Showing posts with the label Culture

Da Shuhua: Fireworks of Molten Iron

Feb 16, 2024

For five centuries, the inhabitants of Nuanquan village in Yu County, in the northwestern reaches of Hebei province, China, have marked the ...

Bottle Kicking in Hallaton

Dec 18, 2023

In the village of Hallaton in Leicestershire, England, a unique tradition unfolds every Easter Monday. The residents of Hallaton and the nea...

The Strange Burial Customs of Trunyan Village

Aug 29, 2023

On the eastern shore of Lake Batur, on the island of Bali, Indonesia, lies the village of Trunyan—home to the culturally isolated Bali Aga p...

Pidakala War: The Cow Dung Fight

Jul 12, 2023

The Hindu new year or Baisakhi is celebrated throughout India in mid-April. The celebrations vary across states and from culture to culture,...

The 72 Seasons of Japan

Jul 11, 2023

We are all familiar with the four seasons of the year—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—based on the changes in weather, ecology, and the n...

Jimmy The Raven

Jun 19, 2023

One of the most prolific actors of Hollywood has over six hundred acting credits to his name, but you haven’t even heard of him. Yet, if you...

Mokomokai: Tattooed Maori Heads And The Musket Wars

Nov 11, 2022

In the early 19th century, a deplorable trade developed in New Zealand between the indigenous Maori people and the European merchants. The w...

The Cults That Worship Cargo

Jun 13, 2022

Picture this: the second World War is unleashing upon the world, but in a far corner across the seas from America, patches of land remain un...

The Peculiar Locks of Dindigul

May 5, 2022

In India’s Tamil Nadu, some 420km south of Chennai, sits Dindigul. In this city of over two million people, families have slept without a wo...

The Pacific Island Where Prince Philip is God

Apr 4, 2022

At the other end of the sea from where Queen Elizabeth sits on her throne in England, photos of her husband holding a unique club rest safel...