What is culture?
There are plenty of definitions, meanings and uses of the word culture, and with it so present all around us, people will have a good understanding of the word as a general. This without even having thought much about the term. If you look it up in a dictionary you will most likely find a definition describing it as socially transmitted behavior such as beliefs, institutions, patterns, arts and other products of human ideas and work. Culture is also something unrelated to genetic makeup, and has it’s own evolution in the history of us. So culture, is really a term with a multitude of...
Read MoreSound therapy, music and Khantara!
The healing nature of sound, music and song has been known since the beginning of culture, and if looked at from the internal perspective there is little to argue against its effectiveness. Everything from music, sound meditation, sound used for massage and other type of healing therapy’s is widely spread, and you’ll know yourself the vast effect that it can have in creating a relaxed or energetic atmosphere. This of course is also true for disruptive sounds, and since we can’t turn our ears off, it can have a stressful effect if you are in an environment where you cannot...
Read MoreA Crib for Cultural Collaboration
As we go towards a more and more globalised times, we are less geographically tied to specific areas, together with the international information highway which is the current connected world there is vast blend of a cultural soup in some places. This of course is something that Tribe of Doris is glad to be in the mix with, and forwarding forward thinking and welcoming the cultural heritage and knowledge each person which are involved with us is something that we do with open arms. For many of the running involvements, Tribe of Doris acts as a crib of cultural collaboration, drawing on the...
Read MoreMain Event Youth Area
We’ve all been teenagers at some point, and we all have the hands on experience of learning to deal with an ever evolving world whilst also dealing with rapid development in our physicality and the hormones running wild in this time of our lives. This also including the internal developments and the emotional development taking place, and if you are now a parent, you may be interested to know about the activities available in the Youth Area at our Main Event. Here the teachers, practitioners and facilitators are engaging youth within areas which can help greatly in finding experience...
Read MoreWhy we love to sing!
Singing, known for having been with us since human history began, it’s in our genes, in our nature, and one of the most profound, untouchable and valuable thing we can engage with and practice! It’s also likely that we started singing before we started speaking in complex language. It’s no secret that we love to sing, love to hear others sing, and do it together, just like laugh, play, sunshine and all things alike which greatly effect our sense of well-being and happiness. And we know that singing is something we share, regardless of the distance between developing human...
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