Multi Culture

This is a comment that my little Jay-Man and I posted for my nephew the big J-Man who lives in the O.C.  It explains some of the cultures that they have in common...

Heyo Josh!

I am watching my bebo tv and practicing my haka so that I can do it when I watch the world cup rugby games with my Mumma... Here is a link that teaches you about the haka, and the words, and you can listen to, and watch the traditional haka, and the new haka. The haka is the traditional maori war dance of nz, which is wear your Dad and my Mumma are from.
http://www.haka.co.nz/haka.ph
www.youtube.com/watch

Papa Sema was from Tonga and they also have a war dance (sipi tau), it is called the Kailao and they perform, before their matches - it is very exciting when they play nz and they both do their war dance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_BCK...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailao

The Samoans (Manu Samoa) also do a war dance (siva tau) and it is really cool too. We are also part Samoan as one of Papa Sema's grandmother's was from the mataafa tribe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9bZE...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva_tau

I hope you like learning about our culture = love Jaydee

Jaydee also has english/aussie from Daddy, plus scottish and german from Mumma - yeah, we had busy ancestors bolting about propagating the planet as it were.  I guess that is why we are built tough, and come from such a large family that reaches into the far corners of the globe!

This is the latest of our side of the generation of little pacific warriors... My bro and his californian brood - my sisters little kiwi southern man - pride of the nation, and MicroMe.

 

I am Aussie,but my husband(and his sister)are 1st generation born and raised Aussie..with his parents being European. His mum is Czech and his dad is Austrian..with their families still in Germany today. They moved to Australia in the 60's,being kids in WW2. We now have a 4 year old daughter and a baby boy due in August. We live in Sydneys west near Penrith.

My girl tells me at the last minute she needs to take something on Monday to teach her class a little about her culture. Any ideas?
We have a New Zealand flag so that may have to do.

Hi everybody!

I'm new to this group. I am from Russia, born and raised, lived there till 18, then went to Hawaii and met my husband who is Tongan. We have a 15-month old Rus-Ton girl :) Since I'm always at home with her and always speak Russian to her, she understands more of it than Tongan or English. But I think she's a little confused now, since she hasn't said any words that I would understand yet, well... just one maybe, except for mama and papa (dada). I think it's very important to speak your native language to your child if you want them to grow up knowing  and speaking it and communicating with grandparents. Early start is important too since babies learn so much in their first 3 years of life and it will be easier for them later on. Well, as for a multi-ciltural marriage, I would say that we have our differences in just about EVERYTHING, but after have been married for 3 years, I learnt to accept and respect them and, of course, compromise a lot of things. Good luck to ya all,

Hi, I am aussie and my husband is 1/2 Tongan 1/2 Maori. We have 4 boys together, one of which is autistic. My husband was born and raised in NZ. His father is a Tongan minister. We now live on the Sydneys northern beaches.

I am curious how other cultures celebrate Christmas?
In Australia it is hot usually on Christmas day. In our family we usually have many barbequeues.........lots of food and drink. My hubby's family celebrates in the same way (New Zealand)

Hi I am fijian with a few bits and pieces mixed in which I refer to as a fruit salad (lol), my husband is full Samoan, we were both born in our respective islands, raised in the wonderful melting pot called Auckland, New Zealand and have now made Australia our home for the last 9 years.  We both speak our own languages fluently, I am a very strong believer in culture and teach this to my children, knowing our roots is very important and is the foundation of who we are.  I would like to say a big Bula/Talofa/Kiora from myself to all of you in this wonderful group, and hope we can all have some interesting meetings here and keep each other posted on our culture, traditions etc. 

Mexican-American to be exact...Hubby and I are 3rd generation, so we have lost the language.  You would think living in Southern California, that would be difficult. :-)  You know what?  I'm not even sure Rachel knows she is Mexican.  I have been very aware in exposing her to different cultures and races.  Ever since she was little, I would see children of different races and say how cute they were.  Now, she does it.  She is 4 and if she notices cultural differences, she hasn't said anything to me.  I like that.  When she does ask, I will just say that everyone's ancestors came from different parts of the world.

Are bi-lingual families living in mono-lingual countries teaching their children the 'other' language?  Maybe so they can communicate with grandparents etc?

Looking at previous posts i noticed that we have a few fun combos - but I was wondering if anyone could let me know what my daughter may be.

In the simplist version she is Kiwi and Zanzibar (whatever that is)  Spice?  lol

Thankee.
EF.x