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September 16, 2019
Booming Bollywood comes home for 'Oscars' 20th edition
BOGOR, INDONESIA - It's a warm night in Indonesia and the air is filled with excitement as villagers watch a puppet show accompanied by traditional music.To the rhythmic beat of cymbals, drums and a bamboo harmonica, the hand-held puppets wearing brightly coloued batik headdresses and sarongs fight, and one gets flung off the stage.This vivid performance is the brainchild of Drajat Iskandar, who has been lending a hand to revive the near-extinct art of "wayang bambu," or bamboo puppetry.Once enjoyed by generations of Sundanese, Indonesia's second most-populous ethnic group who originate from the central island of Java, the delicate art has almost disappeared from modern stages.Iskandar, 47, has updated his bamboo puppets by making them three-dimensional, unlike...
September 10, 2019
Puppet reborn: Indonesian pulls strings to revive near-dead art form
HIGHCLERE, UNITED KINGDOM - Bedecked in 1920s dresses, feathered hats and three-piece suits, visitors from across the world have flocked to England's Highclere Castle, scene of the "Downton Abbey" smash TV drama -- and now, at last, a film.The majestic setting of one of the most popular TV series ever made will appear on the big screen when the very first "Downton Abbey" movie opens in Britain on Friday, and globally later this month.Winner of dozens of awards since its UK debut in 2010, the period drama about early 20th century aristocrats has mesmerized Yifan Gao, a Chinese student attending university in Scotland."Everyone our age knows Downtown Abbey" in China, the 25-year-old said, posing for a photograph in a vintage dress, a glamorous necklace...
September 08, 2019
Fans flock to 'Downton Abbey' castle ahead of film debut
September 01, 2019
Turkey's 'Microangelo' turns tiny objects into artworks
August 28, 2019
Playing ketchup in Spain - thousands wage the Tomatina fight
August 28, 2019
Scorsese's 'The Irishman' to get 26-day run in theaters before Netflix
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Two teams confronted each other on the dusty sports field, wielding roughly cut sticks to whack a homemade puck at high speed.For the middle-aged and beyond, the sight of this rugged game triggered distant memories, of happier times.The sport, known as ngbaba, is unique to the Central African Republic -- and, almost like the embattled country itself, has been hauled back from near-death.Once played widely in streets and villages, ngbaba -- pronounced "g'baba" -- has simple rules and requires speed, dexterity and a dose of fearlessness.Players hew a thin stick, roughly about as long as their arm and slightly curved at the end, and use it to hit a puck carved out of an old pair of rubber sandals.If the puck lands in the opposing side of the...
August 27, 2019
Ngbaba, a sport lost in time, returns to battered C. Africa
August 25, 2019
Nearly 900 Mexican performers set world record for folk dance
August 24, 2019
Algeria's culture minister resigns after deadly concert stampede
August 20, 2019
'I'm here 24/7': Rohingya youths share their stories on social media
