Melissa Stiveson has gathered hopes and wishes from children around the world in this sweet and delightfully illustrated book. "Great book for the littles in your life so they can learn about the cultures in the world."
#childrensbooks #picturebooks #worldculture
https://www.amazon.com/Wishes-World-Melissa-Stiveson/dp/1534111751/
#worldculture — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #worldculture, aggregated by home.social.
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected]Hindi Ito Marites: What makes a country happy?
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected]Hindi Ito Marites: What makes a country happy?
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BOLD AMARYLLIS BLOOM — Soft petals flare outward in confident red light, revealing a tender, luminous heart. ❤️
#Gay #AncientActivist #Art #DigitalArt #GayArt
#NewYorkCity #UrbanGay #Michigan #Maryland
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected]
How Chinese-Filipinos navigate expressing their culture beyond Chinese New Year
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected]
How Chinese-Filipinos navigate expressing their culture beyond Chinese New Year
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🎄 Khám phá các truyền thống Giáng sinh lạ lùng trên thế giới! Từ việc ném giày ở một số nước, đến trang trí mạng nhện trên cây thông, mỗi quốc gia đều có cách đón lễ độc đáo và đầy màu sắc. 🌍✨ #GiángSinh #Christmas #TruyềnThống #KỳLạ #WorldCulture #HolidayFun #VuiGiángSinh
https://vietnamnet.vn/nhung-truyen-thong-ky-la-ve-le-giang-sinh-tren-khap-the-gioi-2474751.html
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Lễ hội Văn hóa Thế giới lần thứ nhất đã chính thức khai mạc tại Hoàng thành Thăng Long, Hà Nội. Sự kiện quy tụ gần 50 quốc gia từ khắp năm châu, cùng nhau tôn vinh những giá trị văn hóa và nghệ thuật đa dạng trên toàn cầu.
#LễHộiVănHóa #HoàngThànhThăngLong #HàNội #VănHóa #NghệThuật #SựKiện
#CultureFestival #Hanoi #Vietnam #WorldCulture #ThangLongCitadel #Arts #Event -
#paris #mongolie #siberie #librairie #litteraturejeunesse #litterature #culturedumonde #ethnologie #book #ethnology #worldculture #mongolia #guimbarde #music
Une maison d édition exceptionnelle
Une librairie à Paris
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected]
Ethiopian fossils reveal new species in human evolutionary lineage
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected]Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to which our own species belongs.
The scientists discovered in the Ledi-Geraru research project area of northeastern Ethiopia’s Afar Region 10 teeth — six molars, two incisors, one premolar and one canine — that they concluded belonged to a new Australopithecus species. The teeth came from two individuals.
Until now, six species of the genus Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, were known from fossils at various African sites. The researchers said the newly found teeth bore traits indicating they belonged to a seventh species.
A genus is a group of closely related species that share similar characteristics. For example, lions and tigers are from the same genus but represent different species.
The scientists also discovered three other teeth dating to 2.59 million years ago that had traits showing they belonged to the oldest-known species of Homo, one that was first revealed by a jawbone unearthed in the same vicinity in 2013.
Scientists have not yet assigned names to the Australopithecus and Homo species represented by these 13 teeth because of the incomplete nature of the fossil remains. Our species Homo sapiens is the most recent member of the Homo genus, first appearing roughly 300,000 years ago in Africa before later spreading worldwide.
The new dental fossils provide insight into a poorly understood period in human evolution. The close age of the teeth suggests that this newly identified Australopithecus species coexisted in this region with the early Homo species, raising questions about whether they competed for the same resources.
The teeth also indicate that there were four hominins — as species in the human evolutionary lineage are known — that inhabited East Africa at the time. Previous fossils showed that another Australopithecus species and a species of Paranthropus, a hominin possessing a specialized skull adapted for heavy chewing, lived in East Africa during this time. An additional Australopithecus species also inhabited southern Africa, bringing the number of hominins then on the continent to five.
The presence of these contemporaneous hominins illustrates the complicated nature of the human evolutionary process.
