China Cracks Down on Cultural Custom of Stripper Entertainment at Funerals
February 23, 2018 at 02:57 PM
Chinese authorities have once again begun cracking down on the custom involving strippers performing at funerals, a practice some rural families employ to increase turnout at a loved one’s farewell ceremony. Read More »
Chinese New Year Festivities in Russia Dissolve Cultural Distance
February 19, 2018 at 10:52 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Tommy Yang - Tian Qingshen, a Chinese artist from Anshan, Liaoning province in Northeast China, spent Chinese New Year’s Eve on Thursday painting colorful Chinese characters for both Russian and Chinese visitors to the Chinese New Year festival at the GUM department store next to the Kremlin. Read More »
Meet the Tree That Helped People Find Love Before Tinder
February 18, 2018 at 03:12 PM
A giant oak near the German town of Eutin is perhaps the most unusual postal address in the world. Almost daily, people from various continents still send letters there in hope of finding their one true love. Read More »
Sweden’s 8,000yo skulls were brutally smashed and mounted on stakes – study
February 15, 2018 at 10:45 AM
Archaeologists digging at the bottom of a former lake in Sweden have discovered an ancient burial site containing 8,000-year-old human skulls mounted on wooden stakes. Read More »
Top Saudi Cleric: Women in the Kingdom Should Not be Forced to Wear the Abaya
February 13, 2018 at 10:32 AM
A top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia recently suggested that women in the fundamentalist religious monarchy should not be forced to wear the abaya, a robe-like dress that some women in parts of the Muslim world are forced to wear to cover their bodies in public. Read More »
Landmark Early Briton Had Dark Skin, New Study Reveals
February 09, 2018 at 10:53 AM
Cheddar Man is regarded as the oldest man to have lived in Britain, and his skin color suggests that previous ideas that northern Europeans were light skinned is a far more recent phenomenon. Read More »
'Tool to Ensure Woman's Submission': Female Genital Mutilation Drama in Colombia
February 08, 2018 at 03:00 PM
In the year 2018, female mutilation remains a pressing issue for the Emberá people, a small ethnic group in Colombia. The Emberá adopted the procedure from African communities brought as slaves to the continent; the practice was further taken on by Catholic nuns. Read More »
Russians increasingly believe in afterlife – report
January 17, 2018 at 02:18 PM
The number of Russians believing in the afterlife has significantly increased in recent years, according to a fresh opinion poll. Now, four in 10 Russians hold the view that life does not end with death. Read More »
Faith, family listed among key Russian values by Duma speaker
November 04, 2017 at 11:12 AM
Speaking before the members of the World Russian People's Council , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin listed the basic Russian values and said that they will remain the foundation of the legislative process in the country. Read More »
‘Cultural appropriation’: Halloween costumes (& fun) under fire
November 01, 2017 at 02:52 PM
Several colleges across the country are telling students to choose their Halloween costumes carefully, so as to not upset people of minority races. Recent workshops and events at various schools are shedding light on what they see as a big problem. Read More »
