#Daoist #Priest Xuan Tong of #Wudang Mountain, #China talks us through his use of various locally #sourced materials in making his #traditional #plasters, including the use of scorpions, snakes and various poisonous minerals.
Rather than being concerned about side effects, the effects of the poisonous materials themselves are seen to be an integral part of curing disease, "using poison to attack poison".
This article gives a comprehensive overview of the use of #traditional #Chinese #herbal #medicine in #China in the #treatment of #COVID-19.
"As it became clear that the epidemic in #Wuhan was going to be both severe and drawn out, discussions of the role of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in historical responses to epidemics in China began to appear on both scholarly and popular media platforms in China. For example, a five-part documentary news series on the role of Chinese medicine in fighting the epidemic in Hubei devoted a good deal of the first episode to reviewing how classical herbal formulas were developed and used in epidemic outbreaks throughout Chinese history. The National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM)4 published a colorful scroll of cartoon drawings on its official social media site to bring this history to the public.5 The scroll begins in the Han dynasty and takes us up to the present day, reviewing the use of Chinese herbal medicine to treat smallpox, cholera, typhoid, Japanese encephalitis, bubonic plague, influenza, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Before the influx of Western medicine in the nineteenth century, sophisticated theories and methods from within the tradition of medicine and medical literature in China were used to address these conditions."
https://brill.com/view/journals/asme/16/1/article-p11_2.xml
#tcm #traditionalchinesemedicine
tradition...
#traditional #taekwando #martialarts #skimask #kicking #kick #tennis #tennisracket #heel
Two Native American judges reach back to traditional concepts of justice in order to reduce incarceration rates, foster greater safety for their communities, and create a more positive future for their youth. By addressing the root causes of crime, they are providing models of restorative justice that are working. Mainstream courts across the country are taking notice.
#TribalJustice #documentary #film #traditional #tribal #justice #AnneMakepeace #MakepeaceProductions #docu-films
I wrote this in 2006 at Meadowlark Music Camp in Maine. It’s a slightly modified version of “House of the Rising Sun”, with the focus on the New Orleans flood.
Many thanks to Cindy Kallet and the Arrangements class for all their assistance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7UBfM2yYmw
Kee Hinckley
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And Lord I know I’m one My mother was a tailor
Sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a working man
Down in New Orleans
My father worked hard all his life
Building up our dreams
Draining swamps and cutting trees
That protected New Orleans
Mothers’ warn your children
Not to do the things we have done
Burning fields and market yields
Have drowned the Rising Sun
I’ve got one foot in the ocean
The other it’s on the land
I can’t go back to New Orleans
There’s no place left to stand
There was a house in New Orleans
They called the Rising Sun
It’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And Lord I know I’m one
#history #politics #congress #folk #government #house-of-the-rising-sun #music #new-orleans #society #traditional
Originally posted at: https://technosocial.com/2019/07/house-of-the-drowning-sun/
#Traditional #Palestinian #Embroidery #Vintage #Costume #Dress #Collar #Colour #Pattern #People #Land #Heritage #Culture #History #Existence #Palestine #History #MiddleEast #Textiles #MyWork #Photography #Art #Our #World
Vintage Palestinian Dress
Close-up of Collar / Dress probably from Ramallah
"Textile arts have been of unique importance in the Middle East since antiquity. In every age, the crafts of spinning, weaving, dyeing and embroidery have been held in high esteem and their traditions have changed relatively little over time. This is demonstrated eloquently in Palestinian costume styles, which have remained virtually unchanged over many centuries.
Around 1500 BC, the land that would later be called Palestine became known as Canaan, “The Land of the Purple.” Its Semitic inhabitants decorated linen and woolen cloth with a precious purple dye extracted from murex sea-snails, and these textiles were prized trade items around the Mediterranean.
In Palestine, the traditional style was itself influenced by the important nearby textile centers of Syria, famous for their silk weaving since the fifth century. Syrian fabrics were used in many Palestinian costumes, and Syrian traditional dresses share a similar repertoire of motifs with their Palestinian counterparts. The influence of the Arabian Peninsula is seen in the ornate silver jewelry brought in by trade and incorporated into the Palestinian costume.
Although the influences on Palestinian costumes have been numerous, the end result is a legacy that is uniquely and distinctly Palestinian, transcending its role as an art form to become a symbol of Palestinian identity. The ancient embroidered patterns bore symbols of hope, prosperity, good health and protection, and had traditional names that reflected natural features: the moon, the cypress tree, the tree of life, Bethlehem Shatweh, 1900 the bird of paradise. Though every woman could express her creativity by her choice of patterns and their arrangement on the dress, each region of Palestine followed its own distinctive stylistic rules.
Embroidery of costume and home accessories was done—and still is done—by women who preserved the traditional patterns by copying older dresses. In so doing they created costumes of lasting beauty that have earned a special place among the ethnic folk dress traditions of the world. More significantly, this tradition of Palestinian needlework has kept alive ancient styles and symbols that have provided us with a unique window to the past."
