Questioning ‘unmanned’ at unmanned stations in Japan
An art festival in Shizuoka Prefecture seeks to highlight the life that continues to flourish in local communities after train stations go unmanned.
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Exhibitions on savings, education boom in Korea point to uneasy future
The inevitable social costs of “dreaming of big money” and the ever-widening wealth gap remain unanswered, an idea that the exhibition explores.
Two Korea’s Demilitarized Zone unfolds at Google Arts & Culture
“The purpose of our team is to make art and culture more accessible online and that includes history", said Simon Rein, senior program manager.
Jamdani Palli: A village that weaves tradition
Jamdani is a symbol of identity, dignity and elegance both at home and abroad for its fine and rich muslin fabric and its motifs.
Kampong Speu jewellery maker rocking local industry
Unlike many of the Kingdom’s jewelry artisans, Soy Panha only uses stones dug from the soils of Cambodia to fashion his fine necklaces.
Kandal’s copper carvers carry on ancestral artistry
Now, as he gets older, a third generation of his family have inherited the profession and six of his nine children are working with copper at the shop.
Ancient craft of velvet flowers blooms again
The delicate flowers are made by Cai Zhiwei, the sixth-generation inheritor of velvet bird and flower making, a Beijing intangible cultural heritage.
Pyramid-shaped Daruma dolls popular among test-takers
The dolls are popular among students preparing for entrance exams because they “sit still and never tilt.”
Artisans continue to raise the roof
Behind these ceramic tiles and sculptures is a craft passed down over thousands of years, which is still practiced in Yangcheng county today.
Making patterned knives
Huang Dongpeng quit a stable job to revive Guangxi’s almost forgotten tradition of making the patterned Zhuang knives.