Nepal’s Eid celebrations in pictures
The country's Muslim communities gather for prayers and festivities.
Culture
Bonn Phum (Village Festival): A celebration of Cambodian heritage and culture
Held on April 5-6 and April 11-12, this year’s festival is set to be even bigger and better, featuring a range of exciting activities, performances, and workshops that highlight…
Clothes, chaos, and costs: The rising price of women’s Eid shopping
Eid shopping, once rooted in warmth, tradition, and small pleasures, now borders on the edge of consumerist overkill.
How an ancient Vietnamese village adopts modern food safety standards
With its rich culinary heritage, Duong Lam is embracing higher food safety standards with support from the SAFEGRO Project. From upgrading kitchens to improving hygiene practices,…
Young Chinese people go out of way to ‘grab luck’
Spiritual gestures symbolise nation's hopes and dreams through generations.
Tteokbokki: South Koreans’ longtime soul food
A magical go-to food enjoyed by South Koreans is "tteokbokki," a popular snack of chewy rice cakes slathered in a spicy sauce made from red pepper paste with additions of fish…
In Malaysia, dodol-making stirs up tradition and sweet memories
Dodol is a festive staple in most households in Malaysia. Most youths grow up eating dodol every Hari Raya, but they seldom know how the sticky-sweet confection is made.
Sifting through the good, the bad and the ugly of Urdu slang and colloquialism is an uphill task
Despite their rather blunt, offensive or closer-to-offensive nature, the perennial popularity and strength of colloquialisms lie in their never-ending capacity and elasticity.
From ‘alamak’ to ‘nasi lemak’: Oxford English Dictionary welcomes Malaysian and Singaporean words
According to the dictionary, they are among a number of “untranslatable words” from Singapore and Malaysia that made it to the latest OED update in March.
Peranakan group in Malaysia’s Melaka hopes to revive once-popular traditional card game
The game, known as "Cherki", is being popularised by Persaudaraan Kesenian dan Kebudayaan Peranakan Melaka (Sedara), an association dedicated to preserving Peranakan arts and…