Recently I sat down with @drrune for my new podcast Untangled Knots and talked about a lot of topics, from Urban shamanism, to the slums in Venezuela to the deeper themes that are hiding in television and movies. It went even better than expected.
There were a lot of things that stood out about our conversation, but one of the more light hearted topics were the bright and colorful Macaw parrots that have become a part of daily life in Caracas.
To summarize what he says (though I recommend watching it in full), the beautiful Macaws were not indigenous to the region but when they were brought there, the locals fell in love with them and started feeding them and building relationships with them. They are creating a new kind of relationship between humans and animals.
(I even found a post by @mountainbiker right after recording that is about these birds here
I think this podcast opens up a lot of room for discussion and I want to know how everyone feels about the things we talk about. I know not everyone had time to watch or listen to the podcasts in full (although I hope more and more people do) but I want to use them as an opportunity (and a push for myself) to ask relevant questions about your individual experiences and thoughts as well as the cultural situation relating to these specific topics.
So I’ve brought back this series of prompts to encourage discussion and deeper understanding among our friends from different countries.
Here are the questions I’ve come up with about animals:
Do you like animals? Why or why not?
Do you have or have you ever had a pet?
Are animals respected or looked down upon in your culture?
What wild animals can be found where you live (or in your hometown)?
Are any animals considered good luck or bad luck in your culture?
Do any animals have a specific meaning in your culture?
What animal do you feel most attracted or connected to?
What’s the most beautiful relationship you’ve seen between a human and an animal?
What was your best experience with an animal?
These are loose prompts, there are no rules. I will make a list of questions and you can answer all of them in a few sentences OR choose one and write a whole post about it. There are no defined prizes but I’ll be upvoting well written posts from my two accounts as well as the @crossculture. If someone writes something really wonderful. If someone writes something that I really like, I might even delegate 1000 HP.
Please posts in the Cross Culture community, use the #CCQ tag and if possible please share this post
answer as few or as many of these questions as you wish and I’ll try to read as many responses as I can and promote and upvote the best ones
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