Visual Ethnography

Camping out can be such a fun activity especially when it is done with the entire family or close friends. This is the activity where you can be fit and healthy, stress free and re-bonded with your loved ones. Camping can give you enough time to take off from all the stresses that you are getting at work and your daily routine. This is the time to enjoy Mother Nature and breathe in fresh air. Camping is where you can be carefree and still enjoy everything that is included in it. This is why a lot of people are having their own camping groups so that this activity can be done on a regular basis. But before you go out and take a hike, make sure that you have everything you need packed up in your bag. Missing a single detail in camping will definitely ruin your camping experience. The most important thing to bring along is your sleeping bag. Hiking sleeping bags can be one's temporary bedroom while out in the woods. This should be where one can comfortably sleep and stay protected a...

While many anthropologists in the early postwar years, especially in Britain, rejected attempts to turn anthropology into an accurate science, others went in the opposite direction. This was not only the case with the American cultural ecologists and the British methodological individualists, but also –perhaps surprisingly – with people working within the broad framework of American linguistic anthropology. Several of Sapir’s successors explored semantics and language structures in traditional societies in an accurate way. Some of these devised quantitative methods tailored to measure frequencies and connections between native terms, and worked closely with psychologists, linguists and others engaged in the emerging interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. Among the foremost of these were Harold Conklin, Charles Frake and Ward Goodenough, who all contributed to the development of ethnoscience in the 1950s. Ethnoscience was concerned with describing ‘cultural grammars’, through i...

Me with my new Sleeping Bag  Sleeping bags are very important for a camper. This is where they can spend the night during their camping period. This is also where they can rest comfortably without being too exposed to the outdoor elements. This can also be a carrying bag when one is traveling. This is like carrying a tent in a bag. It is very convenient, easy to transport and useful. No camper should be without this equipment. However, it is important for a camper to choose the right sleeping tent to purchase. This is to make sure that they will be able to sleep comfortably even while they are in the outdoors. Here are some tips so that you will land on the right decision on which sleeping bag to purchase and use. First of all, you must consider its weight. Keep in mind that you will be carrying too many stuffs and equipments. And you cannot afford to add more weight to your things. Choose a sleeping bag that is light weight and easy to carry. It should be comfortable and conv...

Dangdut's Dance Hysteria The live Dangdut music rhythms make the singers and crowd of audience excited alike, so watch for unique Dangdut shows that mixes Belly Dance hip dance with sexual tease dance and excitement, sometimes the tease is really light and too sweet, sometimes Hot Dangdut turns the heat up and the tease gets more hot, so you see a switch from a happy song with happy crowd to hear the voice of the singer; moaning mixed up with the song, and that apply to the dance with more sexual tease gestures and dance movements, it seems that Dangdut music can be real cool, but be aware, it can turn on the heat and become real hot too, this is the main reason lots of people are turned away from this beautiful music, in fact the music itself is wonderful but Hot Dangdut dance is too hot for some so they prefer to stay away of it, but the Dangdut stays the most popular music in Indonesia, it is only a matter of time now, sooner or later, Dangdut music will conquer the whole wor...

Ludruk artistry in Surabaya, East Java. At this time, as a result of cultural decline ludruk outside. Ludruk still can we encounter in the area of Surabaya, Mojokerto and Jombang. Ludruk is dramatics traditionally accompanied by gamelan instrument. Ludruk take setting the story of everyday life and legends of the people. Ludruk acceptable to all parties either never attended school or never attended school because it has the language straightforward. The main character from East Java who became ludruk legend is Cak Durasim . In the past the majority of Ludruk played by male players that can become two sides. Male players can also play into women's player. Now this existence in Surabaya ludruk consists of two communities namely ludruk at RRI (Radio Republik Indonesia) and Karya Budaya in THR (Taman Hiburan Rakyat) Surabaya. Regeneration was done a long time ago, that sublime culture cultural heritage still preserved. One way to regenerate is cross-generational and festival Ludruk ...

Initiation ceremony is a tradition in my University, Airlangga University, Surabaya (East Java). Every year we held an initiation to welcome new students and new families. Since 2003 I have always helped the process of initiation and often becomes a painter for the shaman who will lead the initiation. Wild Motif Detail painting process

Hindu rituals in the temples of jolotundo, usually done on the day or evening. At a certain moment, done at night. Jolotundo Temple is a temple of the hindu period when jaya Jaya. This temple is associated with King Airlangga.The Jolotundo Temple in the old reports are sometimes called Jeluktondo is a sacred bathing place or baths. Bangunanini made entirely from stones, measuring 16,85 m X 13,52 m. aft the swimming attached on the Ridge with the way, such that it is taller than the building. From here it gets water shower-shower flows back into the pool.In the middle of the wall there are two-storey terrace overhanging into the middle of the pond on the left and right were also attached to the rear wall of the pool room. Booths this pool is surrounded by a wall, now lives in part and the packing is not regular anymore. On the terrace there is the central part of the climax of the first stone that serves as the fountain, stone supported by 16 conditioned relief. Already since the old st...

With a mobile phone that has a camera, I tried photographing something that struck me as interesting. Including bad weather that hit the region twice this month Indonesia. The rain that accompanied the wind caused a lot of damage. Weather comprising phenomenon that occurs in the Earth's atmosphere or a planet. The weather usually is an activity of this phenomenon within the next few days. Average weather with a longer period of time known as the climate. This aspect of the weather further researched by expert climatology for signs of climate change. Weather occurs due to different temperature and humidity from one place to another place. This difference can occur due to the angle of the Sun's warming differs from one place to another because of different latitudes of the Earth. The difference between the temperature of the air is high in the tropics and the polar regions can cause jet streams. The Earth's axis than Earth's orbit are tilted towards the Sun all year ro...