Due to pressure on land resources, urbanization and social transformations, the traditions and cultural practices associated to the Kaya settlements are fast diminishing, posing great danger to the social fabric and cohesiveness of the Mijikenda communities who venerate and celebrate them as their identity and symbol of continuity.
Since Diners Club introduced the first universal credit card in 1950, an 8.5-by-5.5-cm piece of plastic has become for millions a modern symbol of identity and an indispensable tool of spending.
But for millions of migrants to big cities like Istanbul or Izmir, the headscarf is a symbol of their identity.
Barcelona, Paris, New York and Moscow have shown that a directly elected mayor can be a strong symbol of civic identity.
Played solo or as part of an ensemble during festivities, prayers, work, funerals and more, the balafon is a symbol of community identity.
Ironically, although distinctive Scottish banknotes are a symbol of separate identity, it might be better for an independent Scotland to use Bank of England money.
But, awkward as he is, Yasser Arafat is the Palestinians' elected president, the symbol of the identity that they have preserved through years of tribulation.
The surprising source of Belfast's expansion is Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline for 70 years until it was privatised in 2006 and still, for many, a potent symbol of national identity.
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Testament to the ability to appreciate multiple influences and incorporate them into one s own culture, lace-making is at the centre of daily life for women of Lefkara and a proud symbol of their identity.
At first a major component of regional popular culture among Brazilians of African descent, the Samba de Roda was eventually taken by migrants to Rio de Janeiro, where it influenced the evolution of the urban samba that became a symbol of Brazilian national identity in the twentieth century.
In recent years, with the royal family enjoying a resurgence in popularity, the Queen has once again become a symbol of a shared national identity -- and the opportunity for a sitting at Buckingham Palace remains a tantalizing one for contemporary artists.
The Director-General called on all parties to protect Egyptian cultural heritage, symbol of the country's identity, and to respect freedom of expression, pillar of democracy.
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