The Festival of Exploding Sledgehammers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2017
Every February, residents of the tiny town of San Juan de la Vega in Mexico perform the re-enactment of a four hundred year-old battle that ...
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The Hermits of Karoulia of Mount Athos
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2017
Mount Athos, located on a Greek peninsula in the Aegean Sea, is home to one of the oldest surviving monastic community on Earth. The mountai...
Gävle Goat: The Christmas Goat That Vandals Can’t Keep Their Hands Off
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2016
Every year for Advent, about a month before Christmas, the town of Gavle, in Sweden, builds a giant Christmas goat out of straw. And every y...
Japan’s Notorious Taiji Dolphin Hunt
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2016
One of the most infamous dolphin hunting season has begun on the small coastal town of Taiji, in southwestern Japan. Hundreds of dolphins ar...
Subway Pushers of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 24, 2016
The Japanese rail network is known throughout the world for its superiority and punctuality. In the capital city Tokyo, nearly 40 million pa...
The Dead Cities of Syria
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2016
Scattered across the vast Limestone Massif, in the northwest of Syria, between the Orontes and Afrin Rivers to the west and the Aleppo/Hama ...
Sperrgebiet: The National Park You Can’t Visit
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2016
In southwestern Namibia lies a vast area that’s been off-limits to visitors for more than a century. It stretches along the Namibian coast f...
Vietnamese Water Puppet Shows
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 11, 2016
For centuries, Vietnamese kids and grown-ups alike have been entertained by a unique kind of puppet show —one that is performed on water. Th...
America’s Strangest Conventions
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 10, 2016
For the last three years, American photographer Arthur Drooker has been to a dozen conventions across the country, photographing some of the...
Mount Bromo: The Hungry Volcano
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 26, 2016
Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, is the youngest of several volcanoes in the Tengger massif, and is one of Java’s most active volcanoes....
Wakakusa Yamayaki: The Mountain Burning Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2016
Fireworks are a great way to celebrate any occasion, but like NuanQuan’s molten iron throwing festival , the Japanese city of Nara ( the cit...
Flower Carpets at Infiorata Festival, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2016
The best time to visit Italy, if you want to catch the incredible Infiorata festival, is during May and June. At this time of the year, espe...
Floating Markets of Southeast Asia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 26, 2016
Floating markets, where goods are sold from boats, are a trademark attraction among the Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesi...
Mooning of The Amtrak
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2016
For the last 36 years, the city of Laguna Niguel, California, has been host to a bizarre tradition called the Mooning of the Amtrak. Every y...
Moche Sex Pots
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2016
The Moche people lived in northern Peru near present-day Moche and Trujillo, between 1,900 to 1,200 years ago, long before the Inca Empire. ...
The Nearly Invisible Wires That Enclose Nearly All Major Cities of The World
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 23, 2016
Unbeknownst to many, there are translucent fishing lines that wrap around hundreds of cities around the world. Strung high above the heads o...
The Feng Shui Skyscrapers of Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2016
In Hong Kong, a city with one of the most beautiful skyline , the plan and design of a building is determined as much as by architects and e...
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2016
Every year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, chaotic scenes erupt in the streets and streams of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England, as a mo...
El Callejon del Beso, The Alley of The Kiss
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2016
The charming city of Guanajuato in central Mexico has many narrow streets and alleys, but El Callejon del Beso is by far one of the narrowes...
Fairytale Like Christmas Celebration in Moscow
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Christmas in Russia is different from Christmas celebrated in the rest of the world. For starters, they are celebrated on January 7, rather ...
