Two more Cambodian temples aim for UNESCO heritage listing
DHAKA – Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona has announced plans to submit Cambodia’s Chisor Mountain Temple and Phnom Da Temple for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sackona...
View ArticleSharing Malaysian culture with the world
PETALING JAYA – One frosty morning in November, scores of Germans and Malaysians gathered to drink teh tarik as fresh snow blanketed Hamburg, in northern Germany. Over plates of roti canai and nasi...
View Article‘Hometown of fireworks’ lights up the sky
BEIJING – To celebrate the arrival of 2024, Li Chao traveled from Shanghai to Liuyang, Hunan province, to watch a fireworks display. Liuyang is known as the “hometown of fireworks”, but the 23-year-old...
View ArticleMonth-long Shree Swasthani Brata Katha festival begins
KATHMANDU – The month-long Shree Swasthani Brata Katha festival started on Thursday. During the festival that usually begins every year on the full-moon day of Poush, the ninth month in the Nepali...
View ArticleSapporo snow festival returns in full force; sculptures include ‘Golden...
TOKYO – The Sapporo Snow Festival kicked off Sunday, with all three venues of the festival in use after some were discontinued due to the coronavirus pandemic. This marks the first time in four years...
View ArticleVietnamese kumquat village hectic as Tet approaches
HÀ NỘI — As Tết (Lunar New Year) festival nears, Tứ Liên Village – the “capital of kumquat trees” in Hà Nội’s Tây Hồ District, is bustling as growers offer their ornamental kumquat trees to the market....
View ArticleThe race to record disappearing cultures
HONG KONG – When Pumi ethnic group singer Rongbaxinna visited Cao Changshou, a famous Pumi storyteller in his 90s in Yunnan province in 2018 and 2021, she knew that the clock was ticking on preserving...
View ArticleRoaring into the Year of the Dragon: S’pore scales up its Chinese New Year...
From a 140m-long beast weaving among the Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay to an animatronic sculpture replete with lights and a cloak of smoke, striking installations have emerged to herald the Year of...
View ArticleChinese New Year celebrated in Indian cities
BEIJING – The Chinese New Year Carnival and other celebrations were held by the Chinese Embassy in India in New Delhi, and consulates general in Mumbai and Kolkata. Addressing a gathering in New Delhi,...
View ArticleHarvard’s first-ever Filipino classes foster cultural connection, community
MANILA – “Mabuhay,” “kumusta,” “salamat,” and more Filipino words now echo through Harvard University’s halls. Last fall, the Ivy League school took a significant stride in acknowledging the...
View ArticleI was told to scam Singaporeans: Bangladeshi man who was trafficked to scam...
SINGAPORE – Bangladeshi national Abdus Salam thought he had snared a high-paying IT job in Cambodia in 2022, and his family mortgaged their land to pay the recruitment fees. Instead, he was forced to...
View ArticleFrom traditions to crazy water fights, enjoy Songkran in 118 venues in Bangkok
BANGKOK – The festivities promise a wide array of activities, ranging from “Cultural Songkran”, where genteel manners are observed and traditional customs followed, to “Fun-filled Songkran”, where...
View ArticleOverseas hanfu clubs serve as cultural ambassadors
BEIJING – Serving as more than just fabric, the traditional Chinese hanfu continues to weave a cultural tapestry that binds individuals, communities and nations. Hanfu, the traditional attire of the...
View ArticleThailand second after Japan in food tourism: survey
BANGKOK – Food is a source of pride for Thailand’s tourism sector, jointly promoted by the government and the private sector. Highlighting the strengths of Thai cuisine, renowned globally and a major...
View ArticleThe mystery of Pahela Baishakh and the Bengali calendar
DHAKA – Today, we celebrate the beginning of the Bengali year 1431. Every new year, discussions about the origins of the Bengali calendar are revisited. According to popular belief, the Bengali...
View ArticleUNESCO-recognized Takayama Spring Festival sees floats under cherry blossoms
TOKYO – A traditional spring festival recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage was held in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Monday. The Takayama Spring Festival started on Saturday. On Sunday,...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia ushers in New Year with a splash
HONG KONG, BANGKOK – Millions of people in Southeast Asia are celebrating the traditional New Year water festival, an important event on the Buddhist calendar. Massive crowds thronged the streets of...
View ArticleImperial Household Agency turns to Instagram amid renewed PR efforts
TOKYO – The Imperial Household Agency launched its official Instagram account on April 1, a year after the establishment of the agency’s public relations office that is tasked with strengthening the...
View ArticleBeyond Songkran water guns: Thailand’s quirkiest soft-power weapons
BANGKOK – As armies of locals and tourists lay down their water guns to end the world-famous Songkran Festival, The Nation takes a look at four other soft-power weapons that Thailand is wielding to...
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10 must-visit archaeological sites in China
BEIJING – 1. Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park, Beijing Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park, Beijing. PHOTO: VCG/CHINA DAILY As the royal resort of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Yuanmingyuan, or Old Summer Palace, was...
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