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The Lantern Festival is one of Taiwan's most important festivals. It marks the end of the Lunar New Year and is organised each year around the zodiac animal. In 2026, it's the turn of the Fire Horse. From the 3rd...
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If you think you know Ayurveda from a few massages and herbal teas, the story of the Ashtavaidyas of Kerala is sure to change the way you look at this age-old Ayurvedic medicine. The origins of Ayurveda: texts from the north of India Ayurveda is...
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In the heart of the Marquesas archipelago, tattooing - tā moko, or Te patutiki - is more than just a body adornment: it is a language, a living memory and an indestructible link between the individual, his or her community and the world...
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A new genetic and archaeological study published in Nature in January reveals that, despite Russian colonisation, the Yakuts' biological heritage, and even their oral microbiome, have remained surprisingly stable. And that shamanic practices have long survived...
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Troubs is, as he likes to call himself, a «travelling artist». A lover of nature, he travels to little-known places as a keen observer of the worlds he criss-crosses and the lives he shares. From Laos to Turkmenistan...
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Armenia offers a seven-day itinerary in Armenia for a first taste of the country's sacred stones, raw nature and age-old hospitality. Few countries offer such a wealth of history, landscapes and emotions in such a short space of time. Few countries offer such a wealth of history, landscapes and emotions in such a short space of time...
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Far from the hustle and bustle of Matera and the beaches of the Adriatic, stands the small town of Venosa in Basilicata, «austere and magnificent». A former Roman and then Norman stronghold, this town in the province of Potenza seems to have been...
Continue readingWith Bhoutan, Portrait d'un royaume, Éditions du Pacifique is publishing one of those rare books in which image and text work together to create something more than a simple travel album: a real immersion, slow, contemplative, almost initiatory, in the...
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Bali remains a sanctuary of traditions where dance and music play an essential role in social and community life, even provoking certain states of trance. These dances, which are rooted in Balinese spirituality, are performed at celebrations and festivals,...
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