African culture is the set of knowledge, beliefs, values and customs of the people who inhabit the African continent, which has about 1.1 billion people. As Africa is immense and diverse, the most...
Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, with direct influence from Dutch, a language derived from the Indo-European Germanic group. Afrikaans developed during the...
African masks are adornments used in ceremonies and rituals and have great religious, mystical and spiritual importance for many African peoples. In these ceremonies, the masks are like...
Sunflower is the name of a plant. The scientific name for sunflower is Helianthus annus, meaning “sun flower”. It is a plant native to North America and has the particularity of being...
Kabbalah is the name of an occult science linked to Judaism, but it is also a term used to mean plot, secret intrigue, conspiracy. To avoid confusion with the figurative sense, some...
Hanukkah (read ranukkah) is a Jewish festival held every year, which celebrates the victory of light over darkness and the struggle of the Jews against their oppressors. Usually the party lasts about...
Bar-Mitzvah means “son of the law” or “son of the commandment” in Hebrew. It consists of granting religious majority to young Jews, being considered the most important ceremony in the life of a...
Passover is a festival of Jewish tradition, also known as the "Feast of Liberation". It is the Passover of the Jews, where the flight of the Jewish people, who lived as a slave in Egypt, is celebrated. Passover is a...
Zionism is a nationalist political movement that advocates the creation of a sovereign Jewish state and the return of Jews to the “Land of Israel”, located in Palestine. Over thousands of years, the...
Kosher (or kosher) is a term that refers to foods that are appropriate or permitted under the food laws of Judaism. The word of Yiddish origin (Indo-European language that was adopted by the...
Yoga or yoga means controlling, uniting. It is a term of Sanskrit origin, a language present in India, especially in the Hindu religion. Yoga is a concept is a philosophy, which works the body and the...
Namastê is a greeting and greeting typical of South Asia, which means “I salute you”, in Portuguese translation. This term is used mainly in India and Nepal by Hindus,...
Mantra is a hymn from Hinduism and Buddhism, which is said over and over and aims to relax and induce a meditative state in those who sing or listen. A mantra is defined as an instrument of...
Karma or karma means action, in Sanskrit (ancient sacred language of India) is a term that comes from the Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religions, later adopted also by Spiritism. In physics, this...
Zen is a Japanese name from the Chan tradition that originated in China and joins its origins with Buddhism. The practice of Zen is a type of contemplative meditation aimed at taking the practitioner to an experience...