If you’re stressed out because all your neighbours have their houses decorated already, their presents bought and their perfect holiday pictures up on Facebook while you are still cleaning up after Thanksgiving dinner, then Poland is your place to be. In Poland, Christmas preparations don’t start early. Poles don’t decorate the tree in November and they […]
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Christmas in Japan is unlike Christmas anywhere else in the world. The employees in the shopping centre entrance shout out aloud “Meeri kurisumasu!!!“, the Japanese way of “Merry Christmas”, and welcome you with a deep, elegant bow. Their uniforms sparkle in the colourful lights of the big plastic Christmas trees along the escalators. A big Santa is
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During Native American Heritage Month, why don’t we include all the native peoples of the Americas? We are all familiar with the Incas, the Aztecs, the Mayas, etc. But very little is known about the indigenous peoples of South America that lived outside the Incan empire. I could start by naming los picunches, los pehuelches, los
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Every time someone asks me where I am from and their eyes glaze over like I just spoke in Martian, I vow to always teach my kids about world geography. I once got asked if Peru was in Africa. It was a face-palm moment for sure. My oldest daughter is 17 and she is pretty
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Threads of Life, located in Ubud, Bali, is a Fair Trade, Indonesian Textile Arts Center focused on preserving traditional weaving techniques and natural dyeing methods. Textiles play a major role in the lives of Indonesians, from daily ceremonies to burials. Threads of Life takes great pride in partnering with female artisans throughout eastern Indonesia to
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