Introduction : Colors and Culture
Culture without colors—black and white—is simply unimaginable. Looking back across the centuries, exploring the heritage of the past and fingering the folklore that integrates today with yesterday is like drowning in a whirlwind of colors, because no matter which part of the world you turn to, the colors continue to weave a path of sheer artistry throughout the culture. Think back to what we now know about colors, in terms of science. Do you really think that is how our ancestor’s saw the world? When a rainbow stretched across the blue ceiling, do you think the people stopped to measure angles and so on? No. Physical science may be inseparable from the color theory, but in the mystic world of the past; when the heavens were traced by the eye alone, science fades and simple existence becomes magical; colors nothing but sensational phenomena.
Civilizations
Colors in Ancient Egypt
What makes ancient Egypt really unique is the evidence found in historical remains proving the advanced thinking of the so-called ancients. In fact, the culture is found to be superior…
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Colors in Tibetan Buddhism
There are five colors in the Buddhist color symbolism, known as panch varnam. These five shades are the essence of everything around us, and demonstrative of the inner qualities…
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Native Americans
The designs of the Native Americans were symbolic of many things, but the specific interpretation of the design was decided by the colors used…
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Colors in Hinduism
There are more gods in the Hindu faith than can be named by any one person. The Lords Rama and Krishna, the heroes of the mythical tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, have always been depicted with blue skin…
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The Cultural colors of China
The Ancient Chinese believed in the elemental theory—all that surrounds us comprises of the five elements: water, fire, wood, metal and earth—in descending order of importance. These five elements were the basis of Chinese physics. They were also represented by particular colors…
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Festivals
Mardi Gras
The Mardi Gras is a festival celebrated world over today, especially in New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s one of the most vibrant street festivals…
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Holi
Holi—the festival of colors in India—is one of those few rare times of the year during which the entire…
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St. Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was actually a Scottish-born missionary attempting to convert the Celtic and Norse “pagans”…
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Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is the ultimate New Year celebration. That’s where all the people are at, folks—eyes on China…
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Rainbows
Rainbow Africa
Once upon a time, long, long ago, when the world was still new; the people of Africa lived peacefully under the great blue sky…
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How the rainbow first appeared (Phillipines)
When the sun set, the farmer crouched in the shadows, shivering in the darkness. He squinted into the night, watching the wall. Just when his eyes were about to close, three shining bright lights appeared in front of him. He could not believe his eyes…
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Rainbow maiden (Hawaii)
There was once a beautiful maiden called Kahalaopuna, born in the Manoa Valley, where rainbows catch the lilting glimmers of sunlight with slivers of misted rain…
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