More Alex Meraz Pics - Native Dance

>> May 9, 2009

For fans of New Moon actor Alex Meraz who can't get enough of him. Want more photos of Alex?

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New Moon Twilight Movie: Alex Meraz, Purepecha-Tarasco Actor - Photos

Photos of Alex Meraz, the Purepecha-Tarasco who's co-starring in the Twilight blockbuster movie. Photo of Alex with his fellow Native American actors in the cast here.

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Indigenous Celebrities: Native Peoples in New Moon Cast

Meet members of the First Nations who are cast in the second installment of the Twilight movie New Moon.

Photo shows native American/Canadian actors Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Bronson Pelletier.

Dance of the Maasai People

>> Feb 3, 2009


A joyful video of Maasai villagers dancing their traditional dance. Video courtesy of cokeeorg who taped this at a Maasai village in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.

Australian Aboriginal Music: Song with Didgeridoo


Great video featuring snap shots of Australian aboriginal life and native art works with aboriginal music by Richard Walley on the background.

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Wild Fire by Samingad, a Taiwanese Aboriginal Singer

>> Feb 2, 2009


A very beautiful song by Samingad, a Taiwanese aboriginal singer of the Puyuma tribe. Here's an interview with Samingad where she talks about her music and the challenges she faced to break into the music industry in Taiwan and other parts of Asia.

The "Voice of Puyuma" speaks up
Translated by Sharon Yang
Via Taiwan Fun

Samingad is an aboriginal singer from the Puyuma tribe. Her albums include songs in her native tribal language and in Mandarin. For her first album, "Voice of Puyuma," released in late 1999, she received a Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. Her second album "Wild Fire, Spring Wind" was released in September, 2001 and earned her a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Dialect (Non-Mandarin Language) Female Vocalist. COMPASS Managing Editor Cheryl Robbins had a chance to speak with Samingad recently in Taipei. Following is an excerpt from that interview:

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A Mari Traditional Wedding



Here's a very interesting video on the traditional wedding ceremony of the Mari people. If you are wondering where the Mari people are from, wikipedia tells us the answer:

The Mari are a Volga-Finnic people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. The majority of Maris today live in the Mari El Republic, with significant populations in the Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics. In the past, the Mari have also been known as the Cheremis in Russian and the Çirmeş in Tatar.

The Mari people consists of three different groups: the Meadow Mari, who live along the left bank of the Volga, the Mountain Mari, who live along the right bank of the Volga, and Eastern Mari, who live in the Bashkortostan republic. In the 2002 Russian census, 604,298 people identified themselves as "Mari," with 18,515 of those specifying that they were Mountain Mari and 56,119 as Eastern Mari. Almost 60% of Mari lived in rural areas.
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