Kulture Kids - Didja Know? Interesting Cultural Facts

...that the Australian flag shows the "Southern Cross" which is a group of stars that can be seen in the Australian sky.
...that the name Japan means land of the rising sun and the red circle on the Japanese flag is a rising sun.
...that dark skin protects people from the sun in very hot and wet places.
...that all people belong to the same species called Homo Sapiens which means "wise man" in Latin.
...that narrow eyes protects people against the cold?
...that in Africa there are over 1,000 languages spoken and some of these languages are not written, only spoken.
...that Portuguese fishermen paint eyes on their boats. They hope that the eyes see where the fish are.
...that Thailand used to be called Siam (as it is called in the musical The King and I).
...that when the Europeans first came to the Far East , they were amazed at the shiny pottery still called "china" today.
...that dreadlocked hair was worn in Ancient Crete around 3000 - 1400 BCE.
...that the Romans used leather as the uniform for their army, since leather can protect the body. That is one of the reasons today's motorcycle riders wear leather.

Settlers named one state “Indiana” to show that it was the land of the Indians. Didja know that 26 states have names that come from Indian words?

Here they are with their Tribal language origins and meanings:

STATE	LANGUAGE	TRANSLATION
Alabama	Choctaw	“Clearers of the Thicket”
Alaska	Aleut	“Great Land”
Arizona	Papago	“Place of little Springs”
Arkansas	Sioux	“The People who live Downstream”
Connecticut	Pequot	“At the long Tidal River”
Idaho	Shoshone	“The Sun is Coming Up”
Illinois	Illinois	“Superior men” (What the Illinois Indians call themselves)
Iowa	Sioux	“Sleepy Ones”
Kansas	Kansa	“People of the South Wind”
Kentucky	Cherokee	“Meadowland” or “Planted Field”
Massachusetts	Algonquin	“People near the Great Hill”
Michigan	Algonquin	“Big Lake”
Minnesota	Sioux	“Sky-tinted Water”
Mississippi	Ojibwa	“Big River”
Missouri	Sioux	“People with the Dugout Canoes”
Nebraska	Oto	“Flat Water”
New Mexico	Aztec	“Mexica” (from followers of the war god Mexitli)
North/South Dakota	Sioux	“Friends”
Ohio	Wyandot	“Beautiful River”
Oklahoma	Choctaw	“Red People”
Tennessee	Cherokee	“Area of Traveling Waters”
Texas	Caddo	“Ally”
Utah	Ute	“Land of the Sun”
Wisconsin	Chippewa	“Gathering of the Waters”
Wyoming	Algonquin	“Upon the Great Plain”

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Bonjour-(Bone-jour)
Hola-(oh-la)
Namaste-(Nah-mass-tay)
Mohawk-Sekoh-(Say-Ko)
Czesc-(Chesch)
Ciao-(chow)
Frisian-Hoi-(hoy)
Dia dhuit-(dee-ah gwit)
Guten tag-(goo-ten-tak)
Salut-(sah-loot)
Somali-Iska warran-(skah wah run)
Jambo-(jahm-bo)
yebo-(yeh bo)
dumela-(doo mail a)
Merhaba-(mer hah ba)
Shalom-(sha-loam)
Mandarin-Ni hao-(nee how)
Konnichi wa-(ko-nee-chee-wah)
kumusta-(koo moos tah)
selsmat tinggal-(se leh mat tin gahl)
Pidgin-Moninnau-(moh nin now)
Maori-Tena kow-(ten a kway)
Ia ora na-(ee ah or a nah)
Malo e lelei-(mah loh ay leh lay)
Marrhhaba-(mahrr hhah bah)
Jou sahn-(joh sahn)
Hallo-(ha loh)
Zdravstvuytye-(Zdrah-stvwee-tyeh)
God dag-(goo dah)
Chao ong-(chow ohm)