Tradition is an important issue when considering food which can be described at different levels within social groups as small as a family or as a function of time scale. Traditional foods can be related to special events such as weddings, religious days specific for each country, and are often concerned with local foods and artisan foods referring to specific ingredients, location of the produ...

Summery Khat is an evergreen shrub, which is cultivated as a bush or small tree; some oral traditions claim that khat originated from Yemen. However the literature indicates that khat originated from Ethiopia, specifically in Hararghe with a gradual expansion to different parts of Ethiopia, Yemen and other parts of the world. Chewing khat is both a social and a culture-based activity; it is sai...

Micro weddings have replaced large during the Covid-19 pandemic. In a culture where celebration is significant, foregoing of VFR, music, traditional foods, and gifts are considered huge sacrifice for both host guests. The pandemic has forced number attendees to be reduced, from only online participation micro wedding. This study analyses celebrated event Muslims in two Southeast Asian countries...

This article explores how life schedules and courses that are organized chronologically become part of normalized heterosexuality in children’s conversations play. The analysis draws on ethnographic data from a Swedish preschool, focusing situations where children engage with themes such as romantic love, kisses weddings. Queer temporal perspectives applied to challenge normativity norm-challen...