Redacción BBC News Mundo26 agosto 2018
Vestido con un atuendo tradicional de colores brillantes, un gorro rojo y un bastón, Oliver Ibang llama a sus dos hijos pequeños.
Levanta una batata y le pregunta a su hija cómo se llama.
"Irui", dice la niña. Pero en el "lenguaje masculino" de Ubang, la palabra para batata, uno de los alimentos básicos de Nigeria, es "itong".
Ubang es una comunidad agrícola en el sur de Nigeria en la que hombres y mujeres hablan idiomas distintos. Read More...
Not that it seems to matter anymore, but on Comedy Central's spoofy new series, "Straight Plan for the Gay Man,'' there's a whole lot of nothin' going on. However, the show does fill up the air space between the program that precedes it and the one that follows, and that tends to suffice these days.
The origin is obvious: Bravo's successful if shamelessly repetitious "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,'' a contrived romp in which a group of New York's most outgoing gay men run around giving advice to some of New York's sloppiest and least style-conscious straight men. Read More...
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a tradition first practiced thousands of years ago by indigenous peoples such as the Aztecs and the Toltecs. They didn’t consider death the end of one’s existence but simply another chapter of life. Rather than grieve their dead, ancient Mexicans celebrated the lives of the deceased and honored their memories. During Día de los Muertos, observed Oct. 31- Nov. 2, they believed the dead had a brief window to leave the spirit realm and visit their loved ones in the mortal world. Read More...