Where to Stay: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram stands in the east of quirky Pondicherry, a former French colony of 750,000 people – who will delight with their combination of fluent French and colourful saris.
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Facts
Gallipoli: Trench Warfare at its Most Harrowing
Gallipoli is the site of one of the longest and bloodiest battles in history. During WWI, a quarter of a million Turks and as many allies were killed or wounded on its bloody battlefield.
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West African Talking Drums and Music
Culture Facts Where: Across West Africa, particularly in Senegal What’s it about: Favouring rhythm over melody, using ‘talking drums’ and a wide
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Al Capone gangster tour of Chicago
1920s Chicago: a city fuelled by crime, lawlessness, alcohol, and the strains of wild jazz music. Today, you can take in the history of Chicago’s seedy past with an Untouchable Gangster Tour.
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Qawwali: Music of the Sufis
Qawwali is a form of music practiced by Sufis to inspire religious devotion and instruction. Sufism is a mystical school of Islamic thought where truth and divine love are achieved through personal experience. Sufis are synonymous with the ‘Whirling Dervishes’ found in many parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
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