Showing posts with label Ethnologie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethnologie. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Nowruz: The New Year Festivity Celebrated in Iran - Tasnim

Nowruz: The New Year Festivity Celebrated in Iran

 Nowruz (literally translated New Day) is one of the oldest celebrations in ancient Persia, which is held vigorously in the first day of spring marking the beginning of the Iranian calendar year.

Sunday, April 17, 2022

1.8 mln witness Mexico’s largest Passion of the Christ re-enactment

 

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 The re-enactment for the Way of the Cross in the southern borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, was once again open for the public. On Friday vast crowds gathered to witness the event, after two years of not being able to participate due to COVID-19 restrictions, Reuters reported.

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Wakakusa Fire Ceremony in Japan : Burning a Mountain as a Celebration

 

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 On the fourth Saturday of each January, the dead grass of Mount Wakakusa is set ablaze as part of a unique and impressive festival called Wakakusa Yamayaki (‘Wakakusa Burning Mountain’). 

Monday, March 1, 2021

Colonial crimes | DW Documentary

 

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 For more than a century, people were taken from their homelands and exhibited in human zoos. They were displayed alongside animals. This little known and deeply disturbing part of colonial history played an important part in the development of modern racism.