Culture & Custom
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Laos trumpets return of Elephant Festival
Radio Free Asia Laos’ annual Elephant Festival returned in February 2023 after a three-year hiatus, with about 75 of the majestic animals taking part in a grand procession in an…
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In Thailand’s Deep South, Artists Strive To Alter Its ‘Violent Image’
Story and photos by Benar News The beaches in Pattani province, in the heart of Thailand’s Deep South, are pristine but mostly deserted. Outsiders hardly venture here because the mainly…
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Instant noodle store
Story and photo by Reuters In Thailand, a country famous for its flavorful, spicy cuisine and street food, instant noodles may seem an unlikely culinary hit. But for teenagers such…
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Taiwan frogmen train to leap into action
Story and Photo by Reuters A chill wind whips across the Taiwan Strait as a small group of Taiwan Marines stands shivering on a remote dock in the early morning,…
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Japanese Master Preserves Tradition, Making Bunraku Puppets for Children
Story and Photos by REUTERS Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, renowned Japanese Bunraku puppet master Kanjuro Kiritake experienced…
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Indonesian choreographers provide digital stage for dancers
Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived, 2020 seemed fated to be a great year for Siko Setyanto’s dance career: touring Germany and South Korea, performances in Indonesia, classes and more classes.…
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Shinto Festival Carries on Centuries-Old Tradition in Japan
As fireworks light up the winter night, scores of men, women and teenagers crying washoi, washoi (meaning wonderful) haul the last of six towering, lantern-covered floats up a small hill…
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Banking Memories
The Associated Press In response to the Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank project, Taoyuan City has established a story collection station and sent a minivan across Taoyuan to collect and preserve…
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Japan’s usho keep alive the ancient art of fishing with cormorants
In the pitch-black night, fires burn alongside a river in Gifu, in western Japan, as a handful of men prepare for a ritual that dates back more than 1,300 years:…
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Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’
He runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials STORY BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTOS BY AFP/GETTY IMAGES Sitting in a building made from used tires,…
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