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Culture of fear grips Zim: HRW

Zimbabwe’s failure to prosecute perpetrators of human rights abuses has fed a culture of fear gripping the country and making free and fair elections anytime soon impossible, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. In a report rel [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Celebrating cultures with Family Heritage Festival

Where does your family come from? What culture is your family? Oftentimes the answers to those questions can be lost or forgotten. However, Woodbury Elementary is embracing the different cultures of its students. Woodbury Elem [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

By George! The Boy is back in town

Love him or hate him, but you simply can’t ignore a man that is rarely found without his faithful fedora hat, oodles of glittering eye make-up and the glossiest lipstick that is the envy of many a woman. Boy George, who is [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

A colourful display of Baloch culture

Thousands of people, most of them dressed in traditional Balochi attire and armed with swords, marched on camels, donkeys, motorcycles and buses towards the Clifton beach where a grand event had been organized to celebrate the Baloch Cul [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture Watch: That's the St. Aug Marching 100 on aisle two

I wonder how many towns celebrate themselves in as many varied ways as we do? I know there are those who think some of our self-congratulations are corny, and I guess they are. But, I’ll admit it, I love it. Take the Rouses TV [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Tata cautions SC against ‘paparazzi’ culture in india

Industrialist Ratan Tata on Thursday requested the Supreme Court to restrain the media from publishing and broadcasting unverified conversations of individuals, contending the right to privacy of a person cannot be violated in the garb o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Tighter rules urged to protect cultural treasures

Foreign organizations and individuals will not be allowed to conduct surveys of China's intangible cultural heritage without approval from senior Chinese regulators, according to a new draft law on the protection of intangible assets [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Defence chiefs vow to eliminate 'tribal'culture

Defence leaders are vowing to cut out the cancer of extreme tribalism that developed on HMAS Success, after an independent report outlined predatory sexual behaviour and a culture of cover-ups. In his report on the supply ship's [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Celebration of Chinese culture rings in Year of the Rabbit

About 300 hundred people celebrated Chinese culture Saturday night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. People of all ages and backgrounds joined members of the Chinese American Student Association in welcoming and celebrating the Year of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

World Cup opener showcases South Asian culture (Roundup)

Fourteen captains rode around the arena in cycle-rickshaws and breathtaking laser shows simulated the experience of the 22-yard pitch as the cricket World Cup got off to a rousing start here Thursday evening, showcasing the diverse cultu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Chinese Lantern Festival traditions and culture

The Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Festival (simplified Chinese: pinyin: Yuánxiāojié) or Shang Yuan Festival (simplified Chinese: pinyin: Shàngyuánjié) in China is a festival celebrated on the fifte [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Hal Niedzviecki gets deep into the peep culture

But he knew the territory. Niedzviecki explored the topic in his 2009 The Peep Diaries, which was selected by Oprah Winfrey’s O magazine as one of that summer’s must-read books. Last year, he went deeper into the subject [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Tunisian Revolt Topples Midtown Cultural Center

Like many Tunisians living abroad, Naima Remadi Nour said she was overjoyed by the popular revolt in January that led to the ouster of the country’s authoritarian president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. It was just the sort of democrat [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Traditional culture comes alive at school

An act by Kapila Venu, a leading exponent of the oldest form of Indian classical dance Koodiyattam, stole the hearts of many on Thursday. Koodiyattam is a dance associated with 2,000 years' history of Sanskrit theatre tradition in In [...]