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GLOBAL STORYTELLING FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT By Claudia KĂśrbler
Magical Maasai: The Soul of East Africa
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Have you ever dreamt of embarking on a journey to the most remote and mysterious corners of the world? About visiting a place where you can enjoy unspoiled wilderness and meet a real warrior? When I decided to travel to Kenya, I centered the documentary for Global Storytelling for Global Development, the documentary around understanding the beauty of the Maasai Culture and adding a human face to the eradication of extreme poverty. I was so fascinated by a Maasai named John I met at the World Bank Group in 2014 that I couldn’t have been more excited about spending time with the Maasai and learning about their tradi-tions, rituals and daily life. The Maasai are the most well-known indigenous ethnic group in East Africa and live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania along the Great Rift Valley. Originating from ancient lands and simpler times, the Maasai can trace themselves back hundreds of years. But the 14
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way they live today still reflects both when and where they came from. Maasai culture is unique and the customs are sometimes thought of as controversial. Their story is a very human. Their soul is a unique one. I will share the magic recipe this tribe has created for itself with you in this column.
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Magical Maasai The Maasai people are a magical tribe. Sometimes in the Western Hemisphere we romanticize about their very interesting existence, unique dress, jewelry made of beads, long earlobes and more. Standing proud in the savannah with their red blankets and painted shields, the Maasai people have become one of the more widely known symbols
of East Africa; the Maasai shield is even featured on Kenya’s national flag. It’s not uncommon in Kenya to see the Maasai in their traditional dress, not only in their villages but also in the streets of the cities. They are divided into clans and hence communities in the South of Kenya in the Maasai Mara. The tribe is all about unity which is one of the qualities of a Nomadic Mindset. The magic recipe of the Maasai is that the richness of their culture and an understanding of the nomadic lifestyle. Here is where this tribe has similar trades to the mindset of a global citizen moving from one country to another. It boils down to understanding that this planet earth we live in is united by all cultures and you have to embrace each culture you live in without the need to lose your own.
The Smiling Faces The children were what made filming this documentary so really special to me as they are so loving, pure, full of smiles, happy and just full of playful energy that is often missed by city children. It was pure delight to watch them run barefoot around the land dodging cow, sheep, goat dung, herding sheep and goats and simply being purely one with nature. As most nomadic cultures they are one with nature in all aspects of what that can be.
Today’s Changes — From Magical Maasai to Inspiration Today though, they are losing some of their traditional ways for the better and sometimes for the bad as well. The two most important changes for them are education which is almost mandatory for the future and female circumcision is now illegal in Kenya. The biggest challenge to their nomadic lifestyle is drought, the reduction of their lands and ability to roam from pasture to pasture for grazing their animals, their livelihood. I would like to share with you as the globally diverse Culturs community essentials I have learned while staying with the Maasai tribe. These insights changed my perception forever and they will help you as well on the quest for your cultural belonging.
1. You Can’t Hide From Globalization No matter how hard you try. No matter how much you believe in your lifestyle. No matter how much you cherish your traditions. You can’t hide from globalization. Or maybe we should call it “westernization.” The Maasai tribe experiences this westernization as well but they manage beautifully to never give up their own traditions. As global citizens and nomads we are doing the same. We embark on this journey and dive our whole self in to the new culture we chose to live in, but we cannot forget the customs and cultures we come from. For me, being Austrian and living in the U.S. — United States culture is sometimes a stretch; but this is just what globalization is. We globalize this planet with an array of cultures and create a new tribe called “global citizen.” The Maasai have taught me that it is ok to blend all these cultures but you need to make an effort to remind yourself not to forget the culture you have originated from.
2. Maasai Family & Clan System The Maasai prayer always starts with words: “may God give me children and cattle.” Those are two things that Maasai see essential. If we look at a Maasai world animals are the synonym for wealth in the western world. You might think that Maasai live a simple life, but if you think more about it, it’s not necessarily true. Maasai men understand that to get married they need cattle and after they need even more livestock to provide for the family. Maasai know that the decisions they make will affect a number of cattle they accumulated, and the cattle they accumulate will influence the success of their clan and boma. Global Citizen may not trade with cattle but we build a community around our cause and our friends in this new culture we live in become our clan. Living a culturally fluid life and gaining friends in this new culture creates the cultural wealth.