- Hanan Karaman Munayyer / The Palestinian Heritage Foundation
#Protrait #Two #Girls #Bethlehem #Palestinian #Palestine #Traditional #Costume #Dress #Embroidery #Headdress #Coins #BeforeTheirDiaspora #Book #WalidKhalidi #People #Land #Heritage #Culture #History #Existence #Photography #FélixBonfils #Our #World
A Bonfils portrait of two young girls in traditional dress from Bethlehem. Each region in Palestine has its distinctive embroidery patterns and style for adorning women's clothing. The headdress often has coins sewn into it.
Bethlehem, PALESTINE
1876-1918
Photography By Félix Bonfils (1831-1885)
Institute for Palestine Studies, Photograph Collection
From the book: Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians 1876-1948 by Walid Khalidi / Published in 1984
About the Author: Born in Jerusalem in 1925, Professor Walid Khalidi was educated at the University of London and Oxford University. He taught at Oxford, the American University of Beirut, and Harvard. Khalidi, a renowned Palestinian historian, is the general secretary of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus, and the ongoing conflict. He is a distinguished scholar, and a source of great pride to the Palestinian People.
Thank you Walid Khalidi, for keeping our story alive...
#Chickpea #Cookies #Nan-e-Nokhodchi #Persian #Delicacies #Nowruz #Nourouz #Traditional #Sweets #Desserts #Iran #Our #World
Sold in Persian Markets, these tiny delicate cookies are the best ever! Received as a gift from my Iranian friend for the Persian New Year (Nowruz) ~
Ingredients:
Chickpea Flour
Confectioners Sugar
Vegetable Oil
Rosewater
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Turmeric
Lovely with tea.... or anytime ( ! ).... Naughty ~ but nice!
Lake Merritt / March 21, 2015
#HassanFathy #Egyptian #Architect #Engineer #Professor #Artist #Musician #Visionary #Inventor #Arab #Pioneer #Architecture #Mud #Brick #Adobe #Nubian #African #Building #Techniques #Earth #Vernacular #Design #Traditional #Culture #History #Egypt #Our #World
Hassan Fathy, born in Alexandria, was a cosmopolitan trilingual professor-engineer-architect, musician, dramatist, and inventor. One of Egypt's most renowned architects. Fathy was recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Chairman’s Award in 1980.
He designed nearly 160 separate projects, from modest country retreats to fully planned communities with police, fire, and medical services, markets, schools, theatres, and places for worship and recreation. These communities included many functional buildings such as laundry facilities, ovens, and wells.
He utilized ancient design methods and materials, as well as knowledge of the rural Egyptian economic situation with a wide knowledge of ancient architectural and town design techniques. He trained local inhabitants to make their own materials and build their own buildings.
Hassan Fathy developed his own ideas, inculcating traditional Arab styles like the malkhaf (wind catcher), the shukshaykha (lantern dome) and the mashrabeya (wooden lattice screens). He designed complete communities including utilities and services, country retreats, special projects, and homes.
Hassan Fathy had already worked for decades in his beloved Egypt before he designed and built for the homeless community of Gourna, Upper Egypt,: which attracted international acclaim.
The old Gourna village was situated near archeological Pharaonic sites on the western shore of Upper Egypt. The Department of Antiquities commissioned Hassan Fathy to meet the challenge of providing a home for a poor community of 7,000 people. His solution differed drastically, not requiring the machinations of the established building industry of concrete and steel. For New Gourna he utilized natural resources using mud-brick, a signature of adobe architecture, and features of Egyptian architecture such as enclosed courtyards and domed vaulted roofing. He worked with the local people to develop the new village, training them to make the materials to construct their own buildings with. In this way, he was able to provide an environment specific to the inhabitants’ needs and revive decorative techniques that were quickly disappearing with the expansion of the Global Village.
Hassan Fathy's General Principles as Guidelines:
Belief in the primary of human values in architecture.
Importance of a universal rather than a limited approach.
Use of appropriate technology.
Need for socially oriented, cooperative construction techniques.
Essential role of tradition.
Re-establishment of national cultural pride through the act of building.
"How do we go from the architect/constructor system to the architect-owner/builder system? One man cannot build a house, but ten men can build ten houses very easily, even a hundred houses. We need a system that allows the traditional way of cooperation to work in our society. We must subject technology and science to the economy of the poor and penniless. We must add the the aesthetic factor because the cheaper we build the more beauty we should add to respect man." -Hassan Fathy
One of the most outstanding Arab architects of our time, a great inspiration ~
#Earth #Architecture #Berber #Islamic #Mud #Stone #Brick #Straw #Vines #Wood #Townhouse #Traditional #Design #Culture #History #Taroudant #Sous_Valley #Morocco #Maghreb #NorthAfrica #World
A Berber style townhouse, within the city walls of Taroudant, Morocco. The walls are a mix of mud and straw, traditional of 'Berber Architecture'.
Taroudant ~ تارودانت is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley.
#Earth #Architecture #Berber #Islamic #Mud #Stone #Brick #Straw #Vines #Wood #Townhouse #Traditional #Design #Culture #History #Taroudant #Sous_Valley #Morocco #Maghreb #NorthAfrica #World
A Berber style townhouse, within the city walls of Taroudant, Morocco. The walls are a mix of mud and straw, traditional of 'Berber Architecture'.
Taroudant ~ تارودانت is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley.
