The results of the fourth month of the Culture Vulture challenge are in.
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We have introduced themes this month and extended the prize fund to cover one post for each of these topics. This month the prize fund was a whopping 90 SBD. Congratulations to all those who entered and to the winners. If you haven't come across these Steemians before you may enjoy checking out their blogs.
Culture Vulture
The tag #culturevulture is a place where, here on Steemit, you can share something unique about your country with the world. Instead of being a tag about travel or tourism this tag is more about sharing experiences.
October
This is the fourth month of this challenge. Some interesting stats since we started this challenge.
- We have seen participants from; Japan, Armenia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, South Africa and Burma, France, Ireland, China, Vietnam, Borneo and more.
- 886 entries
- 5,864 SBD generated in post payouts to authors who have entered this challenge
- 30,000 votes on posts
- 7,000 comments on posts
If you want to see the complete list of entries have a look at the SteemChallenges site where you can browse all the entries.
CN Translations
October has seen the CN translation aspect of the challenge grow and sharing of significant rewards with the original authors. I am just after sending out the rewards for CN07 to the deserving author.
This translation project iis where weekly, posts are being translated to Chinese with the original author sharing in the rewards and exposure from those posts. This is an initiative ran by @deanliu and @ygern.
The Culture Vulture Tag
The posts you will find using this tag are not just travel posts, but posts that share cultural experiences. These experiences are the magic that I travel to experience and #culturevulture now brings them here to steemit.
@sweetpea was the guest judge this month with some special contributions and advice from a regular contributor @boxcarblue.
1st Place 45 SBD
The winning post this month
"The girl in me picks this one as my choice for first place. 😊 I loved learning about traditional Chinese wedding attire, and the photos were original, nice and were accompanied with detailed explanations. I actually learnt something new here!"
@sweetpea
Congratulations @livinguktaiwan on winning the competition this month, 45 SBD is on the way.
Themes
This is the first month where we have given prizes specifically for Culture Vulture Themes.
(We pick entries in each category, you don't need to tag or write anything specific just give the focus of your post on a particular theme)
Festivals
A festival is an event that is celebrated by a community centering on an aspect of the community or culture. Every country or region has different festivals and even regional local celebrations. Festivals often have a religious origin but may also mark the end of a season or commemorate a major event in the history of the community.
Festivals are great to experience when you travel because they usually showcase the best local speciality foods, music, art as well as being great fun and a time for holidays.
@goel.tarun takes us on a trip to the Himalayas to a harvest festival celebrated where masked men dance all day long and visit homes to share blessings for the upcoming season.
Congratulations @goel.tarun 10 SBD is on the way.
Food
In some respects nothing expresses a culture more than its food. The climate, culture, religion, the family structure and even way of life are all represented. When we travel or live overseas nothing brings you home like the taste or aroma of a dish from your childhood.
Food is close to my heart and the types of food we eat, when we eat it, who we eat it with .What is that food you pack your suitcase with when you travel?
@victory622 writes this month about the 87th International truffle fair in Alba Italy
Congratulations @victory622 10 SBD is on the way.
Customs & Traditions
What are traditions, why are they important and how can you experience them?
Traditions passed down from generation to generation may have a symbolic meaning or cultural significance; clothes, dress, food, holidays, family gatherings, pass-times. Traditions and customs are bound tightly to our cultural identity and may not always be the easiest for outsiders to grasp.
For me it's much more fun to stay in local accommodation when I travel. You get to experience local customs first hand instead of the generic 5 Star treatment that some hotels offer. This is what made the tradition of the Irish B&B world famous but increasingly there are examples from all over the world of homestays and other cultural exchanges that you experience.
@melinda010100 writes this month about Volksfest one of her favourite local festivals
Congratulations @melinda010100 10 SBD is on the way.
Art
"#culturevulture" considers art as a physical expression of creativity. It takes many forms from the visual to performance arts. Art can change the temperature of a room, it inspires, it heals unites and can divide people. Art often provides a focal point to a celebration. Like food, art is a rich expression of our culture.
"#culturevulture" will be a place to share expressions of the visual arts such as paintings , photography , sculpture and architecture, the performing arts such as dance and music and also the literary arts such as the written word and poetry.
Art provides a universal and accessible and portable way to experience a culture, no matter the language or the form. Why not write about Art that expresses your culture and share some photos (your own work please) on #culturevulture today?
@manshar wrote this great piece about Aceh Traditional Dance and how some styles are in danger of becoming extinct.
Congratulations @manshar 10 SBD is on the way.
Notable Mentions 5 SBD
Unfortunately there could only be one winner but several posts deserve notable mentions and will each get 5 SBD
Congratulations @osm0sis 5 SBD is on the way.
October
The total Prize fund paid out this month was 90 SBD. Many thanks to @boxcarblue @madlenfox and @sweetpea for generous donation to the prize fund. Thank you to @deanliu and @ygern for the wonderful initiative to translate some picks to Chinese and helping to spread the word of this challenge to a broader audience.
A big thank you to all those who have taken part. If you wish to support this challenge you may write an article, donate to the monthly prize fund, spread the word, resteem or most importantly check out the tag from time to time and comment and upvote peoples posts. Thank you for reading.
November Challenge
For the full announcement about next months challenge and prize fund you will have to wait a few more days but feel free to enter today using the #culturevulture tag. If you want to know more ask me about this challenge at Steemfest.
Blogger Central
"#culturevulture" is now on Discord as part of the Blogger Central (@steemitbc) family.
Join us for chat and some great content at https://discord.gg/pJXKRJV
As part of a Blogger Central initiative spearheaded by @paulag the Minnow Translation Project will also be involved in spreading Culture Vulture to multiple languages and getting increased exposure for selected posts. Read more about the MTP at Introducing Minnow Translation Project
Steemit Bloggers' Central strives to be a hub for the Steemit community to share their blogs, provide Steemit news, and host current Steemit related tutorials.
If you wish to support this challenge you may write an article, donate to the monthly prize fund, resteem or most importantly check out the tag from time to time and comment and upvote peoples posts. Thank you for reading. I will post about this months competition in a few days but any posts from today on that have the #culturevulture tag will be included in this months competition.
Thanks all those that took part this month.
Thank you for reading this. I write on Steemit about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Travel and lots of random topics.
Some super interesting articles this month. Thanks @eroche, @sweetpea, translators and supporters :)
Yeah, finally the contest #culturevulture held back, I hope it will be a lot of contributions from the steemian's in using this #tag, thank you for this contest @eroche, very interesting. I have long waited for this contest.
Thank you there has been so much support for this competition from the Aceh community. Thank you for the overwhelming response.
My pleasure @eroche
@eroche hi there, this is a lovely hashtag,,this initiative is spell binding, i will of course participate.
Thanks so much I'll keep an eye out for your posts 😀
Congrats to @livinguktaiwan Thanks for choosing my entry for the Customs and Traditions category and huge thanks for the generous prize money! Great selection of winners!
Thanks @melinda010100
I can't believe it!!!
Thank you @sweetpea and @boxcarblue for selecting my post, and @eroche for organising the culture vulture challenge.
This challenge truly brings together the community and enables us to learn so much from other cultures.
Also congratulations to the other winners and notable mentions.
Guys! You are all great! I congratulate all the winners. This is all very interesting. There will be many new stories. Good luck to everyone next month.
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I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
- Albert Einstein
Grown up in China mainland but spend most of our adult life abroad, I guess I am one of the right person to take this challenge.