Weighing The Mayor of High Wycombe
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 4, 2022
Every year at the Annual Meeting of the Charter Trustees of the town of High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, England, a new mayor is elected. T...
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Bring Home The Bacon at The Dunmow Flitch Trials
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2021
Married couples who can prove their undying love for each other can take home half a pig in a tradition that dates back to at least the 12th...
Before Pumpkins People Carved Turnips on Halloween
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 18, 2021
The yearly Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns was originally an Irish ritual, but instead of pumpkins, the folks a...
Afghanistan’s War Rugs
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2021
Turkmen weavers in northern Afghanistan have been weaving rugs for thousands of years. This heavy textile, made for a wide variety of utilit...
Japan’s Acrobatic Noodle Delivery Cyclists
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2021
These photographs taken in the middle of the 20th century on the streets of Tokyo show how food delivery looked like before the onslaught of...
Vinkensport: Belgium’s Competitive Bird Calling
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2020
In the Flanders region of Belgium, a favorite pastime among the old Dutch-speaking folks is raising and training the common chaffinch ( Frin...
A Licence to Watch Television
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 5, 2020
In many countries, owing a television involves more than one type of cost. First the device itself, which may cost, depending on your taste,...
The Masked Women of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2020
Head covering, veils and burqas are common sight among many Muslim communities around the world. There are a lot of different styles and ea...
Bōsai Musen: Japan’s 5 PM Chime
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2020
The loudspeaker of Japan’s national disaster warning system in Owkudani Hakone, Japan. Photo: WAN CHEUK NANG/Shutterstock.com For those ...
Black Weddings: Marrying in The Time of Cholera
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2020
Last month, a peculiar wedding ceremony took place at a cemetery in Bnei Brak, a city in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. With government re...
