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Carnival Celebrations Around The World

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023
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The Carnival of Venice is unique in the world. It became extremely popular during the eighteenth century when aristocrats from all over the world would attend the annual festival. (Photo PH)
Brazilian carnival is a synthesis of European, indigenous, and Afro-Brazilian cultural influences. (Photo PH)
The Oruro Carnival is the second most famous carnival in Latin America. (Photo: ©jeremyrichards/123RF.COM)
Carnival in Jujuy, Argentina. (Photo:123.rf)
Cajamarca Carnival is the annual celebration of Carnival in Peru and one of the most famous carnivals in the entire country. (Photo PH)
Nigeria. Traditional dancers, singers and acrobats of Plateau State ethnic groups, during Jos Carnival. (Photo: CC BY-SA 4.0/Josh Eson)
Guinea Bissau. Group performance during the Carnival in the city of Bissau.  (Photo:123rf.com)
Celebrating Carnival or Fasnet in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (Photo PH)
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean festival event that has taken place in London since 1966. (Photo:CC BY-SA 4.0/ David Sedlecký)
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Give Peace a Chance

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023
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“Peace begins with a smile.” - Mother Teresa
“When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.” - Maha Ghosananda
“The tree of silence bears the fruits of peace.” - Arabian Proverb
If you want peace work for justice.  - Pope Paul VI
“To agree to have dialogue is the beginning of a peaceful resolution” - Somali Proverb
“He who wants to plant corn must make peace with the monkeys.” - African Proverb
“Find peace in where and what you are.” -  Christopher Paolini
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.” - John Lennon
“Do not let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.” - Dalai Lama
“For the sake of peace, hard decisions must be made.” - Tanzanian Proverb
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Journey through African Wisdom

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022
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"A great leader is an ordinary person with extraordinary wisdom." Malawian Proverb. Photo: 123rf.com
"To be without a friend is to be poor indeed." Tanzanian proverb.
"A roaring lion kills no game." Ugandan Proverb.
"Rain beats the leopard's skin but it does not wash out the spots." Kikuky Proverb.
"The day before yesterday and yesterday aren't the same as today." - Maasai Proverb.
"A wise man who knows the proverbs of the land reconciles difficulties." - Ashanti Proverb. Photo: M. Burzio
"To agree to have dialogue is the beginning of a peaceful resolution." - Somali Proverb.
“Wisdom does not come overnight." - Somali Proverb.
"There are no shortcuts to the top of the palm tree." - Cameroonian Proverb.
"Love, like rain, does not choose the grass on which it falls." South African Proverb. Photo: 123rf.com

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Journey Through Asian Wisdom

November 5, 2022November 5, 2022
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“Give, even if you only have a little.” (Buddha)
Cambodia. An Apsara Dancer. “Cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger”. (Cambodian Proverb)
Terrace Farming. “You reap what you sow”. (Burma proverb)
“A disciplined mind brings happiness.” (Buddha)
“The fish lead a pleasant life, they drink when they like.” (Burma proverb)
A Buddhist monk.  “Live till you're old, and study till you're old.”(Thai proverb)
A  Vietnamese young girl.  “A smile will gain you ten more years of life.”(Vietnamese proverb)
“The eyes are the mirror of the soul.” (Japanese Expression)
“The tiger depends on the forest; the forest depends on the tiger.” (Cambodian Proverb)
“The boat sails by, the shore remains.” (Cambodian Proverb)
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Ghana. A look at coastal life.

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022
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"Children are the reward of life." (Ghanean Proverb). Photo Mirko Delazzari
Boys at the beach. Photo: Mirko Delazzari
All ready to go fishing. Photo: Mirko Delazzari
Boats are pulled onto the beach. Photo: Mirko Delazzari
Fishermen mending their nets. Photo: Mirko Delazzari
Elmina beach. Photo Mauro Burzio
Volta River. Fishing in Ghana is made up of both ocean caught fish, as well as freshwater fishing in lakes and rivers. Photo: Mirko Delazzari
Fish seller in Vendor at Nyakrom fish market in Agona District. CC BY 2.0/Gina Gleeson
More than 200 coastal villages rely on fisheries as their primary source.  Photo: Mirko Delazzari
Beach Sunset. "Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them. “(Miriam Makeka). Photo: Mirko Delazzari
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Central America Region. Climate Change.

