When she sways to the beat of samba, Megumi Kudo also heals the wounds in her mother’s heart from a huge earthquake that shattered their home city in Japan 20 years ago. This year’s festive menu for ...

As the story goes, a few thousand years ago a disciple, worried that his mother was suffering after passing away, asked Buddha what he might do to ease her pain. Not much, the faithful man was advised ...

PARIS – The U.N. cultural body added dozens of regional traditions Friday to its list of intangible heritage treasures, including Brazil’s samba, Turkey’s whirling dervishes and a “cultural space” in ...

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