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Abelam People of the Sepik River-Tribes of Papau New Guinea

Abelam People of the Sepik River-Tribes of Papau New Guinea HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTS AND CULTURAL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA....RAMDAS IYER 01.12.2017 - 14.11.2017 Common introduction to the blog series planned: Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a long history when it comes to human settlement. However, it is still a relatively…

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Hypogeum- Subterreanean burials of Neolithic people, Malta

A WORLD HERITAGE SITE OLDER THAN THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS, MALTA...............RAMDAS IYER 18.07.2018 Inhabitants of this small and arid island nation of Malta have been digging cisterns for water storage for eons, but in 1902, while laborers worked on one, they stumbled into one of the most remarkable and well preserved…

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Blood sport in the Coliseum at Thysdrus,Tunisia circa 200 AD

Standing in the once blood splattered arena of this magnificent coliseum at El jem ( ancient Thysdrus) immediately reminded me of a glorious empire where Romans enjoyed good times in their colonies with wine, women and sport. The mosaics recovered from the villas that once dotted this rich city then…

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Crocodile initiation ceremony, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

The Sepik River With a fascination for primitive cultures and as a collector of primitive art, Papua New Guinea was a country I had always wanted to explore. In 2010 I made a brief foray into Irian Jaya or West Papua ( part of Indonesia) to live among the Dani tribes. I had barely scratched the surface of this island with ...
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Burial& Exhumation customs of the Malagasy people,Madagascar

Introduction: From the embalmed body in a funeral home in modern day America to an early Neanderthal burial site like La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France from 50,000 years ago, humans have always taken care of their departed in unique ways. As world travelers, some of us are fascinated by Egyptian pyramids, Roman catacombs and the magnificent tombs built for Ming emperors in China; sometimes not necessarily for the beauty of the edifices but for the cultural practices of such burials ...
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