Quotes About Culture

You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a lot, too, that sounds very Hispanic.

The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.

If truth be told, certainly culturally, I never felt totally comfortable in the Labour party, because I've never really been a massively tribal politician.

Kadamban' is not a documentary, although it's set in a tribal backdrop. There's dancing and a whole lot of entertainment.

Millets are an integral part of tribal life and a staple diet of tribals of Odisha since time immemorial.

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow.

Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal - almost medieval.

I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It was very tribal. There's nice things in that. It's culture; it's roots for me.

Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a 'tribal Christian,' happy to attend church services.

The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.

Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.

All people - white, black, whatever - are tribal in the sense that we relate to that which is familiar to us.

Western, jazz, folk, or tribal music, whatever the form, they all have the same sapta swaras as the basis.

The best time to catch tribal jargon is when it's not looking.

Even in Poland, where the president is far less powerful than the prime minister, people have a deeper and more atavistic relationship with the person who is a serious contender to become head of state. They want their national leader - the tribal chief - to look like them, to live like them, to reflect their values.

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music.

The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.

I have great respect for Oklahoma's tribal members, and I celebrate their traditions and culture.

The overwhelming majority of Afghans are not tribal, and they're not Pashtun.

We're so tribal in Britain about music. But my music - my guitar playing, the rhythms, et cetera - just express my personality, because I'm self-taught.

Slang has different functions: many of the words we use are playful and a lot are tribal - we speak the same way as the groups we are part of. A great deal are also euphemistic, so it's no surprise that a third of us are perplexed by their meanings and origins.

Tribal designs are a part of my heritage. It boils down to the influences from my father, Viv Richards' side.

For the nation to live, the tribe must die.