Helena Helmersson, Head of Sustainability for Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) announces that H&M is extending its All for Children collaboration with UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, to include Bangladesh. In total H&M will contribute ...
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMCB) agreed to pay a $600,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges that it exceeded speculative position limits in Cotton No. 2 ...
Tags: Cotton No.2, Cotton market, Cotton industry, Cotton Position
An imam officiates at the wedding of Zhe Yagang (groom) and Yang Liu (bride), who were in traditional Islamic costume, at Hongbinlou, a famous halal restaurant in downtown Beijing. Opting for an Islamic wedding has become a favored choice ...
Scene of Chinese New Year festivity inside the cave in northern Shaanxi. Chinese New Year,also known as the Spring Festival,is the biggest holiday in China.Recorded in Li Ji-Yue Ling,Chinese New Year is the time when"air pressure of ...
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Gifts in China are given for many occasions. There are a few rules of etiquette in Chinese gifting. For example, the receiver will refuse the gift several times before accepting it. Good manners dictate that when staying in somebody's home, ...
In ancient China, especially in the Tang Dynasty, there were seven steps in cosmetic makeup for the belles: powder base, applying color to the face, eye-brow darkening, applying "forehead gold" or "floral twinkle/gold", painting the ...
Jizhong Folk Pipe-wind Music is prevalent on Central Hebei Plain which is located to the south of Beijing, the west of Tianjin and the north of Cangzhou and Dingzhou, including nearly 30 cities and counties. It is a type of percussion and ...
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Long, midi length dresses have overtaken their mini counterparts as the must-have shape to shake on the dancefloor this Christmas party season, according to Debenhams. Fewer women are opting for thigh-revealing dresses than ever before, ...
Tags: United Kingdom, Long, Midi Dresses, Demand, Debenhams
The Nama have been separated from the Bai for about seven centuries. Today they still preserve traditions now lost among many of the Bai. They think that all things have a soul, and they practice a cult of nature similar to what the Bai ...
Tags: Celestial Ox, The Nama, beliefs
In Achang villages, after dusk, young men and women meet to sing. This is the time to get to know possible partners and perhaps to fall in love. These song gatherings sometimes last until dawn. Once a courtship is formalized, it is normal ...
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Or maybe the husband's parents are visiting for Thanksgiving. The children's birthdays are coming up, and you need to plan the decor. No matter the occasion, whenever food is involved, table dressing and decoration is almost as important ...
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Hada, a long piece of silk used by the Tibetans and some Mongols as gift when greeting people, worshipping celestial beings, and in daily person-to-person contacts. According to the book Tibetan Customs and Habits by the Tibetan scholar ...
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Distribution and Population: The Oroqen ethnic minority lives primarily in mountainous areas of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Regions and Heilongjiang Province, an area known for its abundant wild animal resources. The name Oroqen ...
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As the beginning rite of one's life, rite of birth consists of a series of ceremonies including praying for a son, fetus protection, labor, as well as three mornings, first month, first one hundred days, and one full year of a baby’s ...
Tags: red painted eggs, meat soup, glutinous oil rice, vegetables and fruit
All Lhoba men take flints along with them on the waist to make fire for tobacco and picnic. However, in some of their eating habits, we can still see some traces of their ancestors' history of eating raw. For instance, in making a pledge ...
Tags: Lhoba, roasting, corn, Collection and hunting