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- Aspiring architect-turned-artist derives comfort from painting
- Glassblowing craft shattered by war in Afghanistan
- Greek silk road town finds itself back in fashion world
- Thousands flock to a Khmer ox race at temple in south Vietnam
- Japan passion for Khmer fashion
- 3D artwork catching on among capital shops
- Ethnic Phnong villagers turn to homegrown produce for a living
Greek silk road town finds itself back in fashion world
INSIDE the machine-crammed Mouhtarides factory near the Greek-Turkish border, Ioanna Pistola deftly spins a silk thread in a loom, ignoring the deafening noise around her.
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Aspiring architect-turned-artist derives comfort from painting
Publication date 09 November 2018 | 07:48 | ICTIt sounds strange for someone who studied drawing and designing buildings to become a successful painter.
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Glassblowing craft shattered by war in Afghanistan
Publication date 30 October 2018 | 10:59 | ICTHUNCHED and shrivelled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and vases – a craft passed down for generations but now at risk of dying out.
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Japan passion for Khmer fashion
Publication date 26 October 2018 | 10:06 | ICTInspired by the costumes of the masked dance drama called Lakhon Khol, a self-taught Cambodian artist has put his passion for design into a collection to be presented on runways at the Japan International Fashion Gala this December.
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Thousands flock to a Khmer ox race at temple in south Vietnam
Publication date 24 October 2018 | 13:04 | ICTTHE annual ox racing festival at Ro temple in Vietnam is a popular event for both locals and tourists. This year’s edition, which took place on October 14-15, gathered 25 pairs of strong oxen from all over Tinh Bien district.
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Archeologists discover pre-Columbian statues
Publication date 24 October 2018 | 12:57 | ICTArcheologists in Peru have found 20 800-year-old wooden statues in the largest pre-Columbian site in the Americas, Culture Minister, Patricia Balbuena and researchers revealed on Monday.
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Living by traditional bow and arrow in Bhutan
Publication date 19 October 2018 | 10:44 | ICTEVERY weekend Bhutanese Pema Dorji channels his inner Robin Hood and aims for the bull’s-eye, but not without generous sips of the local brew and a leg-kicking dance and song routine.
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Art rebels Basquiat, Schiele face off in Paris shows
Publication date 05 October 2018 | 13:08 | ICTTHOUSANDS of Two new major exhibitions opening in Paris on Wednesday counterpoint the work of a pair of art world rebels – Jean-Michel Basquiat and Egon Schiele.
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Busan film fest seeks ‘reunion’ after disaster
Publication date 03 October 2018 | 12:17 | ICTORGANISERS of Asia’s largest film festival have issued a rallying cry to its supporters as the event emerges from years of starring in its own political drama.
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In Russia’s Dagestan, tightrope tradition on brink of extinction
Publication date 02 October 2018 | 11:50 | ICTDRESSED in a red and silver sequined jacket and trousers, 13- year-old Muhamed Balikhanov holds a long pole as he slowly rides an old red bicycle along a tightrope suspended several metres off the ground.
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Ethnic Phnong villagers turn to homegrown produce for a living
Publication date 21 September 2018 | 14:18 | ICTAs she walks in the rain, the 65-year-old ethnic Phnong woman is on her way to Sen Monorom to sell the wild bamboo shoots and bananas she carries on her back. She wears a blue shirt, a krama and yellow flip-flops.