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move themselves and their livestock to the tune of a communal land management system based on seasonal rotation. The reason being that it’s seen as much more sustainable than the ‘take, take, take’ attitude of many developed countries. The nomadic way of life goes back to the roots of all human history which makes the Maasai extra special. They, and a handful other peoples across the world, are our last living link to our distant past.
4. Never Give Up Through repression and years of struggle Maasai always find a way to be true to their beliefs and customs and in my opinion that’s something we all can learn from. You live from the outside in, not the inside out: People are taught from a very young age to look to others for guidance. Social norming is an important part of childhood — you figure out how to act in relation to everyone else-but the problem begins when you 18
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extend that process to include something as personal as your life purpose. Listen to your gut, it is right most of the time. I am grateful for this enriching experience which will continue as I see how I can support spreading the word about this special nomadic tribe. Because that is where you will find the richness of the qualities of a nomadic mindset as a global citizen as well.
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Hey! Dip Your Toes In By Zoe Jennings
Eulanda, a former professional dancer, grooves with husband Omo in Madeira, Spain. Right: Eulanda adding her stunning beauty to barren desert. Photography courtesy of Eulanda Shead Osagiede and Omo Osagiede
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hen Eulanda Shead Osagiede was 9, she started her first business. She sold perfume — made from flower petals from her front yard — at her daycare. Now, Shead Osagiede is the cofounder of the popular travel blog “Hey! Dip Your Toes In.” She was born in an Air Force base in Illinois and lived in the United States during her childhood. She always had a strong interest in being creative and running her own business, so she did small projects such as sewing ski hats and selling them in local ski shops. Shead Osagiede called herself a “serial entrepreneur,” she bemused. “I was passionate about the idea of being successful, about creating something.” Her parents fostered her love for creativity and for travel. They did not have a lot of money to enroll her in performing arts classes, but they took her to community programs and bought educational books from thrift stores so that she could learn about other cultures. Before blogging, she worked in education with high school students for eight years and also taught at universities. She loved her career in education, but always felt like she couldn’t use her all of her creative skills in the classroom. As a blogger, she is able to use her photography, design and entrepreneurial www.CultursMag.com
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skills. Now, she is working her “accidental career,” and she could not be happier, she said. “When you find that area that really makes your heart sing, that taps into things that you could just do in your sleep, that you don’t have a problem doing morning and morning consistently. When you find that thing you need to hold on to it.” Since she created the blog three
Shead Osagiede in Morocco. Opposite, top to bottom: In thought. Omo Osagiede with HDYTI co-founder and his wife, Shead Osagiede.
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years ago, she has found life to be exciting and fresh. “I’m in my stride now,” she said. Shead Osagiede moved to England to earn her master’s degree. She has always been educated in world cultures and has a “wanderlust gene,” she said. “I felt like I needed to be brave and shake myself up a little bit. “I just wanted to experience living abroad again.” While there, she met her now husband, Omo Osagiede, on an
online dating website. When creating the profile, Shead Osagiede had one major stipulation: her partner must love traveling. This was lacking in previous relationships resulting in “travel guilt,” she said. It was quite crippling for me. I always felt a sense like I was caged.” Now, she enjoys traveling internationally and building her business that she shares with her husband.
