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.
Category: Culture
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…
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.
Ranveer Singh lands into legal trouble for nude photoshoot; Police complaint filed against him for ‘hurting women’s sentiments’ | Hindi Movie News – Times of India
Earlier, actress Mimi Chakraborty reacted to Ranveer’s pictures and asked if this photoshoot was done by any female actor instead of Ranveer., what would have been the reaction? She tweeted, “Internet broke with Ranveer singh’s latest photoshoot and comments were (mostly).Just wondering if the appreciation would hav been same if she was a woman.Or would…
Nomad fashion show mixes ancient, modern | The Seattle Times
On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival.The event, now in its third year, drew designers and fashion-industry figures from about 20 countries to shimmering Lake Issyk-Kul to admire…
How China’s young are exploring new ways of life in rural villages – CGTN
In 2021, the per capita disposable income of urban residents (47,412 yuan) was 2.5 times higher than that of rural residents (18,931 yuan), according to the National Bureau of Statistics.Many young people do not wish to see the hometowns they left behind decline. Neither do the authorities, who began implementing policies to accelerate rural revitalization…
Can Bollywood Stage A Recovery In 2022? As ‘Shamshera’ Opens, Hindi Film Industry Pins Hopes On Packed Schedule, New Theatrical Windows – Trailer
When Yash Raj Films’ Shamshera opens at the Indian box office tomorrow, all eyes in Mumbai’s Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, will be closely watching the release.With a big star, Ranbir Kapoor, major studio and reported $20M budget behind it, hopes are high that the period action film will signal a recovery for…
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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…
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.
Ranveer Singh lands into legal trouble for nude photoshoot; Police complaint filed against him for ‘hurting women’s sentiments’ | Hindi Movie News – Times of India
Earlier, actress Mimi Chakraborty reacted to Ranveer’s pictures and asked if this photoshoot was done by any female actor instead of Ranveer., what would have been the reaction? She tweeted, “Internet broke with Ranveer singh’s latest photoshoot and comments were (mostly).Just wondering if the appreciation would hav been same if she was a woman.Or would…
Nomad fashion show mixes ancient, modern | The Seattle Times
On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival.The event, now in its third year, drew designers and fashion-industry figures from about 20 countries to shimmering Lake Issyk-Kul to admire…
How China’s young are exploring new ways of life in rural villages – CGTN
In 2021, the per capita disposable income of urban residents (47,412 yuan) was 2.5 times higher than that of rural residents (18,931 yuan), according to the National Bureau of Statistics.Many young people do not wish to see the hometowns they left behind decline. Neither do the authorities, who began implementing policies to accelerate rural revitalization…
Can Bollywood Stage A Recovery In 2022? As ‘Shamshera’ Opens, Hindi Film Industry Pins Hopes On Packed Schedule, New Theatrical Windows – Trailer
When Yash Raj Films’ Shamshera opens at the Indian box office tomorrow, all eyes in Mumbai’s Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, will be closely watching the release.With a big star, Ranbir Kapoor, major studio and reported $20M budget behind it, hopes are high that the period action film will signal a recovery for…
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