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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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Making of paper charms at Japanese shrine

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - "Kimenfuda" paper charms depicting ogres are printed at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 14, 2025, ahead of a Feb. 2 bean-scattering ceremony to drive out devils and attract good fortune. (Kyodo)

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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The making of 'L'Osservatore Romano' the Vatican's daily newspaper on October 2014. Like all modern nation States, the Vatican also has its own press. Although not considered an official mouthpiece for the Vatican, 'l'Osservatore Romano' is nonetheless the Holy See's most significant media venue. It is the only newspaper printed by the Vatican presses. Since 1861, each day 50,000 copies of the daily edition have been released at 3 pm. Written in Italian, the daily is supplemented by weekly editions in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as a monthly in Polish. All of the Holy See's current events as well as articles illustrating Church life and major political, economic and social events occurring throughout the world are all published in the Vatican's daily paper. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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Making of paper charms at Japanese shrine

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - "Kimenfuda" paper charms depicting ogres are printed at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 14, 2025, ahead of a Feb. 2 bean-scattering ceremony to drive out devils and attract good fortune. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Making of paper charms at Japanese shrine

CORRECTED: Making of paper charms at Japanese shrine

"Kimenfuda" paper charms depicting ogres are printed at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 14, 2025, ahead of a Feb. 2 bean-scattering ceremony to drive out devils and attract good fortune.

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CORRECTED: Making of paper charms at Japanese shrine

CORRECTED: Making of paper charms at Japanese shrine

"Kimenfuda" paper charms depicting ogres are printed at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 14, 2025, ahead of a Feb. 2 bean-scattering ceremony to drive out devils and attract good fortune.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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Paper Production Net

Paper Production Net

FUYANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - A worker checks the quality of paper making nets at Pacific Special Nets Co., LTD in Fuyang city, east China's Anhui province, Sept 27, 2024.

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Paper Production Net

Paper Production Net

FUYANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - A worker checks the quality of paper making nets at Pacific Special Nets Co., LTD in Fuyang city, east China's Anhui province, Sept 27, 2024.

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Paper Production Net

Paper Production Net

FUYANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - A worker checks the quality of paper making nets at Pacific Special Nets Co., LTD in Fuyang city, east China's Anhui province, Sept 27, 2024.

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Paper Production Net

Paper Production Net

FUYANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - A worker checks the quality of paper making nets at Pacific Special Nets Co., LTD in Fuyang city, east China's Anhui province, Sept 27, 2024.

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Paper Production Net

Paper Production Net

FUYANG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - A worker checks the quality of paper making nets at Pacific Special Nets Co., LTD in Fuyang city, east China's Anhui province, Sept 27, 2024.

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Crown princess visits central Japan city of Mino

Crown princess visits central Japan city of Mino

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) observes the process of making a handmade traditional Japanese paper in Mino in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 17, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits central Japan city of Mino

Crown princess visits central Japan city of Mino

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) observes the process of making a handmade traditional Japanese paper in Mino in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 17, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits central Japan city of Mino

Crown princess visits central Japan city of Mino

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) observes the process of making a handmade traditional Japanese paper in Mino in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 17, 2024. (Pool photo)

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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CHINA-JIANGXI-WUYUAN-RURAL TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-JIANGXI-WUYUAN-RURAL TOURISM (CN)

(240706) -- SHANGRAO, July 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member works at an oil-paper umbrella shop in Huangling Village of Wuyuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 3, 2024. In recent years, Wuyuan County has been making efforts to promote rural tourism by exploring and utilizing its unique natural resources and traditional culture. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Du Xiaoyi)

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Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka

Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China

STORY: Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: WUYUAN/LIUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan County in Jiangxi Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO WENJUAN, Owner of an oil-paper umbrella shop in Wuyuan 3. various of Liuzhou City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YUWEN, Deputy director of intangible cultural heritage research department, Liuzhou Mass Art Museum STORYLINE: As China endeavors to revitalize its rural areas, many forgotten cultural traditions, particularly in small counties and villages, are being revived, leading to a trend known as "county travel." Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province Known to many as "China's most beautiful countryside," Wuyuan saw a record 26.2 million visitors from across the nation last year. The making of the Jialu oil-paper umbrella is a national-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history of over 800 ye

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Chinese culture welcomed by Moroccan youth in Rabat

STORY: Chinese culture welcomed by Moroccan youth in Rabat SHOOTING TIME: May 8, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Rabat CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of world culture festival STORYLINE: The Rabat School of Mines in Morocco kicked off on Wednesday its 20th world culture festival. The Chinese cultural activities attracted many students, prompting them to give it a try. The engineering school invited students to participate in Chinese paper-cutting, Lu Ban Lock-making, and opera mask painting. Xinhua News Agency Correspondents reporting from Rabat. (XHTV)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240419) -- BEIJING, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An intangible cultural heritage inheritor (1st R) teaches international students paper-cutting techniques at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International students learn to make paper-cutting items at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An intangible cultural heritage inheritor (1st L) teaches international students palm fiber weaving techniques at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International students learn to make paper-cutting items at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An intangible cultural heritage inheritor (1st R) teaches international students paper-cutting techniques at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International students learn to make paper-cutting items at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International students learn to make paper-cutting items at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An intangible cultural heritage inheritor (1st R) teaches international students paper-cutting techniques at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International students learn dough modelling at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International students communicate with each other when they learn to make paper-cutting items at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An intangible cultural heritage inheritor (2nd L) teaches international students to make dough modelling at the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, April 18, 2024. As the United Nations Chinese Language Day is around the corner, which is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, the School of International Education of Central South University joined hands with the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Changsha to invite more than 100 international students from over 20 countries and regions to experience traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritages like paper cutting and dough modelling making. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Preparations underway for Bengali New Year celebrations

