I met the Welsh blacksmith and dry-stone waller at the perfect moment in my life: with two years of graduate school under my belt, I was fed up with thinking.
This poem by Chinese poet Xu Xuan (916-991 CE) honors the transition from winter to spring. According to the Chinese Almanac, March 21 is the first day of the season
Beyond the vast skies over the Kenyan island of Lamu off the shores of East Africa, a beautiful reddish-yellow sunset looms in the west as the moon and stars become faintly visible in the east.
Okinawa Island’s subtropical location in the East China Sea is its greatest asset and greatest downfall.
March 1 is St. David’s Day which is celebrated in Wales with daffodils, children dressed in a version of what is considered the national costume of Wales, and, of course, Welsh cakes
On the evening of Sunday, March 2, millions of television viewers will have their sets tuned to the annual Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awards show, affectionately known as the Oscars.
For a lot of people who read these words, it may be a bit difficult to understand the real plight of endangered languages around the world.
Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation opens at the National Museum of Natural History on February 27, 2014, and runs through August 16, 2015.
As the most important traditional Chinese holiday, Spring Festival is the biggest time for family reunions.
In fifth grade, in the midst of Lunar New Year festivities, I spent hours and hours after school with my friend working on our lantern to enter in a contest held by my elementary school in Taiwan.
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