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The Museum for African American History and Culture

The Museum for African American History and Culture

A rendering view of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is scheduled to open in 2015. The museum’s design is the result of an intense collaboration among Phil Freelon and two other black architects [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Culture, religion and poverty dangerous mix for girls?

Betty Makoni is an activist who set up Girl Child Network Worldwide to help girls who have been abused in Zimbabwe and other African countries. She experienced hardship and abuse in her own life, but rather than give up she fought even ha [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Celebrating Bukusu tradition at the cultural Festival

Celebrating Bukusu tradition at the cultural Festival

It was pomp and colour when the Bamasaaba in Kenya welcomed their leader, Omukuka Wilson Weyasa Wamimbi on December 30, 2011 at the Bungoma Cultural Centre. Leaders from the Bukusu community led by the minister for Foreign Affairs, Moses [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Russian invasion on culture

Russian culture is gripping Morjim. Locals are learning Russian and many can even carry out a conversation. Advertising boards, computer key pads at cybercafes, restaurant menus are in Russian. Shack owners, shop owners, taxi drivers, mas [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Heritage lure China Cultural delegation visits Taxila museum

Wah Cantt—A 40-member delegation of China Cultural Heritage Foundation (CCHF) visited Taxila Museum and ancient Taxila University at Julian. The delegation was led by Ms Geng Ying, Chairperson and Secretary General of CCHF and the d [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Thousands attend Leicester Diwali lights switch-on

Thousands attend Leicester Diwali lights switch-on

Communities gathered on the Golden Mile on Sunday to celebrate the Hindu festival with music, singing, dancing and a firework and laser display. Leicester's celebrations of the festival of light are thought to be the largest outside I [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Cultural entities: Potohar folk music and poetry reading pulls big crowd at Lok Virsa

Cultural entities: Potohar folk music and poetry reading pul...

“The festival aims at promoting the rich musical heritage of Potohar,” said Lok Virsa Executive Director Khalid Javaid. Talking to mediapersons, he said that Lok Virsa was in a unique position to highlight the culture, art and [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Indelible mark on Australian culture

Katharine Brisbane was a fledgling publisher searching for new Australian plays when in the early 1970s she arranged to meet a young playwright. He arrived, leather-clad and long of hair and leg, and handed her three scripts. The Comin [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Festival of Indian Culture in Russia

A festival of Indian Culture in Russia will be held from 17-30 September 2011 across Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan. The Festival is being organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi and the Ministry of Culture of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Indelible mark on Australian culture

Katharine Brisbane was a fledgling publisher searching for new Australian plays when in the early 1970s she arranged to meet a young playwright. He arrived, leather-clad and long of hair and leg, and handed her three scripts. The Comin [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Demonstrations change Jerusalem culture of centralized protest

Demonstrations change Jerusalem culture of centralized prote...

Jerusalem has seen much larger demonstrations than the housing protest that took place on Saturday night. All those, however, were rallies that were organized by large organizations that brought participants to Jerusalem by bus from Tel A [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Norwegians in US hope culture isn’t affected

As Norwegians living in New England watched the death toll in their home country climb, they said they hoped the violence that rocked Oslo on Friday afternoon would not change its deep-rooted culture of peaceful solidarity. Anders Behr [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Business Cards and Business Etiquette

Understanding business etiquettes help you to deal confidently with your customers and business acquaintance and build up a good rapport in no time. The scope of business etiquette is vast and beyond the scope of this article, however, we [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

British sport's boom and bust culture

British sport's boom and bust culture

There were two major events in London's Battersea Park on Wednesday night: the first was the Sport Industry Awards and the second was Sky Sports News presenter Charlotte Jackson's dress. Enjoyed by hundreds of party-goers and talk [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0
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