Sunday, May 26 2013, 13:26 PM

Culture

Never-ending clash unfolds in quest to find new in old

A clash of genders, human will, cultures, theater, music and dance swirls across the stage in a heady mix of…

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  • Rites of passage in Tenganan

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    The commotion started early one evening when dozens of Tenganan Dauh Tukad youth, all dressed in traditional sarong and without shirts, jumped from the Bale Agung and ran toward various…

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  • Korea seeks to merge language and cultural centers overseas

    The Education Ministry announced Tuesday that it will combine language centers and cultural centers run overseas to enhance efficiency in promoting Korean culture and language.

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  • Caribbean Maroons hope tourism can save culture

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    In a backwoods town along a river cutting between green mountains, quick-footed men and women spin and stomp to the beat of drums. One dancer waving a knife is wrapped…

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  • ‘All Eyes on Korea’ vies for London limelight

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    Interest in Korean pop artists has led to many young Europeans wanting to know more about Korea and its other cultural offerings such as food, traditional music, film and art.…

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  • When west meets east

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    A somber atmosphere descended upon the vast Ardha Chandra amphitheater as the musicians from the Makaradhwaja Ensemble and the JACK Quartet stepped on stage, with heavy expectation and anxiety filling…

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  • World Heritage status threatens Ogasawaras

    It has been one year since the Ogasawara Islands were registered as a World Natural Heritage Site, a designation that has brought both good and bad to the "Galapagos of…

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  • China's Yunnan fossil site placed on world elite list

    An area in Southwest China that boasts fossils dating back as far as 530 million years has been included on the World Heritage List.

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  • UNESCO: Rio de Janeiro is world heritage site

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    Rio de Janeiro's iconic landscape, marked by soaring granite facades that drop into the ocean and white-sand beaches that go on for miles, is now An official world heritage site,…

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  • ‘Gugak empowers spirit, feels more like nature’

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    Most Koreans talk proudly of K-pop for having made inroads overseas where traditional music, or “gugak,” has failed. For Grammy-winner Henry Kaiser, however, gugak is much more fascinating and holds…

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  • Social media to play bigger role in this year's Malay Language Month

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    Social media will play a greater role in this year's Bulan Bahasa ( Malay Language Month).

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