July 10, 2018
The lyrics to the anthem of the United States came from a poem called “Defence of Fort M’Henry”, written by a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet […]
July 9, 2018
Mariachi, as a musical expression, goes back a long time in Mexico. At least to the 18th century. Mariachi, however, really started becoming more popular in […]
July 27, 2013
Although there are examples in the 1920s in New York, and similar concepts that date as far back as the 17th century, in Hakka walled villages […]
March 26, 2013
Despite having a highly developed economy, the world’s eighth highest per capita income, ranking 7th in the United Nation’s Human Develoment Index and being the second […]
December 30, 2012
Skateistan is an unconventional school in an unconventional place. What began in 2007 as informal skateboarding lessons by Australian Oliver Percovich in an empty fountain in […]
September 29, 2012
Keith Graham, mejor conocido como Levi Roots –su nombre Rastafari– es un cantante de reggae de un pequeño pueblo de Clarendon, Jamaica, que se mudó con […]
July 1, 2012
Botswana is a landlocked country, surrounded by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Slightly smaller than Texas, and with just over 2 million people, it is one […]