celebrations
Thai Passion for Water
Rural Thai society depends so much on abundant rainfall and numerous rivers to grow rice and fish that water is often featured in their national holidays and family events. Last week, Pattaya Today, a newspaper from the tourist city of Pattaya, published an interesting PR piece generated by the Tourism Authority of Thailand that described […]
A Birhor Celebration
The Chief Minister of India’s Jharkhand state celebrated the 91st birthday of a prominent leader of his political party, the BJP, by calling attention to the needs of the Birhor people.
Tristan Islanders Have a New Generator and a Rebuilt Harbor
The British sappers finished their work rebuilding the Tristan da Cunha harbor last Wednesday, March 26, and finally left the islands on Friday. The web page of the Tristan da Cunha Website devoted to the month-long harbor rebuilding project, called Operation Zest, includes 45 small pictures of the sappers, the British military engineers, doing their […]
