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Guam
The Pacific Island of Guam was settled by the second quarter of the 2nd millennium BCE by an Indonesian-Filipino people. …
Life in the Philippines: A Foreigner’s Perspective
The Philippine Islands were first conquered by the Malays, the original inhabitants being the Negritos, but became a Spanish colony …
Tibet
Tibet in Western China was once a powerful Buddhist kingdom. It came under Mongol rule in the 1200s. Eventually it …
The Akha tribe of Laos
The Akha tribe in Laos preserves its unique culture and language in virtual isolation from the rest of Laos.
Japan
Japanese culture goes back thousands of years with influences from China including its writing system and influences from Korea and …
Manta Rays
Manta rays are found in warm water along continents and islands. They are flatter and wider than long and have …
The Hunza Tribe of Northern Pakistan
The Hunza people, or Hunzakuts live in northern Pakistan and also are to be found in the bordering regions of …
Bali Wedding Traditions
In Bali Indonesia, a wedding is celebrated up to three full days. Processions and three ceremonies are held for the wedding. …
The Island of Corsica
The French Island of Corsica the birthplace of Napoleon has switched hands many times. When the Roman Empire’s western half …
San Marino
Only 61 Square Kilometers San Marino is one of the smallest states in the world. It is completely surrounded by …
Andorra
King Charlemagne recovered what is today the independent country of Andorra from the Muslims in 803. Charlemagne’s grandson, Charles II, …
Finland
Finland was a province and later a grand duchy of Sweden. Being influenced by Swedish culture some call it a …
Vorarlberg
Bordering with Germany, Switzerland and Lichtenstein, Vorarlberg’s culture has been influenced by its neighbors in a way that sets it …
The Basques
The Basques are a people who have inhabited the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains in northern Spain and southern France …
Antimicrobial, Plant-Based Food Wrap
A Rutgers scientist has developed a biodegradable, plant-based coating that can be sprayed on foods, guarding against pathogenic and spoilage …
Creating Glitter From Plants
Glitter and shimmery pigments are often made using toxic compounds or pollutive microplastics. A biodegradable alternative could be used as …
The Cherokees
The Cherokees settled in the American Southeast portion of the country. The tribe was of Iroquoian descent. They had originally …
The Bene Israel of India
Bene Israel traditions varies on it’s origin. Some claim descent from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Others believe that …
The Cajuns
The Cajuns are descendants of Roman Catholic French Canadians whom the British, in the 18th century, drove from the captured …
Esmeraldas
Marronage—the flight of enslaved men and women was a common occurrence in the Americas and Caribbean from the sixteenth through …
The Gullah
In music class when I was in junior high school my teacher told us something fascinating about former African American …
Melungeons
Melungeons, dark-skinned mountaineers of eastern Tennessee, southwest Virginia and Kentucky, have sparked myths and theories over the past century: among …
Circassian
The Greeks are known to have established colonies and carried out extensive trade on the Circassian coast of the Black …
The Daur
Prior to the 17th century, the Daur lived along the Shilka River in modern day northeast Russia as well as …
Ohr Simcha Children’s Home
Please Help the most underprivileged children in Israel Due to the unfortunate circumstances that many of our children come from, …
Whale Sanctuary Project
Dr. David Vaughan Executive Director, Summerland Key Campus Dave Vaughan is Executive Director of Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for …
Gypsies
The Roma are an ethnic people who have migrated across Europe for a thousand years. The Roma culture has a …
Iranian Zoroastrians
The history of Zoroastrianism began with the Prophet Zarathushtra teaching what was called “the Good Religion,” to ancient Persia and …
Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Warul Kawa (Deliverance Island), Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia. There are an estimated 274 small islands in Torres Strait, which …
PLANETA SANO
HEALTHY PLANET – PLANETA SANO HEALTHY PLANET, HEALTHY LIFE PLANETA SANO, VIDA SANA WHAT IS A HEALTHY PLANET? ¿QUÉ ES …
Nadia Salon
About Us Nadia Salon, Inc. is located on Walnut Street in the heart of Shadyside. Our Staff of talented Stylists …
Wholesale Hemp
One World Blue -PELA VIBES- “Get Your Peace ON” with Delta 8, Delta 10 and HHC One World Blue is …
His Excellency Taj Weekes
Taj Weekes is a dreadlocked Rastafarian singer-songwriter who fronts a dynamic reggae band named Adowa. Raised in the Caribbean island …