The 80-year-old Amoo Hadji who lives in the village of Dezhgah (city of Farashband in Fars province of Iran), has not showered for almost 60 years. Amoo Hadji lives the most primitive life. His most valuable possession seems to be a three-inch steel pipe which he uses to smoke animal dung with. Read More »
The Door to Hell, as local residents at the nearby town of Darvaza have dubbed it, is a 70 meter wide crater in Turkmenistan that has been burning continuously for 35 years.Since the cavern was filled poisonous gas, they dared not go down to retrieve their equipment, and to prevent the gas escaping they ignited it, hoping it would burn ... Read More »
Poland rarely graces sun-worshippers’ wishlists, but beach towns across the coast of Pomerania (Pomorze) blaze with Monaco-esque glamour and golden sands. And ‘Hel’ may be a curious name for paradise, but this nefariously named peninsula, jutting out into the Baltic Sea, is an ethereally beautiful stretch of sugary beaches and pine forests (as well as a mecca for windsurfers). Read More »
And here, in another Jim Urquhart photograph, the Man burns on the penultimate day of the festival. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters Read More »
In Cusco in Peru, the beginning of the New Year is celebrated on the winter solstice (the reverse to the Northern Hemisphere), which this year falls on 24 June 2012. At this time, the sun is the farthest from the earth, so ancient people would ask the Sun God to return. The celebration, Inti Raymi, or Festival of the Sun ... Read More »
The unique Jaipur Elephant Festival is an annual event held annually at Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. The festival is organized according to Indian calendar on full mood day of Phagun Purnima (February/March). This year the festival falls on 26th March 2013. The day coincides with the day of Holika Dahan, just a day before Dulendi, when Holi, one ... Read More »
1. Vietnam is the largest exporter of cashews in the world, and the second largest exporter of rice. 2. Instead of bells, traditional gongs are used to call the Vietnamese children to school. 3. Although Vietnam is a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94%. 4. Among all developing countries, Vietnam has one of the lowest unemployment rates. ... Read More »
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