👇🏻
🇬🇧 It’s a typical Sicilian dessert. Frutta Martorana is prepared during the All Saints’ Day!☺️ There are two main ingredients: the almond flour and the sugar. So It's made of simple ingredients, but it's delicious. Serve it during these holidays; you will make a good impression! 😉😎
Cultural Centres for French Heritage in Canada
Below are the links for French cultural centres and archives around Canada. Whether you're looking into maritime Acadian culture, Quebecois traditions, Franco-Ontarian culture, Franco-Manitoban history and heritage, there's so much out there for you! Many of these centres host events, music concerts, cultural festivals, art galleries, and research centres to help you learn your roots.
Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre
Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture at University of Ottawa
The Acadian Centre of the Université Sainte-Anne
Historical Society of Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre
Marius Barbeau Centre, Montréal, Québec
Saint Isidore Museum and Cultural Centre, Alberta
https://ccfm.mb.ca/en/
Celebrations in Acadian Culture - Mardi-Gras, Ash Wednesday and Lent
For Christians the world over, Lent has begun! It is a movable time of the year, not always landing on the same day. It begins however, with Ash Wednesday. It falls 47 days before Easter. Ash Wednesday begins the Lenten season, where its objective is to practice moderation, repentance, fasting, and reflections on our spiritual lives. In the Scriptures, it reflects the period of time where Jesus, after being baptized by John the Baptist, wandered in the desert for 40 days to meditate and be at one with God to prepare himself for his mission on Earth.
The eve before Ash Wednesday (known as Shrove Tuesday in the English-speaking world, and Mardi-Gras to the Francophones) families make pancake suppers to indulge in one last sweet treat before the 40 days of sweet privation. In Acadian communities, on that Tuesday, sometimes the Monday prior, classes would be let off early so that the children could prepare themselves for a masquerade in town. It was tradition to go door to door, with masks and costumes and request treats and candy. Some festive seekers would ask for potatoes and lard to make poutines râpées (a potato dumpling) to enjoy later. They would sing: "C'est monsieur Marier, qui n'a pas encore dîné. Va dans tons baril de lard, Nous chercher du lard." and the hosts would sing back: "Mardi Gras, va-t-en pas, On fera des crêpes, Et p'is t'en auras." (It's Mr. Marier that hasn't supped yet. Go to your lard barrel, and give us some lard!" "Shrove Tuesday, don't go away, we'll make crêpes, and you shall have some!") These dumplings would be prepared in two big cauldrons or pots, one for the girls, one for the boys. Some would hide names of each person in the dumplings, and upon discovering the name, the person has to give a kiss on the cheek to the lucky recipient. Another tradition was to hide a black and white buttons in the dumplings. Whoever discovers a black button would be single for the year, and a white button would foretell a happy wedding on the way. It was also known that folks would pull molasses into golden strands to lay in the snow, and roll onto a stick to enjoy! It was also superstition to not go into the woods for firewood on Shrove Tuesday, for fear of being maimed by your own axe. (Dupont 287-290)
Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting among traditional Christians, is meant to remind practitioners that they are made of dust, and to dust one day they will return. "Souviens-toi que tu es poussière et que retourneras en poussière." the priest would say as he would draw a cross from the cinders of last years' palm fronds or cedar twigs. It is a ceremony in which to reflect on our own mortality, and that we are not above anything in this world, but a part of it.
For the Lenten period of 40 days many Acadian families of the past would fast according to the Church's rules of the time, quite severe. It would include 2 ounces of bread for breakfast, a full meal at lunch time and a little snack for supper. Since the 1940s, the Church relaxed its restrictions a smidge, allowing most families who still practice to just avoid eating meat and fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Many people nowadays also take the time to avoid sweets, or defeat a particular vice, such as smoking. Some pious families would even do a family rosary prayer every morning, attend mass more often, and participate in the Way of the Cross on Fridays and sing hymns and songs for this time. It was encouraged by the local churches that parishioners take the Way of the Cross to and from Mass on every Wednesday and Friday night during Lent.
One of them, a classic of oral tradition of French Canada, would be "La Passion de Jésus-Christ" (The Passion of Jesus Christ). One edition was picked up by Carmen Roy, from a resident of Port-Daniel, Mme. Zéphirin Dorion (born Philomène Roy) in the 1950s. This edition can be found online, or on the album "Songs of French Canada, Folkways", or on the vinyl Acadie et Québec, produced by the Folklore Archives of the University of Laval in 1959. Answering to St. John, Christ predicts his own death on the cross in this song.
(Lyrics taken from Le Parnasse des coeurs d'amour épris, released October 10th 2013). The French grammar in this song shows the French Canadian accent in its speaking, with emphasis on the 'Z' sound accompanying plural words, and a rolling of the Rs. This song, constantly evolving with time, has its roots in medieval France, from the regions where Acadian and Québecois settlers came from. An example of the song track can be listened to below:
This link provides different versions from varying regions in France, Acadie and Québec:
https://books.openedition.org/editionsbnf/471?lang=en
The Lenten Season for Acadian communities was a time of quiet. No weddings could be celebrated and no kitchen parties and dance nights. Young men could not visit their beloved girlfriends and many folks stopped playing card games.
The Mi-Carême is on the horizon though, so hold fast! Another post will come for this day of revelry and feasting! Just so you can also hold your breath while you wait!
Ways to participate in Lent
listen to the song in this post, and savour its melody. If you can understand French and appreciate the words, all the more to you!
take last year's Palm Sunday cedar twigs or palm fronds hung on your doorway and burn them to ash. Mark your forehead with the ashes, repeating the words used in the rites to remind ourselves that we are dust and to dust we will return. It is tradition to wear this mark for the entire day. Yes, even if you have errands to run or have to go to work.
take up a religious or spiritual activity you would like to get better at. For example, I'm sitting with myself every day for Lent to read the New Testament, taking time to understand and contextualize the words I'm reading. I'm reading the First Nations Version this year.
what do you feel like you could abandon for 40 days? Do you have a shopping addiction that needs curtailing? A vice you'd rather not have? Time to reflect on it and try to do better. The point is not to be amazing at it from the start. If you slip up, forgive yourself and start again.
pray a morning rosary if you feel so inclined! Being mindful in the mornings instead of scrolling through your social feed can do wonders for your mental health.
Almsgiving is also an encouraged practice this time of year. I like to use Lent to promise myself I will serve all my customers at my job the way that any human being deserves to be served, and take time to get outside of myself and empathize with their needs (I work in banking, St. Matthew help me)
References
Georges Arsenault. La Mi-Carême en Acadie. Editions La Grande Marée. 2007.
Jean-Claude Dupont. Héritage d'Acadie. Editions Leméac. 1977.
https://books.openedition.org/editionsbnf/471?lang=en