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Easter Party in Romania A British expat describes the Romanian style of partying at Easter, which is a 2-day holiday there.  Some good advice about Romanian hospitality and warnings about the local plum brandy. Family in the Filipines Carrie describes how Filipino children show respect for their elders on FilipinoFamilyToday. Tow-Cylces in Japan Einbahn Studios describes how tow-motorcycles make it [...] Read More »

Many cultures color eggs to celebrate Easter and other holidays. It’s easy to experiment with natural dyes to color your eggs – you probably already have many of these in the kitchen. You can use these techniques on either hard-boiled eggs, or on empty eggshells that have been blown out and rinsed. [...] Read More »

Easter celebrations are filled with many traditions, but nothing has come to symbolize the Easter holiday as much as the colored or painted Easter egg. Many children spend their Easter Sunday hunting for Easter eggs, rolling them, or running races while carrying their eggs in spoons. Across Eastern and Western cultures, eggs have long symbolized [...] Read More »

Lonely Planet Learn how to travel to other cultures with the new LonelyPlanetTV. Lent 2.0 Many Christians have been abstaining from rich foods or giving up luxuries during lent, the 40 days before Easter. Some young people have decided to abstain from Facebook and other social networking sites. Read more about their sacrifices on CNN. Executive Planet Learn [...] Read More »

Songkran, the Thai New Year, is celebrated from April 13 to 15 in Thailand. It is also celebrated in Laos (where it is called "Songkan"), Cambodia, Myanmar, and by ethnic Dai in Yunnan, China. “Songkra” comes from Sanskrit and means "a move or change." Songkran is also known as the “Water [...] Read More »

Picture: Kites over Pakistan, posted on Pakistani Pictures, originally uploaded by Manitoon. The Basant festival, celebrated in Pakistan and parts of India, welcomes the beginning of spring. In most places it is a one-day festival, strongly associated with kite flying. In Lahore, Pakistan, capital of the agriculture-based province of Punjab, Basant is [...] Read More »

It’s Official: Video Games Part of French Culture French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres has inducted three game designers into the prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Literature), following on a new law signed earlier this month that provides generous tax breaks for video games made on French soil. Wired [...] Read More »

Veils banned in English schools English schools win the right to ban Muslim veils Hispanic digital culture US Hispanic youths embrace the web, increasing the digital generation gap within the Hispanic immigrant community Chinese culture explained: sneezes and the color red Jordan’s Chinese colleague explains the meaning of sneezes in Chinese culture to an Indian colleague and Renmenbi [...] Read More »

The Persian New Year holiday, alternately spelled Norouz, Nowruz, Nevruz, Newruz, or Navruz, coincides with the rebirth of nature on the first day of spring. It is celebrated by some communities on March 21st, or on the exact day of the vernal equinox, which occurs on March 20th, 21st or 22nd. Traditions include spring cleaning, [...] Read More »

In Romanian folklore, March 17 is Snake Day, the day on which the ground opens, and animals that burrow in the ground emerge at the end of winter. It is a day on which people traditionally clean their fruit trees and their households. Storks return to build their nests, fish begin to swim, [...] Read More »