OMO’S JOURNEY Omo Osagiede is the co-founder “Hey! Dip Your Toes In.” Osagiede was born in Nigeria and his parents came from two different tribes in Nigeria. Africa is made up of over 200 ethnic groups and it can be confusing to navigate culture. Instead of raising him using one parents’ culture, they chose to raise him speaking English with an English influence. “In a way, it de-culturalized our home growing up because they had to find a middle ground,” Osagiede said. “Basically, they raised us as children who were culturally neutral.” Osagiede spent hours looking at books and learning about other cultures. “I got curious about other cultures,” Osagiede said. “I got curious about, not too much Nigerian culture, but global culture. I wanted to know more about the rest of the world.” After finishing university in Nigeria, Osagiede got a job opportunity in England. The move to London “hit the reset button on his life,” he said. Although he had been raised with English influence, the culture was much different from Nigeria. “I got thrown into the deep end of this culture here,” Osagiede said. “It was both exciting and scary at the same time. I could finally explore my interest in other cultures.” Even though he was thrown into the deep end, he said this move changed his life. He met his wife
who now runs their travel blog. The two met because of their shared love of travel. They took their first international trip to Costa Rica. By the trip’s end, his aunts were hoping they would get married. “It was also scary in the sense that I was leaving familiar ground and going to another country and not knowing what to expect,” Osagiede said. “That’s one of the beautiful things about travel is that before you get thrown into the deep end it exposes you to that other culture.” Among some of his favorite places he has traveled to for the blog are Morocco, Portugal and Mexico, although all destinations and experiences — both good and bad — have had a positive impact on his life. Before moving to England and traveling for the blog, he had not been to other parts of Africa. When he visited Morocco, he saw a different side to his African identity, he said. “We had a shared sense of brotherhood with the African identity, so it was a learning opportunity to really see my earth continent from a different perspective,” Osagiede bemused. For Osagiede, one of the most important lessons he has learned from traveling is that humanity is everywhere, he said.
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78 80 84 In an adorably straight-forward cartoon to explain his Mexican-American bicultural mixed-race heritage, cartoonist Terry Blas at least tried to clarify the confusing terminology: Hispanic defines language while Latino defines geography. (Latinx is becoming popular as it eliminates the male-female binary inherent in the original term.) Latin America comprises the area south of the United States, including the Caribbean; while Hispanic is an indicator of predominantly Spanish speaking countries. So, in essence; Brazilians are Latin, but not Hispanic as they speak Portuguese; Spanish are Hispanic, yet not Latin because they are not geographically south of the United States.
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Sedrique Olison Born to Greatness
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ll the boys in his family have unique names — including titles. “Master Sedrique Lynn Von Olison,” he laughed — an effortless full-bodied diaphragmatic roar perfect for his towering six-footfive frame, caramel skin and dazzling pearly whites. With a laugh as contagious as his personality, I found myself sunk, engulfed, all-in. And that’s Olison’s advice to you as well. Embrace it. All of it. All of you; including your greatness. A name like Olison’s spawns greatness from the get-go, we chuckle. “I guess so,” he retorted, with a raise of the eyebrow and shrug of the shoulders that suggested he’d never considered such a notion. But it was real: The physical stature, the personality, the look — he fit the name that preceded it all. For Olison, this no-holds-barred, jump-in-withboth-feet, feel-it-in-your-bones approach to life has worked. He does what he wants, when he wants and how you feel about it is not his concern. “This is me,” he explained, “You’re gonna love it or you’re not. If you don’t love it, I’ll pray for you. If you do — then let’s go. “I’ve always surrounded myself with people who love me for my heart, not the exterior cover,” he added. Curious minds ask, “what are you,” in an effort to place his look. “Latino, Dominican and AfricanAmerican. Tiano Indian, African and Spaniard — I’m black,” he asserts. But his final answer? “I’m human. I’m Sedrique.” He most recently found out about his Dominican Republic origins and immediately dove all in to learn about his family. “I booked a flight, went by myself and have been back many times. This fall, Olison celebrated his 26th year as principal makeup artist for the Denver Broncos
cheerleaders. “They call me the face, boobs and abs guy,” he shared. “You paint those on?” I exclaimed. “We ENHANCE,” he stated, calmly. “We HIGHLIGHT.” Then — again, with the laughter. All-in. As of his 26th anniversary with the football club, he’d logged 237 games in both Bronco Stadiums, four Super Bowls, Three America Bowls, 22 calendars and 492 cheerleaders’ makeup. “I love my job,” he beamed. Since then, he’s done the faces of the world’s best and brightest, famous and infamous including models Iman, Nikki Taylor, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks; actors Cloris Leachman and Whoopi Goldberg; and entertainers and politicians like Al Sharpton, Tatiana Ali, John Legend and Hill Harper. He’s worked for designers Dolce and Gabbana and Versace and brands like Tide, Pantene and L’Oréal just to name a few. He shared, “If I can help someone conquer a goal, give them that confidence, live out that fantasy or just feel better about themselves through the artistry of makeup, then my job is done. “I’ve been very blessed. I’ve been to places that I can say I wouldn’t have been if it wasn’t for the makeup,” he reminisced. Iceland, Italy, Prague — even the smallest, most remote places of the U.S. “It’s been a definite journey.” In a final note to wrap up advice to the inbetween, he thought back to all the cultures that make up his heritage — that make him who he is. “Don’t limit yourself,” he cajoled. “Embrace it all because that is you and that is the beauty of it.” Whether it’s your heritage, culture, life, career, he sums it up neatly — “Embrace it all.”
