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As preparations for the 2014 Folklife Festival begin, participants from all over Kenya are getting ready to make the journey to Washington, D.C.
What does it mean to be human? We have been asking ourselves this question for thousands of years.
People tell different stories to explain the origins of the Dragon Boat Festival, which occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
Egg tarts are beloved by many in Hong Kong. The taste of the flakey crust and warm silky custard is just heavenly
The East African coast is littered with plastic and rubber waste that floats across the Indian Ocean from as far away as India and Indonesia, including countless discarded rubber flip-flops.
Whenever I hear Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” I think of the opening credits of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life.
Beijing, once capital of the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty in the thirteen and fourteenth centuries, has become a center of Mongolian music in China
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an ethnobotanist. I wanted to go to the Amazon, talk to people about plants, and have adventures!
As the most important traditional Chinese holiday, Spring Festival is the biggest time for family reunions.
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