Editor's Note: A grand commemorative gathering was held in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against ...
MICHAEL Strauss issues a challenge: Try picking up his pride and joy, a gold-and-silver Rothschild menorah. The visitor tries with one hand and fails but remains fascinated by the beautiful piece made ...
Some mornings just have a certain mood, don’t they? You open your eyes, the light is peeking through the curtains, and for a split second you think, “Do I really have to get up?” If that sounds ...
Henna is a deciduous tree that grows in hot regions. Perceived as sacred by communities in Northern Africa and the Middle East, its leaves are harvested twice a year to create a paste. Henna paste is ...
At the same time, scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties began placing small, clean objects — such as exotic stones, fragrant herbs and simple utensils — on their desks, not for sacrifice, but as ...
Semsemeya music instrument crafting and playing and Henna-centred rituals, aesthetics, and social practices were enlisted yesterday on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) ...
Fans may find it sad, but the fact is that Indie rock is fair game to academic cultural anthropologists like Fonarow, a former record company employee and now a lecturer at UCLA. Her study began at an ...
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