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Dance, Culture, and Entertainment: Mexico’s Top 5 Traditional Dances

The heartland of Mexico is home to a mesmerizing dance culture that reflects the influence of ancient civilizations, colonialism, and the passionate spirit of the Mexican people. Through these dances’ rhythmic and fluid movements, a rich cultural tapestry is woven, a powerful expression connecting Mexico’s past and present. Let’s delve into the origins of these ...

Haidene Go

The colorful Mexican hat dance.

Berlin’s Gas Lamps to Be Replaced by LEDs

Berlin, a city known for its unique atmosphere for almost two centuries, is on the verge of a transformation. The city’s streets, romantically lit by the soft, flickering flames of gas lamps, are set to adopt a new glow — that of electric LEDs. A decision driven by cost and environmental concerns, this switch has ...

Nathan Machoka

Streetlamp in Berlin at Gendarmenmarkt square with Berlin Concert Hall in the background at twilight.

What Christmas Means to Me

An Eastern European Christmas I was fortunate or unfortunate, due to my circumstances, to jump through three distinct cultures to which I tried to conform. First, born on the last day of World War II into a socialist system as it was manifesting in Eastern Europe. Second, I spent my childhood in a community of ...

Trisha Haddock

Christmas decorations covered in snow.

Aboriginals Lived in Western Desert in Australia 50,000 Years Ago

Archaeologists from the University of Western Australia working with Traditional Custodians from the Birriliburru Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) have recovered evidence that aboriginals lived in the Australian arid zone 50,000 years ago. This is 10,000 years earlier than previously understood for the interior deserts of Australia, and among some of the earliest known evidence of ...

Troy Oakes

Ancient Aboriginal desert sites.

China’s Destruction of Cultural Sites During the Cultural Revolution

In China, during the Cultural Revolution, much damage was done to both the Chinese people and China’s traditional culture. Temples were looted. Relics, temples, scrolls, and books containing vast amounts of cultural heritage were burned and destroyed under the red gaze of the Cultural Revolution. What many people don’t know is that the Cultural Revolution ...

Hermann Rohr

Red Guards destroying a Buddha statue at the Famen Temple