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Central Highlands, Madagascar

In Madagascar, Families Dig Up Their Dead Every Few Years to Dance With Them

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United Kingdom

UK Bank Holidays Are a Regulatory Trick, Not a Legal Right

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Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Plants 30 Million Tulips a Year — and Almost Nobody Knows Why

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Did you know

The supreme god of the ancient Geto-Dacians, Zalmoxis, was named after the bearskin he was wrapped in at birth — directly connecting Romania's modern bear dance to a pre-Christian deity documented by Herodotus.

AGERPRES / Romanian ethnographic record, 2014 From: Japanese Tourists Fly 9,000 Kilometres to Watch Men in Bearskins Dance in a Romanian Coal Town
Finland

In Finland, Drinking Alone in Your Underwear is Endorsed by the Government

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Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand's Wai Has Four Different Heights — and You're Probably Doing It Wrong

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Comănești, Romania

Japanese Tourists Fly 9,000 Kilometres to Watch Men in Bearskins Dance in a Romanian Coal Town

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Word of the day

huarique

wah-REE-keh

A small, often family-run restaurant tucked into a residential street — Lima's equivalent of a serious neighbourhood hole-in-the-wall.

From: In Peru, Ordering Ceviche After 3 PM Marks You as a Tourist Immediately

Seoul, South Korea

In South Korea, an Apartment Gets More Valuable the Older and More Decrepit It Gets

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Bode, Nepal

In Nepal, One Family Has Pierced Their Tongue Every New Year for 108 Years

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Wales, United Kingdom

Wales's Ancient Druid Ceremony Was Invented 250 Years Ago by a Criminal

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Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan

The World Nomad Games: The Olympics Nobody in the West Is Watching

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Fez, Morocco

Morocco's Medinas Were Built to Lose You — and That Was the Whole Point

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Tokyo, Japan

In Tokyo, a Train That Leaves 25 Seconds Early Is Considered Late

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Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon Cafés Charge Three Different Prices for the Same Coffee

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Did you know

The supreme god of the ancient Geto-Dacians, Zalmoxis, was named after the bearskin he was wrapped in at birth — directly connecting Romania's modern bear dance to a pre-Christian deity documented by Herodotus.

AGERPRES / Romanian ethnographic record, 2014 From: Japanese Tourists Fly 9,000 Kilometres to Watch Men in Bearskins Dance in a Romanian Coal Town
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Word of the day

huarique

wah-REE-keh

A small, often family-run restaurant tucked into a residential street — Lima's equivalent of a serious neighbourhood hole-in-the-wall.

From: In Peru, Ordering Ceviche After 3 PM Marks You as a Tourist Immediately