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Bali Chinese rooster

Bali Chinese rooster

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The year of the Rooster just started with the traditional festivities that the Balinese Chinese community celebrate with lots of incenses and the Barongsai dance. This is the beautiful... >>>

Women, flowers and dances

Women, flowers and dances

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An head full of flowers carefully prepared in the shape of an headdress. Once a year the young girls of the village carry it for a whole afternoon performing a slow dance. >>>

Old and happy

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Why is it that many old people in western societies look all but happy? Has it to do with separation and loneliness? Is it the price to pay for what they call progress? Has it to do with... >>>

Dolce Vita

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We all stick to habits we have developed while growing up. I doesn't matter if those routines are not appropriate anymore. We also describe things mostly only as we have been told to call... >>>

Economics for everyone

Economics for everyone

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Illustrated here by Andrew Park, Ha-Joon Chang explains why every single person can and should get their head around basic economics. He pulls back the curtain on the often mystifying... >>>

Making a change

Making a change

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Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighbourhoods, and involving those who live there — from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North... >>>

Building smart

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Through his firm, Kéré Architecture, Kéré focuses on using local building materials and techniques in a modern way, to redefine and redesign the enviroment. In Burkina Faso, that means... >>>

Who am I? Think again

Who am I? Think again

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How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. >>>

Bali graffiti

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There are several issues in Bali but lately people have been concerned about land being sold to foreigners and non-Balinese. The argument is that the gods entrusted the people of Bali with... >>>

Numbeo: Numbers for all

Numbeo: Numbers for all

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Numbeo is the world's largest database providing current and timely information on world living conditions. >>>

what on earth did I just witness?

what on earth did I just witness?

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Chinese animation artist Ray Lei, 26-year-old, has already hit International Animation Festival shows few times with his interesting multimedia works. >>>

Urban green need

Urban green need

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The urban need for improved life quality is a driving energy in every big metropolis. Check how good are Bangkok people in painting their everyday life lively green. >>>

Songkran 2555, Water Morning

Songkran 2555, Water Morning

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Songkran is the traditional New Year’s Day in Thailand. It is a time for spiritual cleansing and renewal. Typically the day starts with a visit to the temple where people will... >>>

Hong Kong Dragons

Hong Kong Dragons

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2012 year of the Dragon. Here is a visual journey of the new year's celebrations in Hongkong. A big Parade and massive fireworks which is hard to miss. >>>

Songkran 2554, Water Festival

Songkran 2554, Water Festival

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Songkran is the traditional New Year Day in Thailand. It is a time for spiritual cleansing and renewal. Typically the day starts with a visit to the temple where people will collect the... >>>

Nigerian sunday

Nigerian sunday

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A West African community gathers at Sunday for a energetic gospel session. The goal is to build unity, faith and happiness in every man and woman. >>>

Yogyakarta, a Week Before the Eruption

Yogyakarta, a Week Before the Eruption

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The 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi began in late October 2010 when Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that continued into November,... >>>

Skateistan

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;Skateistan, a documentary film by Orlando Einsiedel on a skatepark project for the kids of Kabul, Afghanistan. I was thrilled to learn that Skatistan was created in Kabul. It is a unique... >>>

Hanging out

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A suspension is the act of suspending a human body from hooks that have been put through body piercings. These piercings are temporary and are performed just prior to the actual... >>>

Women are Heroes

Women are Heroes

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'Women are Heroes' is a photography project by french photographer JR. This work, which got viral, is about pictures made into huge posters and glued to public spaces. >>>

The Red Bag Race

The Red Bag Race

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The red bag race is a competition to collect trash. It takes place during surf contests organised by Volcom Indonesia. It aims at educating kids on acting about environmental pollution. >>>

Unity in Diversity

Unity in Diversity

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Indonesia's experience in pushing harmony and acceptance of differences lays his roots in the Pancasila principles. >>>

Indo Vespa Community

Indo Vespa Community

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The Indonesian Vespa Scooterist Community is a gang of rasta commandos who ride for inter-island brotherhood. >>>