Mike Wellington, Chief Programme Specialist, Social and Human Sciences and Christopher Wetcher Programme Specialist, Culture, Ghana Commission for UNESCO Accra, Feb. 4, GNA – Ghana is ...

The incident happened at Drakensberg Secondary School in KwaZulu-Natal province last week. According to the South African ...

Prayers and melodic chants reverberated across Dakar’s Yoff neighborhood as thousands of Sufi Muslim followers from the ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

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Washing labels aren't always the most straightforward to read, and if you don't know what they mean you could end up ruining your clothes. Thankfully the symbols they use are (mostly) universal, so ...

The Shahi Snan, the sacred royal bath ... As India continues to modernize, the Kumbh Mela remains a powerful symbol of unity, devotion, and the enduring spirit of the Indian people.

A long history of writing Pictographic writing, a system where ideas, objects or sounds are represented through visual symbols, is a foundational stage in the evolution of writing. Unlike writing ...

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Naga Sadhus bathe first, followed by the public. On Makar Sankranti, millions of pilgrims flocked to the Triveni Sangam to take a sacred bath during the first 'Amrit Snan' of the Mahakumbh 2025 on ...

In Hindu culture, the swastika is a sacred symbol of positivity and used extensively in religious ceremonies, festivals and daily life, often displayed to invoke blessings and protection ...

When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol (letter) in the alphabet represents a basic sound unit, such as a consonant or a vowel.