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More than a month after Grenada's annual carnival celebrations there is continuing controversy over the calypso songs which provided the musical background for the festival.NICARAGUA: ‘Man of Thousand Voices’ has Fun at Others’ Expense
Luis Enrique Calderon, Nicaragua's best mime- actor, is having a field day in the runup to the presidential elections with his hilarious impersonations of the two main candidates.CULTURE-INDIA: Sambalpur Weavers Keep Tradition Alive
A traditional Indian women's wear, a zealously guarded craft passed down the generations and a foreign non-governmental organisation have together brought fame to this distant corner in the country's eastern coastal state of Orissa.CINEMA-IRAN: Tribute to Iranian Director
Familiar primarily by the critical recognition that he has received at international film festivals, Abbas Kiarostami is one of Iran's most outstanding directors.THEATRE: Vernacular Plays Give Audiences a Voice
In Kenya, which embraced multipartyism in 1991 but remained a de facto one-party state, theatre has blossomed into the voice of the people, with anti-establishment plays staged again and again to packed houses.MUSIC-U.S.: Rappers Question Genre’s Bleak State
The death of a prominent star, attacks from politicians, declining sales and critical dismay: Rap music has had to face just about every indicator of decline this summer.ARTS: Featuring the Empire of the Sultans
It was an appropriate choice to open the new Brunei Gallery with 'The Empire of the Sultans', a beautiful exhibition on art in the Ottoman Empire.THAILAND: Ghosts Terrify TV Audience, But Reward Producers
Thais are terrified of ghosts, and will do almost anything to avoid meeting one, except on Wesdnesday nights at 11 p.m. when many tune into the successful Kayao Kwan Wan Pud ("Wednesday's Shaking Spirits") show on Channel 3.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/07) /REPEAT/
Next month, when the first notes are sounded at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay will be grooving to a trend.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT /06)
When Chilean writers Alberto Fuguet and Sergio Gomez started selecting stories for their anthology 'McOndo', they were absolutely certain about one thing: they would not accept any "magical realism".(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT /02)
An ambitious festival designed to showcase theatrical talents in the Southern African region has been abandoned because of the eleventh hour refusal of donors to underwrite the costs.URUGUAY-ARGENTINA: Painting The Purple Land
Between 1930 and 1940, cheap calendars produced by a shoe factory graced the walls of thousands of poor homes in Argentina and Uruguay, more for the beauty of their extraordinary illustrations than for any practical use.ARTS-SOUTH AFRICA: Johannesburg Comes Alive as Spring Sets in
The picnic baskets, T-shirts and bermudas are out again and the cabriolets, bumper-to-bumper, bee-line to the parks of this city as the final curtain falls on winter and the season of arts and culture begins.COSTA RICA-LITERATURE: Big Tales from a Small, Disappearing World
In the small village where Ufran Garcia was born, trees were once used as signposts. But this evidence of small size and restrictive isolation masked a world that was "immensely big and free".CULTURE-INDIA: Remembering “Gandhi ji”
History records and having done so moves on. But some memories, some dates are recalled like the 125th birth anniversary of India's independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/01)
The U.S. Civil War ended 131 years ago, but New York is at war with California today.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/05) /REPEAT/
A violent father. An uncle with delusions of power. A paralytic grandfather on excursion through the pages of pornographic magazines. A young couple desperate for a place to make love.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/03) /REPEAT/
The novel selected by Uruguayan critics as winner of the 1996 'Bartolome Hidalgo' literary prize is set in three countries, spans decades, and explores themes squeezed from debilitating experiences of love and war.LITERATURE: Chilean Writers Find Liberty Lonely in Canada
This quiet, bureaucratic Canadian capital which harbours residues of British colonialism is an unlikely place for a thriving community of expatriate Chilean writers.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/01)
With each literary award he receives, Filipino writer Nick Joaquin is troubled by the same, constantly recurring thought: "This is hubris, this is hubris, you'll end up kaput."MUSIC-CUBA: Salsa – Popular or Vulgar, Cubans’ Feet Don’t Care
The press calls it vulgar, some musicians consider it overly simplistic, and the Catholic Church deems it mediocre. But the controversy surrounding salsa music in Cuba has failed to dent its popularity.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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