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022
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A girl saves belongings from her home as the Río Blanco in San Pedro Sula rose and swelled with fast-running water as hurricane Iota pushed into Honduras.
El Salvador. Sebastian Cedillos inspects his corn field during the current drought.
Nicaragua. Across the country hundreds of cattle are dying, wells are drying up and the harvests have failed.
Antonio sits with his brother where their house used to be in El Calan, Honduras.
The main road in La Ceiba, Honduras, the bridge was destroyed by the flood waters that came with hurricane Eta and Iota.
José Santos deepens his well to find water in El Burrillo, Valle, Honduras.
Edgardo Barahona in Dos Bocas, Santa Rosa de Aguán, Honduras. Standing crops of maize and beans have been lost across the region because of the floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota.
A woman carries a bucket to fill at a village well. The drought affecting this area near Langue, Valle, has gone on for nearly ten years, resulting from climate change.
Honduras. Angie Rodriguez, beginning to clean out her house after the double hurricanes of Eta and Iota.
A family recovers a bed from their house. They spent three days on the roof of the house waiting to be rescued.
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region.
In the village of La Carbonera, near Somoto, Nicaragua, the persistent drought has left  the soil dust-dry, and crops have failed year after year through lack of rain
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Maasai Life

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
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Maasai Girl. The Maasai are a semi-nomadic ethnic group based in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, between Northern Tanzania and Southern and Central Kenya.
Maasai men performing traditional jumping dance (Adumu).  (CC0 1.0/Brutere)
Maasai woman with her child. Today, the Maasai Population is estimated between a few hundred thousand to over one million.
Maasai little girls. “Happiness is as good as food” ( Maasai Proverb)
Maasai women repairing a house in Maasai Mara. (CC BY-SA 3.0/Jerzy Strzelecki)
“The children are the bright moon”.(Maasai Proverb)
In Tanzania, the Maasai are evicted from their land in the name of wildlife protection and tourism.
Maasai wearing protective masks during COVID-19 pandemic. According to UN experts, some 150,000 people are at risk of being displaced 'without their free, prior and informed consent.' (CC BY-SA 4.0/Andy Maitei
Under the tree. “ The words of the elders are blessed” (Maasai Proverb)
Maasai Mara is one of the most famous national reserves not only in Kenya but in Africa at large.
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Indonesia Life

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022
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Pura Ulun Danu Bratan Hindu temple on Bratan lake, Bali. (123rf.com)
Buddhist statue silhouette meditating in magelang stupa in central java, at sunrise. (123rf.com)
Woman wearing traditional javanese clothes on Indonesia flag background. (123rf.com)
Traditional women dance. In Indonesia there are more than 3,000 original dances. (Pixabay)
Traditional dance group. The country has more than 1,300 ethnic groups. (Max Pixel)
Legong is probably the best-known form of contemporary Balinese dance theatre. (Max Pixel)
Held in July every year, Solo Batik Carnival is a colourful parade of extravagant designs, dance and performance through the streets of Solo in Central Java. (Pixabay)
Rice terrace. The Balinese community views rice as a gift from God and a symbol of life. (Max Pixel)
Agriculture is an important sector for Indonesia, contributes approximately 14 percent of the nation’s GDP. (Max Pixel)
Young girl wearing the hijab. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. (Max Pixel)
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The Wisdom Of Thailand

June 5, 2022June 5, 2022
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“You never know what you can do till you try.”
“There is no other happiness but peace.”
“What goes around comes around.”
“The sweetness of food doesn’t last long, but the sweetness of good words do.”
“There are no secrets in the world.”
“Where there is an effort, there is a success.”
“Sometimes, staying silent is better than speaking out.”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
“On the way out, the road is rough; returning, it is smooth.”
“Little birds build nests according to their size.”
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Latin America Moments

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
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Guatemala. Maya little girl.
Panama. Embera Young mother with her children.
“The face is seen; the heart is felt”, (Mayan proverb).
Tucano.
Panama. Embera women and girls. The Embera people are one of the few pre-Columbian ethnic groups surviving in Central America.
Mayan hairstyle.
“May what your eyes see stay in your heart”,  (Bolivia)
“Love is not in the other, it is in you”, (Mayan oral tradition)
Haiti. A boy plays with a kite in Port-au-Prince.
“Being born on earth is a sacred assignment”, (Mayan proverb)
“In our language, wisdom is called ‘arandù’, which means ‘to feel time’”,  (Guarani - Brazil)
“Enjoy every moment because life is short” ( Maya - Guatemala)

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