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Korean Culture Center cover contest winners announced!

The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) held a K-Pop Video Contest through their official Facebook page throughout the month of May. Over 270 entries were summited from all around the world! To enter, fans had to submit videos in which they free [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Book on history and culture of Turkey published

PESHAWAR: The third edition of Prof Mansoor Akbar Kundi’s book titled “Turkey, A rich Mix of Past & Present” could be termed a valuable guide for those intending to visit the brotherly Islamic country or keen to know abo [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Mehdi Hassan epitomised shared India-Pakistan culture —Ishti...

On Wednesday when I got up in the morning and began to get organised to write my weekly column, the idea I had in mind was to return to the Lahore-Bombay film industry theme that was suspended some time ago. I was hoping to follow a chron [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Celebrate World Cultures at International Festival Day in Waynesville, NC

Celebrate World Cultures at International Festival Day in Wa...

The Haywood County Arts Council announces International Festival Day on a new date in 2012 – Saturday, July 21 from 10am until 5pm in historic downtown Waynesville, NC. International Festival Day is the highlight of regional perform [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Eastern culture on the Western Front

Eastern culture on the Western Front

When war broke out in 1914, the Chinese declared they would remain neutral – after all, the madness occurring on the continent was nothing to do with them. But by 1916, they too had been sucked into the vortex of a global conflict, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Smoking Glorified In Pop Culture

Smoking Glorified In Pop Culture

Pop culture has always been a very powerful outlet to convey messages, ideas and beliefs. This has helped spur several fads, inspire slang and break stereotypical images of certain communities. However because of the massive influence of [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Pop Culture Is Literally Teeming with Vaginas

Pop Culture Is Literally Teeming with Vaginas

Has anyone noticed that "vagina," the trisyllabic word for a vagina, has been popping up everywhere recently? You can hardly turn on the TV or go to the movies without running into like a hundred "vaginas," a fact that [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Revival of traditional art and culture

BANGALORE: Indian culture is known for its rich tradition and art. Unfortunately, most craftsmen and artisans often remain largely unappreciated and, with Western influences seeping into our consciousness, their work goes unrecognised mos [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

‘Culture of making a mountain out of a molehill holding sway...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that her government is being subjected to “a culture of making a mountain out of a molehill.” “A culture of making a mountain out of a molehill is holding sway an [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

National Turkish Day: Celebration of culture and diversity

National Turkish Day: Celebration of culture and diversity

ISLAMABAD: Students of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) paid homage to the Turkish tradition on the National Turkish Day here on Wednesday. They gave speeches and performed skits, songs and poems in an event held at the [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Celebrate Mexican Culture on Cinco de Mayo Share

Contrary to what many believe, Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) is not a celebration of Mexican independence. In fact, it's a commemoration of the Battle of the Puebla, where Mexican forces soundly defeated a much larger French battalion in 18 [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Indonesian Culture Show

Karachi —An Indonesian Culture Show was organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi . A statement on Sunday said that the show was held as part of annual Travel Festival entitled ‘Around the worl [...]

Posted On : May, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Indonesian Culture Show

Karachi —An Indonesian Culture Show was organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi . A statement on Sunday said that the show was held as part of annual Travel Festival entitled ‘Around the worl [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Art, culture can do wonders to improve Pak-India ties

ISLAMABAD - When everything fails to convert bitter hostile diplomatic relations between the two arch rivals, art and culture perhaps is the only genre that can do wonders for conversion of antagonistic relations into friendly and cordial [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

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