The U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added 55 new inscriptions to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List for 2023, in an effort to safeguard traditional art, dance, food, ...

More than 6.6 million refugees live in camps located largely in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In these camp communities, unique cultural practices can arise. In our new research, we found the oral ...

The study of indigenous education increasingly highlights the integral role of cultural practices and active community engagement in the learning process. Recent conceptualisations advocate moving ...

Culture refers to the ideas, customs, and behaviors of a group of people or a society (1). It influences just about everything you do — the way you speak, the foods you eat, what you consider to be ...

There are over 150 different cultural observances in 2024. While organizations tend to recognize the traditions of the dominant culture, less attention is generally given to the holidays and ...

The Cultural Relics Management Department announced that a farmer in China, while working, stumbled ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Cremation, "air burial," grave cairns, funeral mounds, mummification, belief in life after death -- death practices sacred to one culture are often considered "odd" or even terrifying ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. This is an adapted excerpt from “Democracy as Creative Practice ...

There ongoing debate around syncretism within the Catholic Church in Durban triggered by two priests whose sabbatical is imminent, overlooks the similarities between African practices and the Catholic ...

Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. That may seem obvious, but we have all had our experiences with less-than-stellar ...