At the mention of “mens underwear” most people picture white briefs, old-fashioned long-johns, or perhaps some boxers with a fun pattern on them. Kin Groups. When Brazilians speak of “family” they usually mean a large extended kin group rather than the immediate family of spouse and children. This large kin group, the parentela , consists of all maternal and paternal relatives, along with in-laws. The parentela is at the core of social life and in time of need ideally provides assistance to its members. Such support can also be obtained through ritual kinship ( compadrio ) in which parents select additional allies and protectors as godparents for their children. Some claim that the multiple functions of these extended kinship networks has inhibited the development of extrafamilial organizations in Brazil, such as parent-teacher associations and garden and civic clubs. To Marxists, power implies oppression and therefore, should be overthrown in the name of liberation. The chief targets? The sacred things of civilization. Feminists, gay activists, Marxists, and other deconstructionists are on a mission to destroy that which is holy—to defile God. They abhor the family most of all—that institution of social reproduction, which involves a voluntary surrender to loyalties that bind you for life. They bind you most of all when you try to discard them. Satan works through men to bring about a world devoid of the sacred and in which the effort of social reproduction is no longer made. Wilson explains further that: “Mentally, culture involves the socially shared and customary ways of thinking, a way of encoding, perceiving, experiencing, ordering, processing, communicating and of behaviorally expressing information which distinguishes one cultural group from another. All these activities are dedicated to the end of adapting the culture to the consistent and changing demands of its physical and social environment and reciprocally adapting the environment to the demands of the culture. Though war and conquering were important to the Romans it usually ended well for them as the citizens of conquered nations were treated well and integrated into Roman society. However, the vastness of the republic became too much of a strain on the constitutional form of government and soon it was disbanded and replaced with an imperial government. (Thinkquest, 2010) The integration of Romans among other cultures and other cultures among Romans often led to the trading of ideas, traditions and beliefs systems among various cultures and civilizations. Great job. A people without the knowledge of their past,history,origin and culture is like a tree without roots. I will like that some of us in diaspora who do not know our roots should go back and trace it.
In conclusion, there are many aspects of Welsh life that can be identified as part of the culture of the country. Some of these are unique to Wales, such as the language, costume, songs and emblems. Others such as the popularity of drinking hot tea and the tradition of castle building are shared with the other countries that make up the British Isles and can be identified with by their populations. Other options for men who are embracing their downtime are white Oxford shirts, pinstripe shirts, or blue gingham shirts. Sport jerseys, generally don’t generate style points, unless you are heading to a game. Rugby shirts are considered stylish and have the bonus of being comfortable and structured enough to wear almost anywhere. Shirts should be worn fitted, when they are too loose, they pass the comfort realm and begin to dip into the under-dressed area. They(the oppressors) evolved systems of subjugation listed above are the ones that were used and applied to aggressively attack and carry out a Total Cultural War African history, culture and its people relentlessly. As this was taking place, the effects on Africans was monumental. “The task of reclaiming even a portion of the best indigenous socialization practices in Africa is enormous. The continent of Africa is some 11,608,000 square miles; twenty percent of the earths land. Over 853.6 million(Censors as of July 29, 2012), African people populate the continent. Add Africans in the diaspora and that brings the total of Africans in the world to more than a billion and a half. Africans speak at least 1000 different languages, practice a variety of rituals and traditions, and foster distinct cultures. On the other hand there were artists who openly sided with the opposition and produced works that were used to mobilize people. Some of these artists produced work that required a sophisticated understanding of the artists’ use of references to other works of art like Dumile Feni’s ‘African Guernica’ (Figure 1). In all earnestness, we have lost our bearings, moorings and geographical campus in life. We are under great and grand delusions of grandeur, that if one were to accumulate more money, and sacrifice ones soul and human beingness(Culture, Customs, etc), that does not matter, but money does. We have dug ourselves, we Africans of South Africa, into a hole that we cannot climb out of. We glorify, cherish, and work very hard to be a poor copies of other cultures and are strung-up on material wealth and technological gadgets and nothing more.
