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Tips for African American Travelers in Japan – Cuisine Noir Magazine

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022Culture, Japan, Travel

Japan is a small country with a deep-rooted culture. Aiyana Victoria Mathews first visited Japan as a 19-year old African-American student. After attending Benjamin E. May High School in Atlanta, she went on to pursue her undergraduate studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and found a way to study abroad as a research scholar…

Inside a Mikvah | Tour of a Jewish Ritual Bath | What is a Mikveh ? | Is it Only for Women? – YouTube

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher November 6, 2022 November 6, 2022Culture, Judaism, Spirituality, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7WIE3kBERM&ab_channel=frumitup[/embed] Come and discover what happens Inside a Mikvah through this Tour of a Jewish Ritual Bath. I will answer the most common questions like: What is a Mikveh ? Is it Only for Women? What do we do as Orthodox Jewish women to prepare for our Mikveh night and so much more!I hope you…

Indian court sentences US antiquities smuggler to 10 years in prison – CNN Style

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher November 4, 2022 November 4, 2022Archaeology, Art, Colonial Damage, Culture, News

A disgraced American antiquities dealer accused of running a multi-million-dollar looting network via his New York gallery was this week sentenced by an Indian court to 10 years in prison for smuggling offenses.Subhash Kapoor was convicted alongside five accomplices on charges including criminal conspiracy, burglary and the illegal export of 19 artifacts worth over 940…

The Best Street Style From the Spring 2023 Shows at Lagos Fashion Week

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher November 4, 2022 November 4, 2022African, Clothing, Culture, Events and Happenings, Fashion and Glamour, LGBTQIA+, News, Personalities, Photo Galleries

One of our favorite creators, Vic Wonder, got featured in Vogue y’all. Okay, history of socially enforcing unreal standards on a whole slew of marginalized people aside, it is nice to get some recognition. Shows some improvement in the right direction. The money is with the people, and if one expects a business to be…

The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting – YouTube

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher November 1, 2022 November 1, 2022Books and Literature, Culture, Death and Funerary Practices, History, Myths and Legends, Social and Political Issues, Spirituality, Vampires, Video

We all know Buffy and Van Helsing, but the true history of real life vampire hunting may be stranger than fiction. From folk medicine exhumations to city-wide vampire hunts to $15,000 “Vampire Defense Kits”, come learn with me about the fears that created real vampires!

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Afro-Colombians Celebrate Black Hair Excellence In Annual Braiding Contest – Travel Noire

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher October 29, 2022 October 29, 2022Africa, Beauty, Crafts, Culture, Design, History, Social and Political Issues, South America, South Maizeland, Wearable Art

For the African diaspora, there are many things to celebrate; our hairstyles serve as a crowning glory rooted in culture. Around the world, Black hair is an expression of history and art. Colombia’s annual “Tejiendo Esperanzas” (Weaving Hopes) celebration takes the reverence for this aspect of the Black experience to another level.Braiding has origins that…

Thai transgender tycoon buys Miss Universe contest – BBC News

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher October 28, 2022 October 28, 2022Beauty, Culture, LGBTQIA+, News

A Thai celebrity media tycoon – who is a transgender woman – has bought the company that runs the Miss Universe beauty pageants for $20m (£17.1m).Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip is the boss of JKN Global Group, which makes television shows in Thailand.She has starred in the Thai versions of popular reality shows Project Runway and Shark…

Wisdom from Around the World – Episode 4: The Sacred Wheel on Vimeo

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher October 18, 2022 October 18, 2022Culture, History, Spirituality, Video, Womanist

[embed]https://vimeo.com/760756933?activityReferer=1[/embed] Wisdom from Around the World is a series of discussions of the sacred wisdom, especially from communities of women, all over the world.

YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore — ZASHIKI WARASHI – Time and Tide

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher October 14, 2022 October 14, 2022Culture, Japan, Myths and Legends, Spirituality, Video

The zashiki warashi [座敷童] is a yokai [妖怪: Japanese spirit or supernatural being] with the appearance of a young child that brings fortune and protection to the households in which they dwell. Watch on YouTube

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie Calls for Repeal of Doctrine of Discovery

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher October 12, 2022 October 12, 2022Colonial Damage, Culture, History, Indigenous Maizeland, Social and Political Issues, Video

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ItU1AYLjA&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21[/embed] On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we speak with legendary Indigenous musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie, who has written and sung about the struggles of Native American and First Nations peoples for decades. “My take on Indigenous Peoples’ Day is that there’s an awful lot of work yet to be done,” says Sainte-Marie. She discusses the…