The Monba ethnic group resides mainly in Medog, Nyingchi and Cuona Counties within the Tibet Autonomous Region. "Monba" refers to the people living in a beautiful virgin land. Monba people have their own spoken language but no written form. ...
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Festival falls on every month in Taiyuan region in ancient times. However, Spring Festival is the most solemn and jollified festival with the most intense flavors. After "sacrificing to the Kitchen God", every family would be busy making ...
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The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for people in China and other neighboring countries, comparable to Christmas in the West. Family members try every means to get together before the Spring ...
Lanterns (deng in Chinese) are a special handicraft of Chinese tradition. Fancy lanterns are widely used as decorations in the country during festivals and holidays, on weddings and other celebrations. On the whole, they consist ...
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Mianhua is art created with flour. Fermented flour is kneaded into various shapes such as animals, gourds, fruits and flowers, and then steamed and finally coloured. In Mizhi County of Shaanxi Province, I was fascinated as an old woman ...
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Olam International has acquired a 50%stake in Acacia Investments(AI),a business group based in the United Arab Emirates with a strong presence in edible oil refining and distribution in East Africa,for$35m. Olam managing director and Palm ...
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Thiele Technologies has announced the launch of its new automated packaging system Slidell PowderPacker Pro that offers virtually dust-free bagging for difficult to handle powders. The new Pro uses a Slidell design based on the 3109 and ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has sold Elephant Atta ethnic flour business to Westmill Foods,a subsidiary of Associated British Foods(ABF),in an all-cash deal of £34m,as a part of its plan to lower debts and avoid a breach of its credit ...
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The number of people of the Tibetan ancestry is placed at 4,593,330. They mainly live in Tibet Autonomous Region and the neighboring provinces such as Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan. Tibet, the roof of the world, is a land of ...
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UK-based Campden BRI's is developing a new composite dough technology (CDT), which can help in the production of high quality white bread using cheaper flour mixes. The company noted that the technology could help in the production of a ...
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Flour Mills of Nigeria plans to seek approval from shareholders to purchase a 90% controlling stake in Rom Oil Mills, a vegetable and edible oil refining business based in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria. This move is part of the company's ...
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Reading Bakery Systems, a US-based technology company, has introduced a new system which can be used for multiple snack applications. The company noted that this feature can help manufacturers to lower costs and improve flexibility. The ...
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Australasian food company Goodman Fielder plans to sell or shut down nearly 15 factories across Australia and New Zealand over the next three years,as a part of its efforts to generate A$100m($102.56m)in savings. In an investor ...
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Agro2,a cassava producer located in Veraguas,Panama,is expanding its current cassava production,in order to meet the increased demand. The company is currently constructing a large cassava processing facility,which will produce 2 tons of ...
RFM,a leading food and beverage firm based in the Philippines,has entered into an agreement to sell its canned meat business,Swift brand,to a subsidiary of Century Canning for about PHP850m($20.49m). In a disclosure to the Philippine ...
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