Japan Culture: The Phenomenon of Pachinko
Japan culture: would you like to know all about the phenomenon of Pachinko?
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Facts
Kruger National Park: Everything You Need To Know
Kruger National Park is the biggest and oldest national park in the world and attracts almost a million visitors a year… phew!
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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Renowned around the world as the greatest playwright of all time, William Shakespeare came to London in from his hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon in the 1680s to make his fortune.
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People and Politics of the Three Gorges Dam
One of the most controversial construction projects in China, if not the world, is the 500ft long, 600-ft deep Three Gorges Dam planned for installation on the upper Yangzi River running through the Sichuan Province of China.
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Bend me, Shape Me: The art of Contortion
Contortionism has been a tradition in Mongolia for hundreds of years, and is a common act in Mongolian and Chinese circuses. It was first performed as part of the traditional BuddhistTsam dances and has been incorporated into many Mongolian plays. It has come to be considered as an art rather than an acrobatic act, and famous contortionists become national celebrities.
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