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NHK – Mountainous Traditions (2022)

05/12/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

NHK – Mountainous Traditions (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 726 MB

Near the 4,000 meter peaks of China’s Qilian Mountains reside the Tu people. [Read more…]

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Saitama Traditions Tokyo’s Scenic Neighbor (2022)

25/01/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Saitama Traditions: Tokyo’s Scenic Neighbor (2022)
English | Size: 829 MB
Category: Documentary

The late autumn gingko trees are a brilliant yellow in Tokyo’s neighboring prefecture of Saitama. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Secret Scotland Customs and Traditions (2020)

21/09/2020 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Channel 5 – Secret Scotland: Customs and Traditions (2020)
English | Size: 1.23 GB
Category: Documentary

Highlights from the programme in which Susan Calman takes a lighthearted jaunt around her homeland to uncover the untold tales behind some of Scotland’s most famous locations. She visits romantic and rugged locations, and takes an in-depth look at their history, people and exciting treasures, often receiving private tours of iconic Scottish spots and uncovering hidden secrets of the past and present. From quiet countryside to brooding coastlines, this love letter to Scotland demonstrates the best of what the country has to offer. [Read more…]

Cornish Folk Traditions – The Oss Tales

06/06/2017 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Cornish Folk Traditions – The Oss Tales
English | Size: 757.69 MB
Category: Northern European Paganism

Padstow, a town on the north coast of Cornwall, celebrates May Day with a unique custom: two hobby horses, or osses dance through the town streets, accompanied by drums and accordians. All Padstownians participate in this exciting event, which has now become a tourist attraction, drawing over 30,000 visitors the first of May to this fishing town of 3000. Folklorists Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy visited Padstow in 1951, producing a film called Oss Oss Wee Oss (1953). In 2004, filmmaker John Bishop and folklorist Sabina Magliocco (with Jaynie Ali Aydin and Noah Bishop) returned to Padstow to see how the custom was faring fifty years later.
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