Sierra+Leone

=Sierra Leone =

Material aspects of culture:

 * Art

[] ====**This is a helmet that is dark brown. On the top of it you see a face wearing a smaller helmet with a stub on the top. Underneath the face is a thick band of stripes, and finally underneath that are brown rope tassles that will cover your face when you put it on.**==== ====**This historical helmet is a representation of the Sierra Leonean culture. It was worn by an older woman who would wear it to a ceremony of a younger girl making a 'transformation' into a woman. It is supposed to represent the ideal of 'feminine beauty' and matureness of women. This mask would also be worn to a beautiful festival with lots of male and female dancers. When children become teenagers, they go through training to get into the organizations to become a dancer.**==== ====**People have been wearing this mask for centuries now, and if you go and visit Sierra Leone then you would have to see one of these festivals. You can see these masks at the festivals, in museums, and on t-shirts. It is a historical ritual of entering into womanhood, so people do not want this tradition to die out.**====
 * =====Music =====
 * =====Food =====
 * =====Clothing =====
 * =====Religion =====
 * =====Literature =====
 * =====Holidays =====

Non material aspects of culture:

 * ====Ideas of Modesty ====
 * ====Ideas of Beauty ====
 * ====Child-raising ====
 * ====Relationship to Animals ====
 * ====Ideas about Sin ====
 * ====Ideas of Justice ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Ideas about Disease and Illness ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Roles based on Age, Sex, Class, Job, etc. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">How to Handle Emotions ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Attitudes towards Family ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Conversational Norms ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Body Language ====
 * ====<span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Rites of Passage ====