Culture Vulture Challenge - November Challenge

Get Ready to feast on some Culture

• Are you interested in travel, culture and history?
• Are you looking for inspiration?
• Do you want to get writing on Steemit and build up your followers?

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Steemfest

I got such a positive reaction from people at Steemfest I am sure we will be getting even more great entries this month. One such encounter was with members of the @cervantes community where I think this challenge is an ideal match to enable content creators to produce high quality engaging content by just blogging about life in their local community.

This challenge has been running for the last four months and is going strong. Post have already been translated into several languages and the prize fund is growing each month

This month the guaranteed prize fund will be 90 SBD.

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Why enter this challenge?

Translations and Weekly Prizes

The lucky post(s) will be translated to Chinese in conjunction with @deanliu and @ygern. The translated post will be from @deanliu s account and the original post will be promoted and any liquid author rewards from the translation will be shared with the original author(s) and the Culture Vulture Challenge fund.

Weekly Roundup

Each Sunday I will promote posts from the competition with a roundup of my top picks for the week. This is a great way to get exposure, especially if your a new writer. I have over 2k followers on my account! I have been promoting the challenge all month which will give each entry additional exposure.

Monthly Prize

The prize fund is growing each month. We are also getting donations from generous steemians such as @livinguktaiwan. With additional earnings from @deanliu's initiative, the prize fund this month has grown to at least 90SBD but don't forget if you get picked for translation by @ygern you will share a significant portion of the post payout on the translated post.

SteemitBC

In collaboration with the guys over at Steemit Blogger Central @steemitbc, Culture Vulture has taken up residence in their discord channel and posts will be promoted through the Blogger Central Platform on Facebook and Twitter. If you havent heard of Blogger Central it is also be a place where you can come and chat, get advice and make some friends. There is also a very interesting initiative being spearheaded by @paulag called the Minnow Translation Project. Check it out!
If your planning a holiday why not head over and ask some questions from knowledgeable locals about what is on when your travelling, when is the best time to go...

Website

It can be hard to find posts though Steemit, even using the tags feature. I host a website dedicated to the Culture Vulture Challenge where you can see listing of all posts that have entered as well as some stats and further information about the competition.

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

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Culture Vulture

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

Some examples which would be suitable

• Family Celebrations
  Is there a tradition at each Christmas, Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah that you share?
• Family Gatherings
  Is there a weekly family dinner or other occasion that you look forward to each year?
• Morning Tai Chi in the office in Japan
  Does your office do something that is culturally unique, what is its background and what do you get out of it?
• The Tea Ceremony Ritual in Japan
  Is there a unique tradition in your country that is really more of an art form? What is its history and describe it to us.
• Home Cooked Lunches delivered by Dabbawalas in India
  Is there a unique tradition in your country that you miss if your working overseas?
• The Tapas Ritual and the best places in Spain
  What do Tapas mean to you?, Who do you share them with, what is your ritual?, Where are the best?
• Enjoying Beer in Belgium
  What do you miss most when your abroad? Why is Belgian Beer the best? What makes it special? Whats different about Belgian frites and french fries?

Tell us a bit about the ritual and fill in the details about why, how, and the cultural background. Don't forget a few pictures to bring it to life.

Monthly Challenge

For the Month of November any post tagged with "#culturevulture" will be eligible for the challenge.

The Rewards

• 1st Place 50 SBD
• A prize of 10 SBD for a post in each of the 4 themes; Festivals, Customs & Traditions, Food, Art.
• Weekly promotions and original authors will get a share of posts translated by @deanliu

Rules

• All entries must be tagged with "#culturevulture", it doesn't need to be the first tag.
• The work must be your own, don't copy and paste from websites and claim credit. Feel free to reference work for descriptions/background but use quotes and provide a link to the original work.
• The posts will be judged on how well they met the challenge, how they shared a unique cultural aspect of the country. We would prefer post from locals or people living in a country rather than tourist posts.
• Please make it clear whether the photos are yours or not. We prefer original content.
• You may also add a location tag so that your post will appear on Steemit World Map. This is not a requirement but your post will get extra exposure.

Decisions

Our guest judge from this month is a regular poster on #culturevulture and will be known to many. I met @osm0sis at steemfest and am a big fan of her work. She writes about her travel experiences around the world and is an amazing photographer.

• Post votes or payouts will not be the highest consideration.
• My decision will be final, I will try to be fair and unbiased.
• The SP from translated posts will go to @deanliu, the liquid rewards will be split with the original author and the Culture Vulture Prize pool on a 40:60 basis for October. That is if the author rewards for the translated post is 100 SBD the liquid rewards will be 50 SBD. The original author will get 20 and Culture Vulture will get 30. That will be used to go towards future prizes and promotions.
• For translations you will be contacted in advance and if you do not wish your post to be translated and posted by @deanliu, your wishes will be respected. The original post will be referenced in the translation.

Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us. It may be a daily ritual where you live or a local passion that always reminds you of home.

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The Spirit of a Culture Vulture

Below are some recent posts that stand out and really capture the spirit of the vision of this tag. There have been so many, this is just a selection but for more you can check out the #culturevulture tag or our website. Winners of this months prize will be announced at the end of the month and translated posts will feature in the weekly promotions.

As a tourist you usually only get to see what is in the guide book. In this post @madlenfox takes us on a tour of a stately home that is off the beaten track and we get an insight into the other worldly life of the ruling class of Russia in times past.

• https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@madlenfox/tradition-in-the-interior-traveling-in-time-culturevulture

@sweetpea is a regular contributor and has written many thought provoking articles about her native South Africa. In this post she explores the effects of poverty on culture in South Africa.

• https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@sweetpea/the-effects-poverty-has-on-african-cultures-and-vice-versa

October Challenge

85 SBD was paid out in the October Challenge. The results can be found at https://steemit.com/culturevulture/@eroche/culture-vulture-challenge-october-results

Thanks

Many thanks to @sweetpea for her work last month as guest judge. Thanks to @joythewanderer who is travelling in Iran at the moment but whom I met at Steemfest where she introduced my to @martibis who I look forward to collaborating with in the future.
Also a big thank you to all those who have taken part. If you wish to support this challenge you may write an article, donate to the monthly prize fund, spread the word, resteem or most importantly check out the tag from time to time and comment and upvote peoples posts. Thank you for reading.

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