This was a short trip and is definitely the warm up for what is to come in a future episode. There is so much beauty in this country that you never see from western media. That was my mission in this video.
Month: July 2022
Thickest Egg Sandwich in Japan | Must Eat Street Food Tour in Okinawa – YouTube
Donations Progress July 2022
[sc name="voicefem" ][/sc] For the sake of transparency, I’ll be posting here to tell you what the current situation is as far as donations. The sites in the ModernTraditional.com Network are funded out of pocket and by donations and contributions from readers and patrons. Our network lives on two hosting services for safety and security…
“Extremely rare” 1,850-year-old bronze coin found in waters off Israel’s coast – CBS News
World”Extremely rare” 1,850-year-old bronze coin found in waters off Israel’s coastJuly 26, 2022 / 12:43 PM / CBS/AFPIsraeli archaeologists on Tuesday displayed a rare and “remarkably well preserved” Roman-era bronze coin dating back 1,850 years, depicting the moon goddess Luna, the first such find in Israeli waters.The coin minted in Alexandria in present-day Egypt featuring…
Indigenous peoples want sacred items returned from Catholic museums – Indian Country Today
As the world’s attention is focused on Pope Francis’ visit to Canada to apologize for abuses Indigenous peoples suffered at the hands of Catholic missionaries in residential schools, Indigenous groups are calling for the Vatican to return tens of thousands of Indigenous artifacts and art held by the museums.The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum houses…
Four Black Celebrities That Became Citizens Of African Countries
Actor Samuel L. Jackson gained Gabonese citizenship after tracing his ancestry to the Benga tribe. According to The Guardian, “Jackson traced his roots to the Bantu tribe in Gabon. The Bantu people are speakers of Bantu languages, comprising several hundred indigenous ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across…
Q&A: Douriean Fletcher, Jewelry Designer for ‘Black Panther’ – Hour Detroit Magazine
With a focus on the latter, jewelry designer Douriean Fletcher, who worked on the film under renowned costume designer Ruth E. Carter, is stopping by Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum tomorrow evening to share her experience with the highest-grossing superhero film in the U.S. In anticipation of the Design Talk, the 31-year-old Pasadena, Calif. native…
The LDP’s Tangled Ties to the Unification Church – The Diplomat
Following the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, collusive relations between Japanese conservative politicians and the Unification Church have been revealed in a steady drip, spurring public distrust in the principle of separation of church and state defined by the nation’s constitution.Most recently, Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo – Abe’s younger brother– said…
How African Video Streaming Services Could Diversify the Global Film Industry – Media Diversity Institute
When Publicist Prudence Kolong invited me for an online screening of an African film last April, I realized that, as a person who grew up with Hollywood movies, I hardly watched African films. The film was White Line, an historical romance about the apartheid period in Nairobi. I didn’t know that apartheid existed in other…
Being Japanese Part 1 of 2 | Full Documentary – YouTube
What makes a Japanese person Japanese? Is it the blood that runs through their veins? A parent they were born to? The country they grew up in? Is it how they look? How they act? How they speak? Their citizenship? A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.
Thickest Egg Sandwich in Japan | Must Eat Street Food Tour in Okinawa – YouTube
Donations Progress July 2022
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[sc name="voicefem" ][/sc] For the sake of transparency, I’ll be posting here to tell you what the current situation is as far as donations. The sites in the ModernTraditional.com Network are funded out of pocket and by donations and contributions from readers and patrons. Our network lives on two hosting services for safety and security…
“Extremely rare” 1,850-year-old bronze coin found in waters off Israel’s coast – CBS News
![](https://moderntraditional.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-30-at-03-50-32-Extremely-rare-1-850-year-old-bronze-coin-found-in-waters-off-Israels-coast-450x386.png)
World”Extremely rare” 1,850-year-old bronze coin found in waters off Israel’s coastJuly 26, 2022 / 12:43 PM / CBS/AFPIsraeli archaeologists on Tuesday displayed a rare and “remarkably well preserved” Roman-era bronze coin dating back 1,850 years, depicting the moon goddess Luna, the first such find in Israeli waters.The coin minted in Alexandria in present-day Egypt featuring…
Indigenous peoples want sacred items returned from Catholic museums – Indian Country Today
![](https://moderntraditional.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/vatican-artifacts-tribal-leaders-in-rome-360x450.jpg)
As the world’s attention is focused on Pope Francis’ visit to Canada to apologize for abuses Indigenous peoples suffered at the hands of Catholic missionaries in residential schools, Indigenous groups are calling for the Vatican to return tens of thousands of Indigenous artifacts and art held by the museums.The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum houses…
Four Black Celebrities That Became Citizens Of African Countries
![](https://moderntraditional.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DF81A903-3E47-4392-A49E-CE7FD4CE8121-450x301.jpeg)
Actor Samuel L. Jackson gained Gabonese citizenship after tracing his ancestry to the Benga tribe. According to The Guardian, “Jackson traced his roots to the Bantu tribe in Gabon. The Bantu people are speakers of Bantu languages, comprising several hundred indigenous ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across…
Q&A: Douriean Fletcher, Jewelry Designer for ‘Black Panther’ – Hour Detroit Magazine
![](https://moderntraditional.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Douriean1.jpg)
With a focus on the latter, jewelry designer Douriean Fletcher, who worked on the film under renowned costume designer Ruth E. Carter, is stopping by Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum tomorrow evening to share her experience with the highest-grossing superhero film in the U.S. In anticipation of the Design Talk, the 31-year-old Pasadena, Calif. native…
The LDP’s Tangled Ties to the Unification Church – The Diplomat
![](https://moderntraditional.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/thediplomat_2022-07-27-171221-450x300.jpg)
Following the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, collusive relations between Japanese conservative politicians and the Unification Church have been revealed in a steady drip, spurring public distrust in the principle of separation of church and state defined by the nation’s constitution.Most recently, Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo – Abe’s younger brother– said…
How African Video Streaming Services Could Diversify the Global Film Industry – Media Diversity Institute
![](https://moderntraditional.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shutterstock_1932992327-450x300.png)
When Publicist Prudence Kolong invited me for an online screening of an African film last April, I realized that, as a person who grew up with Hollywood movies, I hardly watched African films. The film was White Line, an historical romance about the apartheid period in Nairobi. I didn’t know that apartheid existed in other…
Being Japanese Part 1 of 2 | Full Documentary – YouTube
What makes a Japanese person Japanese? Is it the blood that runs through their veins? A parent they were born to? The country they grew up in? Is it how they look? How they act? How they speak? Their citizenship? A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.