Die Mariachi, die Sonora-Band für herausragende Feierlichkeiten in Mexiko, bietet eine Art und Weise, wie die Parejas ihr kulturelles Erbe in ihren Reihen ehren.
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For Ukraine’s tech startups, the last two years have been anything but business as usual.
Despite drone strikes and a battered war-time economy, cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa remain home to a thriving tech ecosystem.
As the war grinds on, a number of Ukraine’s entrepreneurs have been fighting their own battle with Russia.
Yet their fight has not just been to preserve their country’s territory – but also its identity.
MailOnline spoke with the CEOs and founders of some
You might know Leeds as the original ‘motorway city’, or as the birthplace of M&S, or maybe for its football team, but almost certainly not as a city-break destination.
However, as I soon discovered, Leeds is fast becoming a cultural and foodie hotspot with delights around every corner.
It’s small enough to get around on foot but it also boasts gorgeous coffee shops, fancy restaurants, and a plethora of markets and intricate shopping arcades.
As the city gains in popularity,
Western Australia has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage laws implemented only five weeks ago.
Premier Roger Cook acknowledged on Tuesday that the amended Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act ‘went too far’, sparking widespread public outrage.
He admitted that his government’s legislative response was ‘wrong’ and apologised for the ‘stress, confusion and division’ caused in the community.
The new act will be abolished and the 1972 act restored with ‘simple and effective amendments’.
Amendments to the 51-year-old laws will be raised in state
Beginning this week, Minnesota teachers must now complete cultural competency training with a special focus on Native Americans.
Per Minnesota law, cultural competency results in acknowledging personal bias concerning
“racial, cultural, and socioeconomic groups; American Indian and Alaskan native students; religion; systemic racism; gender identity, including transgender students; sexual orientation; language diversity; and individuals with disabilities and mental health concerns,” and how that bias impacts relationships with students, students’ families, and the school communities.
The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and
Barbie fans have flocked to Leicester Square to watch the predicted blockbuster hit do battle in the box office with Oppenheimer, as some hardcore cinephiles sat through a five hour double billing.
Beaming Barbie enthusiasts gathered up and down the UK today lauding the ‘amazing’ film and professing it had exceeded ‘huge hype’ that rapidly built up over the past few weeks, with one saying she shed a tear over the film.
Sayna, 24, of London, told MailOnline after watching
Als die Ausstellung „Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories“ vor einem Jahr im Museum of Fine Arts Boston debütierte, war ihre Mission klar: „die Vorstellung davon, was ein Quilt ist, auf den Kopf zu stellen“.
Das sagt Jennifer Swope, eine der drei MFA Boston-Kuratorinnen, die die Publikation von 2021 zusammengestellt haben, auf der die Show basiert. Sie und ihre Kollegen feierten Quilts nicht nur als mehr als nur ein nützliches Kunsthandwerk oder Hobby, sondern wollten auch eine größere Frage
Ein neuer Dokumentarfilm erklärt, warum die Stadt so aussieht, wie sie aussieht.
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Lviv, Ukraine—Here in the cultural capital of Ukraine, the statues have been wrapped in plastic. The windows and facades of the neoclassical buildings that have led many a writer to describe this city as a “jewel box” have also been covered. This may be enough to protect them from the shrapnel
