The results of the third month of the challenge are in. 65 SBD in prizes.

Our biggest prize fund yet and its growing thanks generous contributions from some generous Steemians and to @deanliu and @ygern whos CN translation series adding weekly to the prize funds.

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Culture Vulture

The tag #culturevulture is a place where, here on Steemit, you can share something unique about your country with the world. Instead of being a tag about travel or tourism this tag is more about sharing experiences.

September

For the third month of this challenge we have seen additional countries added to the featured list. We now have had participants from; Japan, Armenia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, South Africa and Burma, France, Ireland, China, Vietnam, Borneo and more.

If you want to see the complete list of entries have a look at the SteemChallenges site where you can browse all the entries.

• http://steemchallenges.com/culturevulture/index.html

CN Translations

September has seen this challenge spread its wings with weekly posts being translated to Chinese and sharing in the rewards and exposure from those posts, an initiative ran by @deanliu and @ygern.

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The Culture Vulture Tag

The posts you will find using this tag are not just travel posts, but posts that share cultural experiences. These experiences are the magic that I travel to experience and #culturevulture now brings them here to steemit.

@joythewanderer was the guest judge this month with some special contributions from a regular contributor @boxcarblue.

1st Place 40 SBD

The winning post this month

Congratulations to @liflorence who wrote this month about a trip to Myanmar where she explored some ancient mysterious Buddhist Monuments. This post give a great description of the area and some of the history and culture of the site.

https://steemit.com/travel/@liflorence/follow-me-to-the-mysterious-buddhist-monuments

Congratulations @liflorence on winning the competition, 40 SBD is on the way.

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Notable Mentions 5 SBD

The posts in this challenge generally covered several categories; Festivals, Customs, Traditions, Food, Art and Music

Unfortunately there could only be one winner but several posts deserve notable mentions and will each get 5 SBD

Festivals

Every country or region you travel to have different festivals, and national or local celebrations. They may commemorate a significant even in the history of a people or may be a cultural ritual.

Customs

Every country, every region has unique customs. Isn't it so much more fun to stay in local accommodation when you travel. You get to experience local customs instead of the generic 5 Star treatment that some hotels offer.

I had never heard of homestays before this post but @kuenok describes how he visits some indigenous people in Vietnam and the challenges they face with modernisation and progress.

• https://steemit.com/travel/@kuenok/witnessing-the-loss-of-the-hmong-tribe-sapa-vietnam

Traditions

Traditions can be passed down from generation to generation and may have a symbolic meaning or cultural significance. Clothes, Dress, Food, local Holidays, Pass-times.

In this post @steemitph asked his team at work to go back to their roots and take pride of their own culture and traditions. They decorated the workplace according to their individual influences.

https://steemit.com/philippines/@steemitph/promoting-philippine-sights-and-culture-in-the-workplace

Food

Food is close to my heart and the types of food we eat, when we eat it, who we eat it with clearly distinguish different peoples. What is that food you long for from home when you travel?

@madlenfox shows us traditional Russian Apple Pie.

https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@madlenfox/for-all-steemians-my-apple-pie-russian-charlotte-have-a-nice-tea-party

Art

Art expresses a people like no other medium. I bet you visit galleries when you travel! Every time I visit a place I like support local artists by buying some work.

@osm0sis gives us a tour through Hong Kong, through her lens, and we see some interesting architecture and influences.

https://steemit.com/photography/@osm0sis/h-o-n-g-k-o-n-g-through-my-lens

Music

“… Whenever humans come together for any reason, music is there….weddings, funerals, graduation from college, men marching off to war, stadium sporting events, a night on the town, prayer, a romantic dinner, mothers rocking their infants to sleep and college students studying with music as a background….” Daniel Levitin

@vaelriey writes about the indegenous people of borneo and different ethenic groups, languages, religions and of course music.

https://steemit.com/life/@vaelriey/kenyah-the-indigenous-people-of-borneo

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September

The total Prize fund paid out this month was 65 SBD. Many thanks to @boxcarblue @madlenfox and @sweetpea for generous donation to the prize fund.

A huge shout out and thank you to @joythewanderer who judged this months competition. She made great choices and the winners are deserving and have helped raise the bar for this challenge. I would also like to mention the great travel posts that @joythewanderer produces on a regular basis. If you haven't checked out her blog check it out today.

Some of her posts from this month:

• Pre-Columbian Underground Tombs in Tierradentro, Colombia. 探索哥伦比亚的图腾洞穴文化
• Travel back in time - a look at the old rural Romanian life 走进旧时的罗马尼亚乡村生活
• Folklorissimo 2017 - Ft. Korean Giant Bibimbap and Cultural events 布鲁塞尔的2017韩国文化

October Challenge

For the full announcement about next months challenge and prize fund you will have to wait a few more days but feel free to enter today using the #culturevulture tag.

Blogger Central

"#culturevulture" is now on Discord as part of the Blogger Central (@steemitbc) family.
Join us for chat and some great content at https://discord.gg/pJXKRJV

As part of a Blogger Central initiative spearheaded by @paulag the Minnow Translation Project will also be involved in spreading Culture Vulture to multiple languages and getting increased exposure for selected posts. Read more about the MTP at Introducing Minnow Translation Project

Steemit Bloggers' Central strives to be a hub for the Steemit community to share their blogs, provide Steemit news, and host current Steemit related tutorials.

If you wish to support this challenge you may write an article, donate to the monthly prize fund, resteem or most importantly check out the tag from time to time and comment and upvote peoples posts. Thank you for reading. I will post about this months competition in a few days but any posts from today on that have the #culturevulture tag will be included in this months competition.

A big thank you to all those that took part this month.

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