enculturation

noun "the process whereby individuals learn their group's culture, through experience, observation, and instruction."

enculturation. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enculturation (accessed: March 21, 2009).

The picture below features a calabash bowl, which are used in Togo at tchakpa stands. We had a number of occasions to join with the folks from Dapaong sampling the local strains of tchakpa, a fermented millet drink. The calabash bowls smell like hay or the inside of barn, which combines in a very unusual way with the tchakpa. However, I can tell you from personal experience that the smell of hay is even wierder when combined with Schlafly's Pale Ale!