Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
While supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, both sides can celebrate something worthy: the use of thanakha, a yellowish-white paste made from gro ...
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TRADITIONAL Mongolian Food Guide in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
I was in Mongolia and got to try out some delicious Mongolian cuisine. Here's what I had... 'Largest great white shark ever' found in the Atlantic The truth about Australia's 1,400-year-old 'mystery ...
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Mongolia on a soft power jolt to develop tourism, cultural exports take to stages worldwide
By Michael Kohn Eight centuries ago, Mongolia ascended to the world’s consciousness after Genghis Khan and his equestrian ...
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Turkish artist captures pop culture through traditional miniature techniques
Murat Palta makes a splash in the Turkish art world by imagining how a 16th-century Ottoman miniaturist would depict the ...