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Apr 26, 2019
Witness the beauty, romance and spirit of the holidays come alive at Europe’s colorful Christmas markets when you join Viking on a festive river cruise during November or December.
Nov 29, 2019
Douglas Rickard
Futuristic fairy lights to under the ocean are all part of London's colorful light display and store windows this year. Tour the city with me for my three favorites and check out the new lights along Oxford Street complimented by one of the most spectacular department stores at Christmas! | #LondonChristmas | #ChristmasLights
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Benjamin Kemper | December 3, 2019
A guide to the secret spots Spaniards would rather keep to themselves.
Photo credit: Unsplash Ashish Sangai
March 14, 2018, Supriya Pava
Amid Rajasthan’s shifting sands, intense heat, water shortages, sparse vegetation and cold starry nights, life in this seemingly endless desert is as treacherous as it is mysterious. Nowhere is this clearer than in Pushkar, Rajasthan’s bucket-list number, claimed by some to be the oldest existing city in India…
Photo credit: Unsplash Gaelle Marcel
By Kathryn O’Shea-Evans
12.02.19 – Afar Magazine
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Photographer Frédéric Lagrange shares images and stories from years of traveling to the world’s most sparsely populated country—one of the last places where nomadic life still exists.
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Unique in both style and substance, traditional Rwandan Imigongo art dates back to the eighteenth century, and as legend has it, was named by a prince after the domain he ruled. And now, one female run co-operative, which bears the prince's name Kakira, is reviving the craft, which almost completely died out during the Rwandan genocide. 8 women who survived the 1994 Genocide, came together and founded The Kakira Imigongo Cooperative in 1997 and now with 15 artisan women they design, paint and earn money for their families.
07.08.19
With its geometric shapes and bright, natural colors, “imigongo” cow dung art would look right at home in a Brooklyn living room. This traditional art form, which was nearly lost during the 1994 genocide, is once again flourishing across the Land of a Thousand Hills.
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Kash Butt and his brother began organizing family walks because they wanted to spend more time together—they didn’t know they’d end up helping get Glasgow’s Asian community into the great outdoors.
Meera Dattani December 3, 2019
Photo credit: Unsplash Annie Cotnoir
written by Emily Lush October 30, 2019
From silk scarves to thip khao sticky rice baskets and silver jewellery made from reclaimed bomb metal, Laos is a haven for beautiful and unique souvenirs.
Photo credit: Unsplash Christian Weiss
Around a third of the surface of the Earth is made up of desert
The desert has always been an imagined place. From cowboy movies to religious retreats, to frenzied music festivals, the desert is where we seek the divine, escape and have an ecstatic experience.
And the impact of what we imagine the desert to be has had a profound impact on real deserts. Seeing them as desolate, empty spaces was central to testing atomic bombs in them. Or allowing urban and suburban developments, as with cities like Phoneix, Ariz., to continue expanding ever further into the desert.
Authors, poets, monks and philosophers have historically used the desert to convey complex, even contradictory, ideas about God and spirituality.
CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 22, 2019 4:46 PM ET | Last Updated: November 22
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