Ritualized gift exchanges have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. When visiting someone's home, you traditionally take a gift. Many of those same gifts may work well during a western-style gift exchange. In other cases, Chinese ...
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There came the large and mighty procession to escort the bride with firecrackers set off here and there and the gongs and drums and other jubilant music for the wedding ceremony lingering in one's ears on their way. The bride's sedan, bed, ...
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Besides "A Xiao" marriage, another kind of marriage, which exists around the Lugu Lake, is the formal marriage. For a formal marriage the matchmaker introduces the man and the woman. The elder hosts the marriage and holds a formal ...
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Nassau Candy, a manufacturer, importer and distributor of specialty confections and fine foods, has introduced an all-natural line of gummy candies from confectionery firm Sweet Candy. Classics, Au Natural candy line, which is ...
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Birch-bark handicrafts are unique to nomad nationalities in northern China. The handicrafts, with strong ethnic and regional flavors, are widely popular in the Heilongjiang River Basin as well as in areas like Oroqen Autonomous Banner, ...
Ulma Packaging in the UK has announced the launch of a new operator-less system, which is useful for the trayless flow wrapping of apples and other delicate fruits. Available in three different modular formats that are based on apples ...
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US-based packaging products firm Zuhlke & Associates has said fresh produce packaging is seeing more demand for recyclable packaging. According to the firm, 99% of all materials are manufactured from cleaned recycled materials, and the ...
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Tshatsha, a literal translation from a Sanskrit word which mean "copy" in English, stands for small clay sculptures cut from a mold, including mini-statues of Buddha, stupas or Buddhist scriptures. Usually, they are put inside large stupas ...
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UK-based Kenco has partnered with recycling incentive specialist TerraCycle to create the UK's first scheme that urges customers to recycle all brands of coffee packaging waste. Many councils in the country do not deal with the materials ...
New York-based Kraft has teamed up with Crayola for a joint promotion to replace Kraft and Polly-O brand string-cheese pouches with colorful crayon boxes. Aimed at purchasers of both string cheese and Crayola crayon products, its primary ...
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Malaysian dates packaging and distributing company Omni Mal Agencies has incorporated the traditional Malay heritage design into its dates packaging, printed with songket motifs for Muslims during the fasting month. As part of the new ...
Australia-based Baumann Packaging Systems has announced the launch of its new automatic tamper-evident wrap-around application system ELS 310 C, internationally, as an alternative to conventional wrap around labels. Germany-based ELS ...
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Office solutions provider Grand & Toy said that it has made available its reusable environmentally responsible shipping solution across Canada. Boomerang Box, which was launched after a successful pilot program, is projected to decrease ...
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Canada's Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has directed the Ontario government to ban old corrugated boxes from dump sites, as Quebec did it earlier, to free landfill space and save costs. PPEC executive director ...
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The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a health alert over Aliya's Foods' frozen butter chicken and rice products that were imported from Canada. The agency noted that the products may be ...
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