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Orang Asli – The Native Inhabitants of Malaysia

by Jan Toman on December 31, 2020

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia with an area of 329,847 km2. Part of the country lies on the Malay Peninsula and part on the island of Borneo. Malaysia gained its independence from Great Britain in 1957, and in … Read More

Malaysia, Travelers Indigenous peoples, Malaysia, Orang Asli

Iemanja: A Uruguayan celebration of the Yoruba goddess of the sea

by Barbora Zelenková on April 25, 2019

Uruguay is famous for its endless pastures and beaches, its yerba mate tea, tango, and candombe music, which, with its African roots, epitomises the country’s rich cultural and ethnic diversity. The Yoruba religion is a further African feature that has … Read More

Africa, Uruguay, Uruguayan people, Yoruba people, Yoruba religion

Mexico´s Day of the Dead: an Endless Dance of Life and Death

by Barbora Zelenková on October 31, 2018

  In the West death is generally perceived as the end of life and existence and so it promotes feelings of fear and anxiety. Anything connected to death is taboo and pushed to the edge of society as the antithesis … Read More

Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos, Mesoamerica, Mexico

10 things that make Uruguay, Uruguay

by Barbora Zelenková on September 27, 2017

  Uruguay is a small country wedged between the vast territories of Argentina and Brazil, lapped on one side by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The Uruguayans had to battle hard for their independence at the time of colonialism, … Read More

Latin America, The Uruguayan People, Uruguay

How difficult it is to be a Mahmúd

by Barbora Zelenková on October 7, 2016

We are riding in an old battered Ford by the desert while the sun sets, after an afternoon swimming in Ain Sukhna – from the hotel´s beach resort. This is one of the few beaches in Egypt where mixed groups … Read More

Cairo, Coptic Christians, Egypt, Muslims

Vegan Christmas Fayre in London

by Barbora Zelenková on December 14, 2015

  London, as well as Prague, is a city replete with feasting events in the run up to Christmas. The shiny and glittering shop windows in Oxford Street entice their customers, like the other London streets, with illuminated Christmas decorations, … Read More

Animal Rights Activists and Organizations, The United Kingdom, Veganism

Zabbaleen – The Garbage Collectors

by Barbora Zelenková on August 28, 2015

Cairo is one of these megapolis of the third world, which have to face up the negative effects of an ever-growing urban population. These include excessive amounts of waste, which of course, Cairo like any other Capital city produces. It … Read More

Cairo, Coptic Christians, Egypt

My journey around Scotland

by Jan Toman on August 28, 2015

  Scotland is a country of green, which spreads everywhere in all possible shades. A lot of gorges and valleys are filled by lakes of glacial origin, which the Scots do not call a ´lake´ like their English counterparts, but … Read More

Ecological Farming, Scotland, WWOOF
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