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Various Cultures

Religious Studies is the academic study of religion and spirituality. We explore texts, histories, and ways in which humans from various cultures have understood their world. We study the beliefs, ethics, rituals, artifacts, and organizat [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Thousands join Lui Ngai Ni celebration

Thousands of Nagas today celebrated the seed sowing festival Lui Ngai Ni at different places in the state. The festival was celebrated at Tamenglong headquarters, Chandel headquarters, Imphal, etc.MLA of Tengnoupal assembly constituency, Mo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Hindu Devotees Celebrate Thaipusam

Hindu devotees in Malaysia today celebrated Thaipusam to mark the birth of Lord Murugan by going to several temples in the country.In KUALA LUMPUR, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu told reporters that more than 1.5 million Hindu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Fonz struts Toronto stage in Happy Days musical

When he created a musical based on his 1970s TV series Happy Days, Garry Marshall looked forward to revisiting the characters he had created for the show.But the idea he originally had for creating a musical stringing together episo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Hindus say thanks for a bountiful harvest through Ponggal fe...

HINDUS over the country celebrate Ponggal or the Harvest Festival today with a significant ceremony that begins with the worship of the Sun God.The festival originated in India where farmers gave thanks for a bountiful harvest and hoped to [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Jerusalem International Oud Festival

The ninth edition of the Jerusalem International Oud festival predated the current, painful Middle-Eastern round of hostilities in a month, but still offered a much better alternative to the local leaders' militant vision for this region. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

They would just meld in and out. It was just awesome.

Kwanzaa started as a celebration designed to affirm African culture and history in 1966, but over the years, the weeklong observance has become a holiday observed by people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds.It started on Friday th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Desert fusion

Sound of the desert reverberated through the NCPA’s Tata Theatre at Nariman Point last Friday. Maru Tarang Ripples of the Desert, a unique collaboration between two sarangi players from different traditions, saw classical maestro Usta [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Austrian musical "Empress Sissi" staged in China

Musical "Empress Sissi" is staged in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 7, 2008. The Austrian musical is on an itinerant tour in China and will be performed in Beijing, capital of China, Shanghai in east China and seve [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Lustre for life

PEARLS - made by nature, nurtured by man. This may be the inspiration behind Swiss luxury brand Hodel's exquisite pearl creations. It also explains the timeless and classical appeal of pearls in a nutshell. A pioneer in the pearl industry, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Duck billed dinos used bony crests to communicate with each ...

A team of scientists have used CT-scanning to look inside the bizarre crests on the skulls of duck-billed dinosaurs to suggest that the bony crests were used for communication by sound and signal.Paleontologists have long debated the functi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

26 mln Indonesian to travel during Muslim festive celebratio...

Indonesian Transportation Minister Jusman Syafei Djamal said he estimated that up to 26 million people in the country would be traveling for the Idul Fitrpost fasting period that would fall on the first of October. "The number of tra [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Botox and blush obsession seen as cause for alarm

America's obsession with beauty is posing serious problems for the health and economic well-being of women and young girls, according to a report on Monday on the pursuit of physical perfection and the rise in cosmetic surgery. The nonprof [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Music, culture festival designed to appeal to all

In what its organizers hope will be the first of many such events, a festival of Jewish music, culture, and food will be held Sunday, Sept. 14, in South Brunswick. Rejoice: The Central New Jersey Jewish Music & Culture Festival will fe [...]