Culture

The earliest cinemas were opened in 1900 and since then movie theatres popped up in almost every city in the world. These days we no longer need to go to the cinema to watch a movie, as we can do it at home. However, no matter how futuristic cinematic pleasure …

Students practice traditional dance at a school in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Courses aiming to help youngsters learn more about the local intangible cultural heritages were added to the school’s curriculum in Sanjiang.

Crowds of people celebrate Christmas at shopping area in Central, Hong Kong where is full of festive decorations. Young girls taks selfie near a “Christmas Snow Hill Town” at a shopping mall in Chennai. Children dress up as Santa Claus ahead of Christmas at a celebration at a school in …

Indian weddings are a beautiful, soulful yet tedious affair, filled with ancient traditions and rituals which claim to bond the husband and wife for the next 7 lives. But then, while some of these traditions are beautiful and meaningful, some of the others are dated. Keeping up with the times, …

Pictures from the Bloemencorse Flower Festival The Bloemencorse flower festival in Zundert, Netherlands will seriously make your jaw drop – I for one was completely blown away! Every year since 1936, scores of volunteers bundle their efforts to build the most dazzling floral floats full of flawless Dahlias – a …

Being at festivals is like standing inside the mind of a culture as it dreams. They have the ability to be both extremely intimate and public spectacles at the same time. And in India there is no scarcity of festivals. Being such a diverse nation in all possible aspects, festivals …

In the area of Labrang Monastery, County Syahe northwestern Gansu Province, Lama performed a religious dance. Labrang Monastery is one of the six prestigious temples of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

People across the globe celebrate all sorts of festivals – some are religious and cultural, while others are purely for entertainment purposes. In the latter category, there are some rather bizarre festivals such as the stiletto race in Ukraine, and la Tomatina, which we all know about. But have you …