As missionaries began to convert tribal members, many natives feared they would lose their traditions by assimilating into colonial culture.
Partly because their contrasting colors make them easy to read, the tapestries show the hybrid nature of colonial culture most clearly.
At that time their isolated stone-age culture was suddenly confronted with the industrial and colonial culture of 19th century Europe.
This project emphasizes studies of enslaved Africans and British colonial culture.
If the colonial culture was to go, there had to be something with which to replace it.
The Costeaus had remained beyond colonial culture for too long-over two centuries of isolation.
The colonial political culture emphasized deference, so that local notables were the men who ran and were chosen.
She was brought up in the colonial culture of India and married to a senior military figure.
The current form of the dance is an expression of syncretism between indigenous and Spanish colonial culture.
They saw French colonial culture being restored to Saigon.