You may have come across several “strange” cultural practices; some would grip you with fear, while others would leave you astonished. The wife-carrying competition in Finland falls into the latter category.S
You may have come across several "strange" cultural practices; some would impress you with fear, while others would leave you surprised. The Eukonkanto or Wife-Carrying Competition in Finland falls into the latter. Strange as it might sound, wife-carrying is a real sport in Finland. In ...
You may have come across several "strange" cultural practices; some would grip you with fear, while others would leave you astonished. The wife-carrying competition in Finland falls into the latter category. Strange as it might sound, wife-carrying is a real sport in Finland. In fact, it ...
Autocrats around the world are leading a relentless attack against journalism, and as I wrote in my last newsletter, platforms support creators and influencers much more than they do traditional journalism institutions. The muckrakers were often super freelancers who worked for a wide range of ...
However, as the corporate world grew, divergence began to emerge between the origin countries as they sought to provide legal and institutional solutions to problems occurring in national settings with sometimes very different legal and sociocultural traditions. As a result, in terms of corporate law...
These relics, dating back centuries, are believed to be associated with burial practices woven into local legends that suggest a complex cultural heritage. What secrets do these stone jars hold, and how do they connect to the region’s tumultuous past? The answers may surprise and enlighten you...
These relics, dating back centuries, are believed to be associated with burial practices woven into local legends that suggest a complex cultural heritage. What secrets do these stone jars hold, and how do they connect to the region’s tumultuous past? The answers may surprise and enlighten you...
To this should be added a larger cultural context: Flanders as a whole is a densely populated region in which especially the triangle Antwerp-Ghent-Brussels has some- times been described, in comparative international terms, as a single extended conur- bation (GUST 1999: 32–38; Albrechts and...
Cafes like Marley’s, Jim’s Peace Café, and the Tibet Café (said to be the oldest western café in Dali – opened in 1984) were perfect places to read, write, and socialize with journeyers from around the world. Travel Writer, Bruce Connolly from China Daily called Dali his personal...
Jance on the especially strange case of animal hoarding.1 All this as well as an entire pop-cultural movement, the so-called anti-clutter campaign, which has worked to blur the very distinction between pathological hoarding and simple messiness. What is it about compulsive hoarding that has ...