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ith a soul described as nomadic, blended Latina Pamela Blattner is a citizen of the world who strives to live life outside of the box. Born in Aarau, Switzerland to a Swiss mother and Peruvian father, Blattner leads a mobile life as she lives in-between Swiss, South American and North American culture. As a certified life coach with professional experience in international communications, Blattner attributes part of her success to an understanding of global culture. “I feel a lot of gratitude for my diverse heritage,” she expressed.
An Early Start At the age of three, Blattner’s parents got a divorce. Her father left Switzerland to live in Honduras and their relationship eventually faded. Six years later, Blattner’s mother — Adult Cross-Cultural Kid herself — married a Swiss man who soon adopted her daughter. Brazil, Paraguay, Cuba, Botswana, Maldives and Cape Verde Islands are just a few of the places Blattner visited growing up. While most Swiss children would go skiing during their vacations, Blattner has fond memories of traveling to “remote places like Madagascar.” She shared, “What initiated my love for the world was my first long flight.” She got the travel bug as a young girl during a family trip to Madagascar. Blattner explained that she can still smell the sweet scents of flowering trees, the excitement of sailing along the ocean and feelings of being immersed in
a new culture. “The warmth of the people and the culture made a big impression on me.”
Avoiding Reality While growing up in a small Swiss town, Blattner was comfortable assuming the roles of a traditional Swiss child. “I almost forgot being biracial until someone would sometimes painfully bring it to my attention that I was different looking than the average Swiss person.” Blattner continued, “now, my husband and I joke about how I was like the lioness who thought she was a sheep and messed up every statistic at the airport because I would always check the Caucasian box without even hesitating.” “When I experienced racial bias, I thought it had to do with me not being okay. I never attributed it to my skin color,” Blattner explained. She recalled that people assumed she was adopted from
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somewhere else since she did not mirror anyone else from her Swiss family. Since the city she grew up in was “pretty culturally homogeneous,” Blatter initially tried to blend in with the community and ignore her South American heritage. Her cultural fluidity developed with time as she realized, “I looked different and quite often also felt different. I slowly became more interested in my roots and in my identity.”
The Missing Link Blattner lived abroad in Iowa as a foreign exchange student at the age of 17. She remembered “a truly magical experience” that
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caused her to fall in love with the United States and broaden her horizons. Blattner searched for her biological father as an 20-year-old “with the urge to understand myself more fully.” During those years of self-discovery, Blattner felt unsettled in Switzerland and quenched that thirst by
becoming a flight attendant before attending university. “I was happiest when I was out in the world,” Blattner shared. Around this time, she reconnected with her biological father and his family that reside in Seattle, Wash., USA. As she
spent more time with her father, Blattner felt a stronger connection to her Peruvian roots and identity. Getting in touch with her Latina origins allowed Blattner to establish her identity as she moved to Los Angeles in 2012 — a long-time dream of hers. “I felt so at home and at ease in this whirling melting pot. That’s when I started integrating my Latina side. I’m more aware and more proud of my bicultural heritage in a sense.” Now, when people ask Blattner where she is from, no one wonders why she does not look Swiss or has a different accent. “It moved me when a Latina, or even an American Indian, would pass by me and nod as if I were a part of a tribe or I belong somewhere,” she exclaimed.
