Tag: Culture

  • Colourful Umbrellas in Portugal

    Colourful Umbrellas in Portugal – This beautiful installation of umbrellas was recently spotted in Águeda, Portugal by photographer Patricia Almeida. Almost nothing is known about the artist behind the project or its significance, but it’s impossible to deny the joy caused by taking a stroll in the shadowy rainbow created by hundreds of parasols suspended […]

  • Labyrinth From Books

    Labyrinth From Books – The cavalcade of art projects surrounding the 2012 Summer Olympics in London continues today with the completion of this enormous book maze designed and built by Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo (and over fifty volunteers) at Southbank Centre. Entitled aMAZEme, the stacked and twisting labyrinth art sculpture based on […]

  • “Doors” in Seoul

    “Doors” in Seoul – “Doors” was an enormous 10-story public art installation made from 1,000 reused doors by South Korean artist Choi Jeoung-Hwa. It appears the piece was installed somewhere in Seoul in 2009. Choi discusses his process over on the Creator Project where he talks about becoming a public installation artist because he was unable […]

  • Amazing Street Arts – PART 2

    Amazing Street Arts – PART 2 – Typically, the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art. Artists have challenged art by situating it in non-art contexts. ‘Street’ artists do not aspire to change the definition of an artwork, but rather […]

  • 5 Bizarre Subcultures

    5 Bizarre Subcultures | Subcultures are made up of a group of people within a society who want to identify themselves with their own culture. Rather than conforming with society, people within subcultures wish to stand out from the crowd, often in the most extreme manner.

  • Japanese Culture And Tradition PART 2

    Japanese Culture And Tradition PART 2 | Last article i mention about kimono & yukata at Japan. Let us recap about it, Kimono are worn at formal or traditional occasions such as funerals, weddings or tea ceremonies. Only rarely kimono can still be seen in everyday life

  • Japanese Culture And Tradition PART 1

    Japanese Culture And Tradition PART 1 | As we know, Japan is the sun-rises country. Its an island nation in east asia. Their people call Nihon or Nippon . Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of […]

  • Wesak Day Celebration in Malaysia

    Wesak Day Celebration in Malaysia | Wesak Day Celebrations are held in most parts of Malaysia. The day is considered to be very important for Buddhists around the world. On this day, thousands of Buddhists throng to the temples in the country. It is a day when Buddhists observe the birth, enlightenment and death of […]

  • Top 5 Magnificent Places In England

    Top 5 Magnificent Places In England | England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom (UK). It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east […]

  • Wedding with the Penguins at Underwater World Langkawi

    Wedding with the penguins at Underwater World Langkawi – Langkawi is a very well-known island in Malaysia. It is also known as the Jewel of Kedah as it is part of Kedah state. Langkawi is said to be a heaven for shopaholic as it is a duty-free island which is what traveling is all about […]