Laced amongst the 1.3 billion people of China, 56 ethnic minority groups make their home in various provinces across the country. One of the largest of these minorities, with a population of over 7 million people, is the Miao people located in the mountainous region of South West China.
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The Kalash Valleys of Rumbur, Bunboret and Birir are within Chitral in the North-West Frontier Province, near Nuristan in Afghanistan. The people here are some of the only non-muslims for hundreds of miles. The Kalash worship the many gods of Kafiristan like Balomain, the heroic demi-god of the Kalash whom the Choimus Festival celebrates.
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No Australian city better personifies the country’s multiculturalism than Melbourne, one of the most diverse melting pots on the planet.
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It’s a massive land the size of continental USA covering nearly half of South America, and the 5th largest country in the world and with a population of 150 million people, it’s the largest Catholic nation on earth. It’s an urban city, with most of its population centred in the major cities – Sao Paulo, a massive population of 17 million, Rio de Janeiro, a beach-tourist’s paradise and carnival epicentre of the world, and also home to the best hiking and climbing within its state. Only in Brazil can you discover a mixing of cultures, people, traditions and ancient verses modern civilizations.
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Geographically, Guyana is in South American but culturally it is closer to the British Caribbean. It borders the Caribbean, the first language is English, and a number of its most high profile countrymen play for the West Indies Cricket team. In the past Guyana has been colonised sporadically by the French and the Dutch before it eventually ended up under the control of the British Empire, where it remained until it gained its independence in 1966.
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