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Weaving a tapestry of culture: Exploring Mizoram's traditional costumes, j
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Mizo people take great pride in their traditional attire and jewellery, and it is an integral part of their cultural identity.
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India provided network of sacred pilgrimage sites for Tibetans
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Tibetans in India were not only able to continue their important practice of pilgrimage to the holy Buddhist sites which were either unknown or lost to them for centuries. They were also able to use them to maintain and strengthen their cultural identity.
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Chinese govt runs schools for Tibetan children to brainwash them into majo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A press statement Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) released on 6 February in Geneva has come out with a shocking revelation that the Chinese government is running a chain of residential schools where about a million Tibetan children are forcibly lodged in order to wipe out the
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Feel proud to be born in same country as Pele: TRAU FC's Gerson Vieira
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Football is not just a sport in Brazil. It's a national and cultural identity, a source of passion which resonates with the country's entire population of 217 million. And it's Pele who single-handedly elevated football from a sport to a religion in Brazil
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'Hindu' a geo-cultural identity, synonymous with 'Bharatiya', says Mohan B
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], September 26 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, while stating that there is "no particular definition of Hindu", said that the terms "Bharatiya" (Indian) and "Hindu" are synonyms, and added that it (Hindu) is a "geo-cultural identity".
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China terrorising Uyghur population, eroding their cultural identity, says
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 7 (ANI): Amid worldwide condemnation and sanctions by western countries over human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, a UK-based poet and academic said the Chinese government has been terrorising the entire Uyghur population and is erasing their ethnic and c
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'Chinese Communist Party strategy is turning harmless individuals, communi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 13 (ANI): China's widespread propaganda, continuous persecution of minorities and return to the cult of personality represent an echo of Mao's rule, says political consultant Kelly Alkhouli and adds that the country's open disdain and demeaning methods have pushed mino
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Sikali Jatra, an alternative for Dashain for people of Khokana in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], October 23 (ANI): Known for its cultural identity and mustard oil, Khokana, a medieval Newari heritage village in the Southern part of Kathmandu Valley celebrates the Sikali Jatra instead of the Dashain Festival.
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Indian Americans show solidarity with Kamala Harris, share their cultural
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 8 (ANI): Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris are all set to square off on the vice presidential debate stage on Wednesday night, Asian Americans supporting the Biden Harris campaign across the United States are showing solidarity for Harris by
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US calls on China to 'immediately' make public whereabouts of Panchen Lama
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Monday (local time) called on the Chinese government to immediately make public the whereabouts of Panchen Lama and said that his country remains deeply concerned about China's ongoing campaign to eliminate the religio
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Rally in Ladakh demands UT be included in Sixth Schedule
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Hundreds of people participated in a rally in Ladakh here on Sunday demanding the inclusion of new Union Territory in the sixth schedule of the Constitution, to ensure the protection of resources and cultural identity of the region.
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Power hungry Modi-Shah duo hell-bent on bulldozing cultural identity of In
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Congress party on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of being "power-hungry" and being "hell-bent" on bulldozing the cultural identity of Indian states.
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