{"id":7869,"date":"2021-01-15T12:48:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=7869"},"modified":"2021-02-17T06:32:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T11:32:33","slug":"davidoff-ashley-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/education\/extracurricular\/art-in-the-department\/celebrating-my-culture\/davidoff-ashley-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Davidoff, Ashley Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 jsname=\"U8S5sf\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Ashley Davidoff &#8211; Celebrating His South African Culture<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Music, Language, a Beetle, and a Xhosa Wedding Celebration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (The Click Song) (Live, 1963)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rjo8h5qLpU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\">\n<h4 jsname=\"U8S5sf\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rjo8h5qLpU0?list=RDrjo8h5qLpU0\"><span>The Click Song 1963\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miriam_Makeba\">Miriam Makeba<\/a> (Wiki)<\/p>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" style=\"text-align: center;\">I love this song because it brings the color of language expressed in the song of a Xhosa wedding celebration<\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Miriam Makeba, sings a Xhosa wedding celebration song about a beetle that makes certain knocking sounds which are supposed to bring good luck and rain<\/div>\n<div jsname=\"U8S5sf\" style=\"text-align: center;\">In South Africa there are at <span>\u00a0least thirty-five indigenous languages 9 <\/span><span>of which are official &#8211;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Ndebele_language\">Ndebele<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Sotho\" class=\"mw-redirect\">Pedi<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sotho_language\">Sotho<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swazi_language\">Swati<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsonga_language\">Tsonga<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tswana_language\">Tswana<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venda_language\">Ven\u1e13a<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xhosa_language\">Xhosa<\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zulu_language\">Zulu<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 jsname=\"U8S5sf\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=baEiWB2aM9Y&amp;feature=emb_rel_end\">See Trevor Noah&#8217;s commentary<\/a><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Celebrating His Jewish Culture with a Sculpture and a Poem<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Shofar and Yom Kippur- The Day of At Onement<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment8018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment8018\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/radiology\/files\/2021\/02\/Davidoff-sculpture-0030-catalog-signed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/radiology\/files\/2021\/02\/Davidoff-sculpture-0030-catalog-signed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2021\/02\/Davidoff-sculpture-0030-catalog-signed.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2021\/02\/Davidoff-sculpture-0030-catalog-signed-604x636.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment8018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sounds of the Shofar<br \/>Ashley Davidoff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">September is here<br \/>\nAnd the beat of the bleat<br \/>\nCauses a shudder in my soul<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Look into yourself, it stutters<br \/>\nAnd throw out the clutter<br \/>\nThat mutters, mutters, mutters,<br \/>\nNit natters, and gnaws ..<br \/>\nOf things no matter and nought<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Think of the sweet<br \/>\nAnd the lush of the apples with honey<br \/>\nPlay on round and wholeness<br \/>\nRather than the sharp and incisive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Take the imperfection and chaos<br \/>\nAround and in you<br \/>\nAnd round them into harmony and wholeness<br \/>\nOn the day of At Onement and forward<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Davidoff &#8211; 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