STORY: Preparations underway for Bengali New Year celebrations SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at Dhaka University making paper works STORYLINE: As Bengali New Year nears, preparations are in full swing across Bangladesh, especially in the capital, Dhaka. The day, usually celebrated every year on April 14, is marked by grand festivities. Currently, artists from Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts are dedicating their time to crafting paper masks and large bamboo symbolic animal figures. They will be used at the main colorful new year procession called the Mangal Shobhajatra (March of Good Tidings). The flagship procession was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dhaka. (XHTV)

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(240321) -- YUEQING, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Faliang makes a paper knife cutting at his studio in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 12, 2024. Paper knife cutting, a folk artwork popular in Yueqing City in China's southeast coastal area, is originated from paper cutting on local dragon lanterns. Boasting of its delicacy, the artwork displays folk patterns on a paper of several square centimeters. Going through complicated procedures which cost at least one week to complete, it reflects the local ocean culture and folk customs. Its making craft was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Lu Faliang, 76, an inheritor of the craft, has been engaged in the art for over 50 years. In his career, he not only makes traditional paper knife cuttings, but also creates new ones which reflect modern life and local culture. He set up a Yueqing paper cutting seminar in 1985 and a Yueqing dragon lantern paper knife cutting institute in 2003. Creating and collecting artworks,

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(240321) -- YUEQING, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Faliang designs a pattern of paper knife cutting themed on the city view at his studio in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 12, 2024. Paper knife cutting, a folk artwork popular in Yueqing City in China's southeast coastal area, is originated from paper cutting on local dragon lanterns. Boasting of its delicacy, the artwork displays folk patterns on a paper of several square centimeters. Going through complicated procedures which cost at least one week to complete, it reflects the local ocean culture and folk customs. Its making craft was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Lu Faliang, 76, an inheritor of the craft, has been engaged in the art for over 50 years. In his career, he not only makes traditional paper knife cuttings, but also creates new ones which reflect modern life and local culture. He set up a Yueqing paper cutting seminar in 1985 and a Yueqing dragon lantern paper knife cutting institute in 200

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(240321) -- YUEQING, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Faliang makes a paper knife cutting themed on the city view at his studio in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 12, 2024. Paper knife cutting, a folk artwork popular in Yueqing City in China's southeast coastal area, is originated from paper cutting on local dragon lanterns. Boasting of its delicacy, the artwork displays folk patterns on a paper of several square centimeters. Going through complicated procedures which cost at least one week to complete, it reflects the local ocean culture and folk customs. Its making craft was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Lu Faliang, 76, an inheritor of the craft, has been engaged in the art for over 50 years. In his career, he not only makes traditional paper knife cuttings, but also creates new ones which reflect modern life and local culture. He set up a Yueqing paper cutting seminar in 1985 and a Yueqing dragon lantern paper knife cutting institute in 2003. Creating a

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(240321) -- YUEQING, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Faliang makes a paper knife cutting at his studio in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 12, 2024. Paper knife cutting, a folk artwork popular in Yueqing City in China's southeast coastal area, is originated from paper cutting on local dragon lanterns. Boasting of its delicacy, the artwork displays folk patterns on a paper of several square centimeters. Going through complicated procedures which cost at least one week to complete, it reflects the local ocean culture and folk customs. Its making craft was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Lu Faliang, 76, an inheritor of the craft, has been engaged in the art for over 50 years. In his career, he not only makes traditional paper knife cuttings, but also creates new ones which reflect modern life and local culture. He set up a Yueqing paper cutting seminar in 1985 and a Yueqing dragon lantern paper knife cutting institute in 2003. Creating and collecting artworks,

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUEQING-PAPER KNIFE CUTTINGS-INHERITOR (CN)

(240321) -- YUEQING, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Faliang designs a pattern of paper knife cutting themed on the city view at his studio in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 12, 2024. Paper knife cutting, a folk artwork popular in Yueqing City in China's southeast coastal area, is originated from paper cutting on local dragon lanterns. Boasting of its delicacy, the artwork displays folk patterns on a paper of several square centimeters. Going through complicated procedures which cost at least one week to complete, it reflects the local ocean culture and folk customs. Its making craft was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Lu Faliang, 76, an inheritor of the craft, has been engaged in the art for over 50 years. In his career, he not only makes traditional paper knife cuttings, but also creates new ones which reflect modern life and local culture. He set up a Yueqing paper cutting seminar in 1985 and a Yueqing dragon lantern paper knife cutting institute in 200

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