“This reinforces the idea that the story of human evolution is not of a single lineage changing slowly through time,” said University of Nevada, Las Vegas paleoanthropologist Brian Villmoare, lead author of the research published on Wednesday, August 13, in the journal Nature.
“Rather, the pattern of human evolution is similar to that of other organisms, repeatedly branching into multiple species throughout the fossil record, many of whom lived at the same time,” Villmoare added.
The researchers are seeking clues about the nature of any interaction between the Australopithecus and Homo species represented by the 13 teeth.
“We are currently analyzing teeth to see if we can tell if they ate the same thing,” said Arizona State University paleoecologist and project co-director Kaye Reed.
If so, they may have fought over resources, Reed said. Crude stone tools dating to about the same time were previously discovered nearby, Reed said, probably made by the Homo species.
The researchers determined the age of the teeth using a technique that dated feldspar crystals contained in volcanic ash in the sediments where they were discovered based on radioactive decay of the element argon.
The Afar Region, one of Earth’s hottest and lowest places, is an arid expanse of badlands. But at the time of these species, rivers flowed across a vegetated landscape into shallow lakes in a landscape populated by a splendid array of animals. These included giraffes, horses, pigs, elephants, hippos and antelopes as well as predators such as saber-toothed cats and hyenas.
Homo is generally thought to have descended from a species of Australopithecus, though the exact species and the timing have been a matter of debate. Australopithecus eventually died out.
Australopithecus includes the famous fossil Lucy, who was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis who lived approximately 3.18 million years ago. Lucy’s remains were discovered in 1974, also in the Afar Region. The newly discovered teeth had characteristics that showed they did not belong to Lucy’s species, the researchers said.
“This new Australopithecus species is in no way some ‘missing link,’ and we actually don’t think that it was necessarily ancestral to any known species,” Villmoare said.
“Species arose and many went extinct,” Reed said. “Each find is a piece of the puzzle that puts human evolution into a twiggy tree, rather than a linear graphic.” – Rappler.com
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🔥✨ The Mysterious Rhythm of the Maldives! Bodu Beru, Masks & Tradition!
Echoes of drums, ancient dances, and the power of tradition! Have you ever heard of Bodu Beru and the mysterious Maali ritual? Masks, chants, resistance, and spirituality blend into a unique celebration in the Maldives!
🔎 Tags:
#WorldCulture, #Travel, #CulturalTourism, #MaldivesCulture, #BoduBeru, #Traditions, #MaaliRitual, #MaldivianCulture, #CuriousWorld, #DiscoverTheWorld, #WorkNews, #TravelAroundTheWorld, #ExploreMore -
"...Ibn Battuta was born in 1304 CE in Tangier, #Morocco. His travelogue the Rihla is his most important work. His journeys in the Rihla lasted for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known Islamic world & beyond..."
#history, #travel, #WorldCulture
https://www.baytalfann.com/post/ibn-battuta-the-most-famous-explorer-in-the-muslim-world
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"...Ibn Battuta was born in 1304 CE in Tangier, #Morocco. His travelogue the Rihla is his most important work. His journeys lasted for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known Islamic world & beyond..." #travel, #WorldCulture www.baytalfann.com/post/ibn-bat...
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Today is #WorldHeritage Day - or more correctly, the "International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS)".
Celebrated since 1982 on April 18, this is an opportunity to reflect on our common shared #CulturalHeritage, what needs to be done for its protection and to celebrate #culture together with diversity in unity.
There are 100s of events around the world, which can be found through local & regional chapters of @UNESCO & @ICOMOS
#WorldCulture, #CulturalDiversity
https://www.icomos.org/agenda/18-april-celebrating-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites/
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Today is #WorldHeritage Day, the "International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS)". Celebrated since 1982 on April 18, an opportunity to reflect on our common shared #CulturalHeritage and to celebrate #culture together. @UNESCO, #WorldCulture, #CulturalDiversity www.icomos.org/agenda/18-ap...
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just in case, you are in #Tokyo this weekend: a great opportunity to see some new #art works from renown #ContemporaryArt Barthélémy Toguo, painted during a residency in a remote village in #Japan organized by the gallery #SpaceUN - #AfricanArt, #WorldCulture www.spaceun.tokyo/barthelemy-t...
