IPHONE DIARY: KARNEVAL DER KULTUREN 2014

Last weekend was the Karneval Der Kulturen in Berlin.
It was by far the hottest day of the year, way too hot to be spending it outside actually. But no one cared, because when it's Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin, there is no other place to be than at the march on Sunday. I wanted to start my day of looking at some of the wagons pass by Südstern with Tissi and Gina, then meet up with my friends but I bumped into my babe Mehtap and a few streets down Carina instead, saw Aminata from Germany's Next Topmodel and lost Nisi in the crowd of the YAM wagon, when it all went to fast. I only had my iPhone camera with me because it was either two bottles of iced water or my DSLR camera in my bag and surviving KDK seemed more important than HQ pictures. I gotta admit though that my iPhone diary has a more personal touch to it. Turns out it wasn't such a bad thing I wasn't out without my camera.

THE SPIRIT OF ISTANBUL FESTIVAL BERLIN 2013 WITH YENI RAKI

My weekend started with a little journey into a different culture - the orient to be exact. Yeni Raki brought a bit of Istanbul's flair, its magic and culture to Berlin. Turkish delight, culinary specialities, belly dancers, performances, dances and music.. all of it! The Arena Berlin turned into an oriental bazaar for one night. The Spirit of Istanbul Festival by Yeni Raki, raki is a Turkish alcoholic bevarage, open its doors to the world of the Turkish raki culture and left room for us to stroll around and discover more than 20 designers and dealers showcasing their designs and products, try some raki and take our tastebuds on an oriental ride.
I got lost for a bit into this world with my friends, shaking my hips with the colorful and beaded clothes. How I love belly dancing costumes, made me reminiscent of my days as a kid when I used to belly dance...

POTD: CLASH OF CULTURES I KULTUREN CLASH

Ghanaian in the City

Top and slate: sown for me by my unties seamstress/ Top und slate: ´hat meine Tante für mich nähen lassen

Ph.: Claire

This year in Art we had to make a self-portrait using an attribute (my attire) that supports our statement and the above is what I came up with. I took the picture a few months ago.  It was fun making this picture although I was freezing, (the German weather has suddenly changed to abnormally cold-.-) and at first I was shy to remove my jacket and reveal my attire. I was born in Berlin, Germany and must say I didn’t really grow up according to my roots. We do eat Ghanaian and African food at home, sometimes, my brother and I don’t really like it x) But there is some we do :) Until last summer we had never been home, unfortunately plane tickets are as good as unaffordable for us. Well my mom and I went back for a year, but I was just 1 year old, too young to remember anything. It was amazing to meet my family (honestly my family is like an entire population, we are so many! - mind you I didn’t even meet all of them yet) and learning where you come from.

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Dieses Jahr müssten wir im Kunst Leistungskurs als einer unser ersten Projekte ein Selbstportrait machen mit einem Attribut, dass unsere Aussage unterstützt. Das Bild ist vor einigen Monaten entstanden. Es hat Spaß gemacht dieses Photo zumachen, obwohl ich gefroren habe (das Wetter ist plötzlich abnormal kalt geworden -.-) und zuerst war ich schüchtern meine Jacke auszuziehen und meine Kleidung zu zeigen. Ich wurde in Berlin geboren und muss sagen ich bin nicht wirklich meinen Wurzeln nach aufgewachsen. Wir essen schon Ghanaisches  und Afrikanisches Essen zu Hause, manchmal, mein Bruder und ich mögen es nicht besonders x) Aber es gibt manches, dass wir mögen :) Bis letzten Sommer sind wir noch nie in Ghana gewesen, denn leider können wir uns die Flugticktes so gut wie nicht leisten. Naja, meine Mama und ich sind für ein Jahr nach Ghana gezogen, aber ich war nur ein Jahr alt, zu jung um mich an irgendetwas zu erinnern. Es war toll meine Familie kennen zu lernen (ohne scheiß meine Familie ist wie eine ganze Population, wir sind so viele! Und ich hab noch nicht mal alle getroffen!!) und zu lernen wo ich her komme.

Lois xxx