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Blattner expressed the important role her father figures had in each stage of her life. “They popped up in the perfect moments of my life to support the process of finding my identity. My Swiss father showed up when I just wanted to blend in and not be different as a child. Then, my biological father welcomed me when I was interested in my identity, roots and wanted to feel whole.” The pieces of Blattner’s world came together when both of her fathers walked her down the aisle
at her wedding. For Blattner, it was a beautiful moment that represented the “somehow completed process of finding myself, my identity and the gratitude for everything it has given me.” Being confident as a blended Latina is empowering to Blattner. “I get to live all my facets to the fullest now.” She continued, “only with getting to know myself better and embracing all of me, I got to know and appreciate the Latina parts in me as well.” The process of self-discovery is ongoing as Blattner uncovers more about her Peruvian culture. “I’m kind of in this in-between place where I feel more Swiss and I look more like a Latina. I’ve been accused of not being Swiss or Latina enough.” Blattner has learned to not apologize for “being a bit too alive for a Swiss or speaking too little Spanish for a Latina.” Like many cross-cultural individuals, she does not fit perfectly within the molds of Swiss or Latin culture, but somewhere along the margins of each. “I’m learning more about the Peruvian culture and it feels important to finally make time to travel to Peru next year. The beauty of it is that I don’t feel like I’m yearning for a place that finally feels like home anymore, but to discover another aspect of myself that I get to deepen. I’m excited to see what it brings up and what wants to be healed even more,” she revealed.
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Destination: Denver is near the mountains, not in them. The Mile High City is located on high rolling plains, 12 miles east of the foothills — a series of gentle mountains that climb to 11,000 feet. Just beyond is the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, picturesque snowcapped peaks that rise to 14,000 feet (fourteeners as described by locals). Denver might not be in the mountains, but the mountains still dominate the city. The ever-present panoramic mountainscape from Denver is 140 miles long with 200 visible named peaks including 32 that soar to 13,000 feet and above. According to VISIT DENVER, the Convention and Visitors Bureau, Denver has a population of 682,545 and about three million people in the metro area. The region’s population grew 13.8 percent between 2010 and 2015. According to the 2015 census, 31 percent of the city is made up of Hispanics, while African-Americans comprise another 10 percent. The 16th Street Mall, right, is a mile-long pedestrian promenade that cuts through the center of downtown lined with 200 trees. In the evening, the mall comes alive with horse-drawn carriages and pedicabs. 94
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300 Days of Annual Sunshine Located east of a major mountain range, Denver is one of the sunniest cities in the country with a mild, dry and bright climate and more annual hours of sun than San Diego or Miami Beach. In winter, Denver is dryer than Phoenix with an average daily high of 45 degrees in February. Golf courses remain open all year and have been played as many as 30 days in January. The city receives about the same amount of precipitation as Los Angeles (only 14 inches each year).
Shown here: The famous Big Blue Bear peering into the Denver Convention Center in Downtown Denver.
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With more than 200 parks within city limits and 14,000 acres of parks in the nearby mountains, including the spectacular Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre (shown here). Red Rocks is a 9,000 seat ampitheatre that hosts world-class concerts including the Beatles and top symphony orchestras, as well as special events including Yoga on the Rocks; a summer family movie series called Film on the Rocks, and special events like blockbuster movie premiers, speakers and international festival events. “Rolling Stone� has called Red Rocks the best outdoor concert venue in the world.
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A mix of art, culture and outdoors, the city’s cultural renaissance is found in places like the Denver Performing Arts Complex, shown on page 101, which covers four square blocks and is the second largest in the country. It includes ten theaters that seat more than 10,000 people for opera, symphony, ballet, Tony Award-winning theatre and touring Broadway shows. The $92-million Ellie Caulkins Opera House is recognized as one of the finest acoustical venues in the world. Transpose this high society culture with the nearby mountains — which span an area six times the size of Switzerland and contain 9,600 miles of fishing streams;
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BEHIND THE SCENES
CULTURS HELD ITS GLOBAL PRINT LAUNCH PARTY and winter-cover unveiling on Oct. 15 at its world headquarters in Denver, Colo., USA. The nearly 300 attendees included guests who flew in from all over the United States and the globe to attend the event, which introduced Culturs Global Healing Yoga Retreats, 2109 philanthropic partners and Culturs marketplace products. We thanked contributors, columnists, volunteers, staff and event sponsors: Coca-Cola, Odell’s Brewing Company and New Belgium Brewing. Videos showcasing the stories of our culturally fluid audience helped tell the story of our mission, our passion and our purpose.
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Trinidad and Tobago represent with Doni’s mum, Dahlia Ambrosine, and cousin Rosaline Licorish, who flew in for the event as a surprise.
Posing for the camera, (l to r): Melissa Shalz, Mistine Varela and Sydney Shalz.
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