Talk:Culture of Madagascar/Archive 1

Archive 1

Possible article outline

What should be included in this article? Per the only GA article on the Culture of a place (the Cook Islands, here), the content is structured this way:

1 Background

1.1 Social hierarchy

2 Mythology, superstition and religion

3 Language and literature

4 Music and dance

5 Art

6 Cuisine

7 Sports

8 Administration and preservation

9 References

10 External links

• The Canadian article includes humor, symbols, media and "outside views". The US article includes "regional variations", science and technology, folklore, education, national holidays, fashion and dress, names, family structure, social class and work, housing, race and ancestry, death and funerals, sociological issues (divorce, marriage, drugs and alcohol, race relations), group affiliations, gun culture, military culture and government influence (Egad!). Culture of China has society structure and values, mythology and spirituality, music and dance, architecture. Culture of Indonesia divides performing arts and visual arts, popular media, religion and philosophy, celebrations... Generally the Indonesia one seems like a good model, unsurprising given the historic cultural linkages between the two. So maybe a good structure would be as follows:

1 Background

2 Worldview and religions

2.1 Traditional worldview

2.2 Social structure and values

2.3 Introduced religions

2.4 Celebrations

3 Language [including names]

4 Art

4.1 Visual arts [painting, sculpture, weaving, textiles]

4.2 Performing arts [dance, drama, oratory, comedy]

4.3 Literary arts [poetry, literature]

5 Music

6 Fashion and dress

7 Cuisine

8 Architecture

9 Recreation and sports

10 Popular media

10.1 Cinema

10.2 Television

10.3 Radio

11 Administration and preservation

12 References

13 External links

• Any comments or suggestions welcome. I hope to get this article up to FA in the near future. - Lemurbaby (talk) 04:12, 19 March 2015 (UTC)