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just in case, you are in #Tokyo this weekend:
an exceptional opportunity to see some new #art works from renown #ContemporaryArt personality Barthélémy Toguo, painted during a 3.week residency in a remote village in #Japan
organized by the gallery #SpaceUN ... #AfricanArt, #WorldCulture
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There are more than 1,000 sites inscribed on the #UNESCO #WorldHeritage List - places of extraordinary beauty and importance.
It is easy to overlook the importance of preserving our collective #CulturalHeritage, which is integral to our identity and our sense of #history. Especially in times of war, so many of them are destroyed or in danger.
We need to safeguard them for future generations and protect our shared heritage for the benefit of all.
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There are more than 1,000 sites inscribed on the #UNESCO #WorldHeritage List - places of extraordinary beauty and importance. It is easy to overlook the importance of preserving our collective #CulturalHeritage, which is integral to our identity and our sense of #history. #WorldCulture
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"Photographer Juno Gemes has spent the last 50 years documenting Aboriginal Australian culture and the fight for justice, from the sands of the Tanami Desert to the carpeted corridors of Parliament House in Canberra
Her book Until Justice Comes: Fifty Years of The Movement for Indigenous Rights. Photographs 1970-2024 is published by Upswell Publishing in #Australia ..."
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No, this is not a joke, it actually makes a lot of sense, once you dig deeper (or read the article) 👇🏽
“…“The inclusion of the moon underscores the universal need for proactive and cooperative strategies to protect heritage—whether on Earth or beyond—that reflect and safeguard our collective narrative.” …”
#WorldHeritage, #Moon, #WorldCulture
From: @thecollector
https://flipboard.com/@thecollector@flipboard.com/thecollector-3q7j5p6tz/-/a-wUVLupYTSDeqosenahvs6g%3Aa%3A3315316913-%2F0 -
Today is the 100th birthday of the famous Japanese author Yukio Mishima, whose controversial nationalistic political agenda in his later life, led to his ritual suicide in 1970, but whose literary works are still regarded of unique quality.
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"...“Kick against words like you would kick back on a swing. You’ve got to feel as if the soles of your feet are touching the sky,” suggests Lee Seong-bok in his hit title Indeterminate Inflorescence..."
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"...Now Han’s entire output has been honoured: works of spare, fierce prose, seemingly ethereal in transmission yet brutal in impact. While often abstract, they nevertheless powerfully wrestle with traditional Korean society and history. ..."
#literature, #NobelPrize, #SouthKorea, #authors, #Culture, #WorldCulture
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I know, that I am posting & boosting a lot about the pre- #election in the #USA and you may wonder, what has this to do with #WorldCulture or just #culture ?
well, unfortunately #fascism always attacks the culture & traditions of minorities, “the other” (they don’t want) & the groups, they make to scapegoats …
if they want a culture war, we #creatives
need to fight back in order to protect the #diversity & artistic freedom we value so much in cultureeven when we are in #Europe
so VOTE
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"...Han is the first South Korean author and 18th woman to win the prize. Her “empathy for vulnerable lives is palpable, and reinforced by her metaphorically charged prose,” said Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel committee. She “has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in a poetic & experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose”..."
#literature, #NobelPrize, #Nobel2024, #SouthKorea, #WorldCulture
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Eight of the world's most extraordinary tiny hotel rooms - BBC Travel
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240820-eight-of-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-tiny-hotel-rooms
> From upcycled sewer pipes to spheres suspended in the sky, capsule hotels have been reinvented for a new generation of travellers.
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Ali Farka Touré, legendary #blues musician from #Mali … #WorldCulture
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First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS 2024)
The Global Indigenous Studies Network (GISN) within the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies (HLSGIS) at Indiana University Bloomington invites proposals ... for the first Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS) on November 15-17, 2024...
via #connections newsletter of #HSozKult
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this week, my donation goes to the "Dhow Countries Music Academy" in #Zanzibar
#WorldCulture, #music, #donations, #support, #Tanzania, #WorldMusic
please join ...
