Culture Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/culture/ Connecting mothers; empowering women around the globe. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 23:57:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-World-Moms-Network-Logo-512-125x125.jpg Culture Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/culture/ 32 32 Diwali: Celebrating the Spirit of Light and Love https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:09:54 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37558 So, whatever you do on this Diwali day, enjoy the light in your heart, the love in the air, and peace in the universe.

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/03/diwali-celebrating-the-spirit-of-light-and-love/feed/ 0 Lockdown Reflections: Musings From a COVID-19 Warrior’s Wife (Part 2) https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/10/21/lockdown-reflections-musings-from-a-covid-19-warriors-wife-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lockdown-reflections-musings-from-a-covid-19-warriors-wife-part-2 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/10/21/lockdown-reflections-musings-from-a-covid-19-warriors-wife-part-2/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:45:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35911 My husband's COVID-19 experience has awakened many feelings that seem to be coming to my conscious mind in layers, in time.

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/10/21/lockdown-reflections-musings-from-a-covid-19-warriors-wife-part-2/feed/ 0 Discrimination Due To Menstruation https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/01/13/discrimination-due-to-menstruation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discrimination-due-to-menstruation https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/01/13/discrimination-due-to-menstruation/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35739 Universally, women and girls menstruate. The age may vary for every young girl, but the experience can be traumatic, sometimes even deadly. I recently came upon two news items that shocked and saddened me. The first story was of an 11-year-old girl from the UK who had her period while in school. When she asked […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2020/01/13/discrimination-due-to-menstruation/feed/ 1 Lumbini, Nepal: Buddha’s Birthplace, What Remains Now and the Ethos of the Heart https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/03/lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/03/lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2018 07:02:34 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35218 THE BIRTH OF Siddhārtha Gautama 6th Century BC: The old nurse looked at her radiant Queen, Maya Devi. She still had the same sweet smile on her face, and nothing seemed to have changed since the day she was born, the day the old nurse picked her up as an infant. Pregnancy only made her […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/06/03/lumbini-nepal-buddhas-birthplace-what-remains-now-and-the-ethos-of-the-heart/feed/ 6 USA: To Swear or Not to Swear https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/04/06/usa-swear-not-swear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usa-swear-not-swear https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/04/06/usa-swear-not-swear/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:04:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35085 I have used swear words for much of my adult life. I grew up in a culture where swearing was normal and common in conversation. Then I moved across the county to an area that had a very different vibe. One of my first impressions was: “No one here drinks or swears.” Now I know […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/04/06/usa-swear-not-swear/feed/ 2 Interviewing Nancy Sumari, #WorldMom, Miss World Africa, Miss Tanzania (2005) https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interviewing-nancy-sumari https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/#respond Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:45:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35141 Happy Women’s Month! You may have read some of this phenomenal woman’s posts right here on World Moms Network. One of our own contributors, Nancy Sumari, has agreed to be interviewed for my Phenomenal Women Series, and it comes right on time as we keep celebrating Women’s History Month and women’s excellence (something, I believe, […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/feed/ 0 A Global Day of Giving! #GivingTuesday https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/11/28/global-day-giving-givingtuesday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-day-giving-givingtuesday https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/11/28/global-day-giving-givingtuesday/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:30:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35006 Giving Tuesday was created to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. It has become an international movement around the holidays dedicated to giving, in the same way that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now synonymous with holiday shopping. After the frenzied commercialism of Black Friday sales (that now […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/11/28/global-day-giving-givingtuesday/feed/ 1 World Voice: From PranaPrathishta to Pranahuti – The Transformative Possibilities https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/27/world-voice-pranaprathishta-pranahuti-transformative-possibilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-voice-pranaprathishta-pranahuti-transformative-possibilities https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/27/world-voice-pranaprathishta-pranahuti-transformative-possibilities/#respond Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:00:35 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34910 There was an air of pious anticipation, that one could almost hear the elephants trumpeting while carrying huge granite stones to build the temple, one could almost hear the hum of the 400 odd dancing damsels’ and their anklets tinkling, while dancing for Lord Shiva (as the lore tells), and one could almost envision the […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/27/world-voice-pranaprathishta-pranahuti-transformative-possibilities/feed/ 0 What We Did During WORLD MOMS Blogcation 2017 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/11/world-moms-summer-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-moms-summer-2017 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/11/world-moms-summer-2017/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2017 05:00:35 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34831 You might have noticed we were a bit quiet on our website this summer as we took our annual “Blogcation.” Well, here is what some of us, World Moms, were up to during July and August of 2017!  Tara Bergman, USA “My family and I took a backpacking trip to an alpine lake in the […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/09/11/world-moms-summer-2017/feed/ 2 USA: Raising a Bilingual Child While Losing My Accent https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/06/02/raising-a-bilingual-child-while-losing-my-accent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raising-a-bilingual-child-while-losing-my-accent https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2017/06/02/raising-a-bilingual-child-while-losing-my-accent/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2017 05:30:33 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=34639 I’ve served as a judge at some local children’s Chinese-language speech and recitation contests on several occasions. I still remember my first time. I saw a little boy in a suit and tie, speaking with a crisp voice, saying, “Summer is my favorite season because the sunny days are cheerful and inspire me to do […]

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