Today was International day, or at least at Rhodes it was. It started with a parade of school groups, church groups, student groups and all-sorts of other kinds of groups dressed up in a colourful array of cultural dress. People represented their own country, others represented their father's country and some just represented an 'exotic' country. It was an afternoon of absolute organised chaos. There were balloons everywhere, people wearing boards representing countries or phrases in foreign languages. Two friendly labradors also took part in their doggy dress. There were small children running around everywhere, weaving between the crowds and yet we were all one big family, taking care of eachother's children. It was truly magical. And what does this have to do with obesity, apart from the fact that we walked from under the arch and back, down Somerset, into African and then paraded once around the field. We then ended off with marimba bands, gumboot dancing, asian dancing, african dancing and finally a soccer match between a South African team and a Zimbabwean team.
The point I am trying to make is, if we were all deeply entrenched in a culture, any culture, pick a culture and embrace it- then we would be involved in some form of movement or cultural activity on a regular basis. For instance, I have some Irish blood in me, not a lot, but it's there. If I was to embrace this culture I would do Irish dacning and I would attend Irish dances.....AND I would be active and therefore reduce my chances of being obese. Hence, a lack of culture leads to obesity. So if you want to lose weight, lose yourself in a culture.
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