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from its humble underground beginnings, where they "...“were fighting to screen #film s in public,..” the #SaudiFilmFestival celebrates now its 10th anniversary. "Today, the festival unfolds at Dhahran’s state-of-the-art King Abdulaziz Center for #WorldCulture, known locally as ITHRA, which opened in 2016." in #SaudiArabia
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First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS 2024)
The Global Indigenous Studies Network (GISN) within the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies (HLSGIS) at Indiana University Bloomington invites proposals ... for the First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS) on November 15-17, 2024...
via #connections newsletter of #HSozKult
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r.i.p. Maryse Condé …
a wonderful & important writer
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#literature, #Guadeloupe, #WorldCulture, #BlackMastodon,#MaryseConde
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please watch & listen to this video of yet another great collaboration from musicians around the world
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#OneWorld, #WorldCulture, #WorldMusic
From: @bmacDonald94
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aaahh - the #BamiyanBuddhas - a #WorldHeritage site - until the Taliban destroyed these unique statues in 2001 …
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Yesterday started the I-54 #art fair in #Marrakech. It is now one of the most important exhibitions for contemporary #AfricanArt, a market segment, which becomes each year more important in the art world.
Beside the original I-54 in London, the AKAA ("Also Known As Africa") in Paris and the "Art X Lagos" in Nigeria, the Marrakech fair brings together a variety of artists from the continent, as well as international galleries, collectors and experts.
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"...We observe that in the context of polycrisis, #culture has been increasingly recognised as a key to shaping global solutions...
The #MONDIACULT plea echoed in .. #UNESCO ’s report on culture and #SustainableDevelopment and in .. the Declaration on Cultural-based #ClimateAction at #COP28...""#Culture ’s vital role for #sustainability in an increasingly fragile world"
#TheValueOfCulture, #WorldCulture
https://ifacca.org/news/2023/12/13/the-year-in-review-cultures-vital-role-for-sustain/
* photo: Genilson Guajajara via: https://www.instagram.com/genilsonguajajara/ *
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tried this with the hashtag #WorldCulture & it seems to work well … Thank You!
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grants & funding for young #indigenous voices in #cinema arts. open application until March 2024 👇🏽
#IndigenousCultures, #film, #WorldCinema, #WorldCulture, #NativeAmerican
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2 things, we can never have enough of: #tolerance & #understanding
"..The etymology of tolerance in English is rooted in the Latin tollere (to lift up) and the Greek tlēnai (to bear). In this time of murderous intolerance, the editors hope that the following #books will give readers a reason to lift one another up and to bear the weight of historical injustices and current violence.."
from the editors of the "World Literature Today"
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Here are the top "cultural city" destinations from around the world (according to #TimeOut magazine). Cities with a vivid and affordable #CultureScene. This is quite an international list without Rome, Berlin, or London (and #Paris only at place Nr.11...)
From #Mumbai to #CapeTown, "... these are the very best cities for #art and #culture right now"
#WorldCulture, #CultureCities, #CulturalTravel
https://www.timeout.com/travel/worlds-best-cities-for-culture
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Around the world, there are more than 1,000 sites inscribed on the #UNESCO #WorldHeritage List. It is easy to overlook the importance of protecting and preserving our collective #CulturalHeritage, which is integral to our identity and our sense of #history.
When we always remember the significance of these places, we understand the deep responsibility to maintain and protect our shared heritage for the benefit of all.
#Culture4Heritage, #WorldCulture, #SharedHeritage, #SaveOurHeritage
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👇🏽this could be one reason for me to visit #China …
yet too many #WorldHeritage & #CulturalHeritage sites are in non-democracies
From: @archaeohistories
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so much of our common #CulturalHeritage is under threat. And too often, it depends on the initiative of courageous individuals to save #traditions and keep heritage alive...
Saving over 1000 #music tapes from #Afghanistan before the Taliban (and others) butchered a modern society, is no easy task, but Mohammed Hasan Zamri in Pakistan tried to do just that.
Which #DigitalArchive could support the efforts?