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Why tradition is not a good thing, such as opposition to gays
Is tradition a good thing? Or, to rephrase the question, is something good because it has a lot of tradition behind it? Well, many good things have lasted because they are good and hence became a tradition.But, are traditional beliefs, institutions or events good in of itself... Marrying Young Virgins As a Tradition And Polygamy
King Mswati III of Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarch is a leading champion of this practice. Born in 1968, King Mswati III was crowned in 1986 at the young age of 18, replacing his long-serving father... LEBOKU NEW YAM FESTIVAL 2011
Leboku is the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep, cross river state of Nigeria to honor of the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land in Ugep, one of the five settlements of Yakurr.[1][2] The... Ritual Forces Women in Indian State Walk Barefoot
In a mindless ritual, women in India’s Haryana state are forced to mourn the death of an elderly relative by walking barefoot for 12 days, while men in the family don’t. An IndiaUnheard Community... A TEA Party Christmas Wish for WE THE PEOPLE
Please read the remainder of my TEA Party Christmas Wish by following the Link to Examiner.com at the bottom of the page. " From December 19. 1777 to June 19, 1778, Valley Forge PA was the campground of 11,000...
created by CynicalPatriot | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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BRITTANY'S BRIGHT FUTURE (PART 1 – A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITTANY)
On 19th May, all the Bretons in the world will celebrate "Gouel Erwan" (or St-Yew's day, i.e. Britanny's Day!), the equivalent to the Irish St Patrick's Day! Time to look back at what Brittany was in the... Holi, Holiday, Festival of Colors has bit of Mischief Night to it
Looking at the rainbow of colors covering people faces in the slides from India celebrates colorful beginning of spring (The Independent, March 10), made Holi, the Festival of Colors, sound like good- natured...
created by leconcierge | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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129 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments
Flashback: "It's the Most Wonderful Time ....
.... of the year!”
Before Staples appropriated part of that song for its back to school sales campaign, featuring parents gleefully gliding through the aisles shopping, with children glumly dragging their... 4343 views | 66 recommendations | 11 comments
160 Million Nelson Mandelas
" Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and... A Paradise on Earth - Home of the Kalash
The Kalash people living in the northwestern part of Pakistan, living in three remote valleys of the Hindu Kush mountain range, are called the 'Greeks of Asia'. The highlighted materials are excerpts printed from...
created by rumana husain | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1388 views | 27 recommendations | 20 comments
1388 views | 27 recommendations | 20 comments
A Pakistani Designer's Pret a Porter Line
Amir Adnan is a well-known Pakistani designer whose clients are ordinary people as well as celebrities and high level statesmen. The list of the former type includes Pakistan’s ex President...
created by rumana husain | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
3005 views | 44 recommendations | 15 comments
3005 views | 44 recommendations | 15 comments
The United States is 232 years old today
America is officially 232 years old today, and she's looking good for her age.Americans across the country are celebrating today with fireworks, concerts, parades and contests and this a round up of the various...
created by Amy Judd | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
3982 views | 42 recommendations | 37 comments
3982 views | 42 recommendations | 37 comments
Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works
"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...Women Who Are Journalists in Yemen Persist in the Face of Discrimination
" For Yemeni women violence and spinsterhood can often result from pursuing a career, especially in the field of journalism, so only a few venture into the media industry."The most common reason why the majority...
created by sweet east pearl | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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322 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Japan Finally Recognizes Ainu as Indigenous Peoples
The recognition for Japan's Ainu minority is more than a little bit late in coming. One of the things that I find amazing--how much the Ainu's culture represents that of many Northwestern American Indian... 
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