Culture
Dernier ajout : 22 mai.
Thai festival to spice up town life
Exotic food, dancing and Buddhist monks will bring a splash of oriental colour to Bradford on Avon at the town’s first Thai festival in June.
Luminous, Dye-Infused Works on Paper by Sohan Qadri at Sundram Tagore Gallery, New York.
A poet, painter and Tantric yogi, Sohan Qadri is deeply engaged with spirituality. For this (...)
The art of Suiseki
Silver, gold, and diamonds are not the only precious stones that can be considered treasures. Connoisseurs of art and landscaping have discovered a new kind of precious stone, the suiseki.
American’s gift of love revives memory of ancient Tibet kingdom
An amazing gift of love by an American artist will revive the memory of an ancient Tibetan kingdom more than 50 years after the annexation of Tibet by China and a drive by Beijing to clamp down on Tibet’s unique Buddhist art, culture and tradition.
Tshering Wangdu — His life and background
Tshering Wangdu began his musical carreer as a member of the Gangjong Doeghar ensemble, which is composed of nearly twenty extremly motivated and talented male and female artists.
Fluted bowl
This ewer, with its globe-shaped belly and high, fluted neck, has an extensive carved floral decoration under a blue-green glaze. Characteristic carvings on productions from the Yaozhou kilns under the early Song were deeply incised on this type of piece as much as 5mm deep producing graceful contrasts between the shaded zones created by the accumulation of glaze at the decorative contours, and the lighter zones covering the reliefs.
Giant bell for Buddhist temple completed
Workers give the final touch to the giant bell in a factory in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, May 31, 2010.
An eye for ruins
Ruins and decay hold a fascination for photojournalist Eric Peris
Sacred relics on display at Awataha Marae (New Zealand)
An inter-faith celebration is being held at Awataha Marae where a collection of rare Buddhist relics will be on display.
Vietnam — Hanoi hosts exhibition of ancient Asian artefacts
An exhibition of ancient Asian artefacts has got underway in the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi.
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