The Tatra Museum, Zakopane – a Living Local Culture on Display

The Tatra Museum, Zakopane, Poland. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

What’s so refreshing about a visit to The Tatra Museum in Zakopane, in the southern Tatra Mountains in Poland, is that the artefacts on display don’t belong to some long-past culture or dying traditions. Rather, the exhibits in this splendid building explain a rich local culture that is very much alive on the streets outside. An … Read more

Keeping Time: African Drumming Class in a Cape Town Township

African Drumming Class in Langa Township, Cape Town, South Africa. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

I am, perhaps, the least ‘African’ person I know. However, I do, for a very white guy have rhythm enough to play rhythm and bass guitar and drums without embarrassing myself. Dancing, however, is another matter altogether, but I felt pretty comfortable attending an African drumming class. All the same, coming to Africa as a … Read more