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CultureTalk for High School Students: Arts & Entertainment

Topics for Cross-Cultural Discussion

"CultureTalk features video clips of interviews and discussions with people from many different countries and of many different ages and walks of life. Some interviews and discussions are in English; more are in the language(s) of the countries involved. Translations and/or transcripts are given for all non-English video clips. Topics include family, food, education, religious and cultural customs, work, art, sport, travel, and more." (http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/culturetalk.html)

Popular Entertainment

• Afghanistan: Television
• Bangladesh: Types of Media
• India: Hindi Film Culture
• India: Critiques of Hindi Films
• Indonesia: Popular Culture
• Kazakhstan: Music and Cinema
• Pakistan: Popular Media
• Tanzania: Film
• Turkey: Entertainment Choices

New Artists

• Afghanistan: Recent Art Exhibits
• Afghanistan: A Young Photographer
• Turkey: Learning an Art

Maintaining Artistic Traditions

• Afghanistan: National Museum
• Afghanistan: Handcrafts
• Afghanistan: Traditional Clothing
• India: A Craft Market
• India: Forms of Music and Dance
• Indonesia: Dress and Dance of Aceh
• Kazakhstan: Traditional Crafts and Clothing
• Kyrgyzstan: Celebration
• Pakistan: Traditional Crafts
• Turkey: Crafts
• Turkmenistan: Art Traditions & Music:
• Turkmenistan: Carpet Making and Weaving