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Pygmy DNA

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23andme just told me that I have no African Hunter-Gatherer ancestry. Heavy stuff. While I try to assimilate this heavily destabilizing information, why don't you enjoy an exploration of "the genetics of African Hunter-Gatherers"? Disappearing Way of Life Ancient Lineages Keepers of Diversity Pygmy Genetics  Linguistic Legacy Curious about African Hunter-Gatherer history, art, and traditions? Explore a few of the many nuances that make this population distinct.  Armed with this information you may now go forth and honey-hunt! Deep Forest Sounds of the Aka Pygmy People  "Intangible Heritage" 🤔   Intro to Khoisan Clicking Languages Confession: I initially misread "Khoe" as "Khloé"

#PtolemaicPtuesday

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ellen burstyn out laughing

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Robes!!!

hawaiian shirts, et al.oha

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can't make this shit up. Yet, upon further research... "I'm stuck in a closet and its name is O'ahu ." ...maybe I don't much mind the alohawear movement, after all.  "I live in O'ahu, too." Clooney doesn't mind it, either.  "I like to  shave off my beard every 20 months or so." And now, for a small tangent. For more information or to sign up for hula classes, please visit  http://www.halaunameakanu.com Also of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrie_Monarch_Festival PS: CHECK YOUR EMAIL

ThingsIDidn'tWantToKnowAbout

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  The pidyon haben , ( Hebrew : פדיון הבן ‎) or redemption of the first born son , is a mitzvah in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is redeemed by use of silver coins from his birth-state of sanctity. The redemption is attained by giving five silver coins to a Kohen (a patrilineal descendant of the priestly family of Aaron ).             It says in Numbers: And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites ... And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the L ORD , as the L ORD commanded Moses. The Shulkhan Arukh states that when a Jewish woman gives birth to a firstborn male by natural means, then the child must be "redeemed". The father of the child must "redeem" the child from a known Kohen representing the original Temple priesthood, for the sum of five silver Shekels , or equivalent in country's currency (if it h

Better or worse than "Journey of Jesus"?

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H A L L E L U J A H

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"Little Nomads"

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WELCOME TO PYGMYLAND  May I take your coat?

Navajo Nation Sues Urban Outfitters Over 'The Navajo Hipster Panty"

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The  Navajo Nation  has filed a lawsuit against  Urban Outfitters  alleging breach of trademark and violations of the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act. And so the  infamous   "Navajo Hipster Panty"  and "Navajo Flask"  will have their day in court. The Navajo Nation holds numerous trademarks on the use of its name, including trademarks governing clothing and accessories; it views the Urban Outfitters' products as offensive in nature, but also as a threat to the established Navajo brand, which the Nation says stands for quality, Navajo-made jewelry, clothing, and accessories — not imported Urban Outfitters tat. For more legal analysis of the dispute when it broke in October, we spoke to fashion law and intellectual property expert professor  Susan Scafidi   here . (from Gawker)

SKILLFUL PIGMIES ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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The below is taken from tomorrow's inquisition reading, which I'll have you know is an entire book, titled The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller. * * * "'The peoples of these lands have different laws, because some worship the sun, some fire, some the trees, some serpents, and others the first thing they encounter in the morning.  Still others worship images and idols. . . ' Mandeville related these facts at the beginning of the second part of his travels in speaking of Chana, a small island off the Indian coast. . . . Menocchio's mental universe now consisted of Inda and Cathay and islands inhabited by cannibals, Pigmies and men with the heads of dogs.  It was on the subject of Pigmies that Mandeville wrote a page destined to enjoy an extraordinary success: 'they are people short in stature, who are about three spans long: and they are beautiful and graceful, both men and women, because of their smallness.  They marry whe

Lavender Linguistics

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Polari Swardspeak Bugpymychasing Moffietaal of the Cape Coloured Community EXAMPLE OF MOFFIETAAL: Varda that Beulah! Vast mitzi. She's a chicken and probably Priscilla and I don't need Jennifer Justice in my life right now.    Translation: Look at that beauty! Very me. He's young and probably a policeman and I don't need trouble with the law in my life at the moment. EXAMPLE OF BUGCHASING:

France has an Academy of Seduction

www.ecoledeseduction.com plus this hilarity , when it tries to engage with the real world

Fuck Yeahhhlbanian

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