Tangibles

Identity formation also occurs around the places we frequent and things we build and interact with. Particularly important places can include the homes we live in, the places where we worship and remember, and the places that we consider unique to our culture. This can also include the clothes we wear, tools we use, and handicrafts we take cultural pride in.  All of these things, being parts of our culture that can be touched and interacted with, are tangibles, or tangible parts of our culture.

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At Home in Sakha: Sheltering in the Coldest Place on Earth

The original Sakha is given for some terms in parentheses. The Sakha Republic, or Sakha Sire (Саха сирэ), is the largest republic in Russia, more than 4.5 times the size of the American state of Texas. Its territories are a mixture of mountains, broad plateaus, and river and coastal lowlands. Although summers can be quite […]

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