Browsing Category Art & Culture
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Art & Culture 17
The Lorraine Motel 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The motel, located at 450 Mulberry Street ...
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Art & Culture 2
Maryhill Museum of Art: An Eclectic Art Museum in the Columbia Gorge
The Louvre. MOMA. The Met. The Uffizi Gallery. The Art Institute of Chicago. The Prado. The British Museum. Some of the top major art museums in the world. ...
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Art & Culture 4
Visiting India’s Pushkar Camel Fair
It’s impossible not to get caught up in the energy and drama of India’s Pushkar Camel Fair. Smiles are wide and clothes are colorful as Pushkar’s population swells ...
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Africa/Middle East 8
The Art of Moroccan Ceramic and Tile Work
Among the many arts and crafts created in Morocco by maalems, or master craftspeople, Moroccan tile work and ceramics is among the most skilled and beautiful. Morocco’s ancient ...
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Art & Culture 4
A Hill Tribe Trek in Eastern Myanmar
A trek to the hill tribe villages is a major reason visitors come to Keng Tung, in the Shan state of eastern Myanmar, or Burma. The villages sit ...
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Art & Culture 0
Loi Krathong Festival in Thailand’s Ancient City of Sukhothai
One of Thailand’s top festivals, Loi Krathong (or Loy Krathong) is held during November’s full moon. The festivities are held throughout Thailand, but the festival’s roots are in ...
