What we call “folklife” in the United States—the traditions, activities, skills, beliefs, and tangible creations of a ...

This video explores Bhutan, known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon. We share scenes from local life, landscapes, and ...

Siam Society is holding a 10-day cultural journey to explore the beauty of Bhutan from April 20-29.

Each year on February 15, followers gather at Sulfur Bay near the smoking slopes of Mount Yasur, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, to celebrate John Frum Day. Dressed in improvised military ...

Bhutan is a landlocked country in South Asia, situated in the Eastern Himalayas. It has a population of under one million and a territory covering just 38,394 square kilometres. It is relatively small ...

One of the most tangible examples is the survival of large ceramic bathtubs associated with Hittite-period contexts. A photographed terracotta tub from Kültepe (Old-Hittite, 19th or 18th century BC) ...

His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...

The Upendra Nath Brahma Trust (UNBT) has announced Her Majesty Gyalyum Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Queen Mother of the ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.