Posted By: Paul - Sun May 29, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 03, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Music, Regionalism, Foreign Customs, 1910s, Slang
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 16, 2021 -
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Category: Aliens, Costumes and Masks, Dreams and Nightmares, Movies, Special Effects, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Foreign Customs, 1900s, Love & Romance
The TV series, partly due to its foreignness as both fairy tale and for the unfamiliarity of its German production, was 'indelibly carved on the psyches'[7] as 'one of the most frightening things ever shown on [UK] children's television'.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 26, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Horror, Movies, Children, Foreign Customs, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Foreign Customs, 1940s, Teeth
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 19, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Asia
This is an original vintage post-mortem photograph from the 1930s. I believe it shows a very rare glimpse into traditional Igorot funeral customs. The man in this photo is deceased and bound in a sitting position.
A customer who has spent time with the Igorot had this to say, "I can explain why the man is placed in the seated position. I just spent a week in Ifugao, Philippines with a member of this tribe. A person is placed in this position and salted and dried for 3 days. The reason they are seated is because once dry, the person can be removed from the chair and turned,sideways into the fetal position. The Igorot/Ifugao tribe believes that a fetus in the womb is in the fetal position and by placing them in the fetal position after death, they will return to "mother nature/mother earth". Also Interesting to note that deceased loved ones are typically placed under their bed, under a child's bed, under the house, or somewhere else in the house in order to keep them close to the family. Just thought I'd share what I learned straight from a tribe member himself"
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 24, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Religion, Foreign Customs, South Pacific and Polynesia
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 16, 2020 -
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Category: Education, Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, Foreign Customs, 1980s
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 30, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Culture and Civilization, Foreign Customs, 1970s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 17, 2020 -
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Category: Food, Foreign Customs, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
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