Cultures worldwide nurture their folk art traditions, but in the 21st century there are few places where the traditional arts burst out of the workshop and bustle so confidently down the street as in the Indian region of Rajasthan. Fabrics dyed in dazzling shades of red, pink, yellow and green, and embroidered, tie-dyed, and block printed are [...]
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Welcoming Spring with the Flinging of Beans
As someone who grew up in a state that revered a prognosticating rodent (good ol’ Punxsutawney Phil), it seems only fitting that I should now reside in a country that partakes in an equally strange yet entertaining custom - throwing beans to welcome the coming of spring.
Padmasambhava in The Land of the Thunder Dragon
Legend has it that Padmasambhava brought Buddhism to Bhutan in 746 AD via a miraculous journey on the back of a flying tigress. Upon the site of his landing at the uppermost reaches of a 3,000-foot cliff stands Taktsang, the holiest temple for the Bhutanese and a captivating destination for visitors. Padmasambhava, also known as [...]
