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East Asia
Korean chickens ― guardians from evil spirits and disease
Did you know that Korea’s humble chicken has a noble past? There are legends that chickens played a key role in the birth of some members of the royal families of the Kingdom of Silla (57 B.C. 935 A.D.). One king was said to have been born from a…
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West Asia
A noted Kuwaiti poet sends preface of her anthology to be published in Korea
*Editor’s note: I am glad to inform you that The AsiaN will publish the anthology titled “A Woman from Kuwait” of Kuwaiti poet Dr. Souad Al Sabah around the end of this month (January). Some of her poems translated into Korean have already been introduced in The AsiaN’s Korean edition in series under the title of “Poetic Fragrance…
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East Asia
‘I perform with all my heart and soul’
Psy, YouTube, pianist prodigy get CICI award Decked out in his signature sunglasses and suit, singer and rapper Psy expressed thanks Tuesday on receiving the Korea Image Stepping Stone Award from the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI). “The year 2012 was unforgettable,“ said Psy in an interview that was pre-recorded…
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South Asia
A Bull Tamer Tries To Control A Bull During The Sport Called Jallikattu In Palamedu, India
Bull tamers try to control a bull during the bull-taming sport called Jallikattu, in Palamedu, about 575 kilomters (359 miles) south of Chennai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Jallikattu is an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils played during the harvest festival of Pongal. A bull tamer holds on…
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East Asia
Japanese Youths Walk In The Snow After Attending Coming Of Age Ceremony At A Park In Tokyo
Dressed in Japanese kimonos, Japanese youths who have turned or will turn 20-year-old this year, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, walk in the snow following a Coming of Age ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi> Young girls dressed in traditional…
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East Asia
Rare photos of past Korean society to be shown in Japan
Two old men, dressed in traditional Korean garb, face the camera, one performing what seems like a traditional dance move, are seen against the sea off Jindo, South Jeolla Province. Japanese photographer Takumi Fujimoto captured during the 1970s and ’80s what he saw as exotic and rare scenes that revealed…
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South Asia
People Pray At Ganges River In Varanasi On The Occasion Of Makar Sankranti, A Hindu Holy Day
People worship on the bank of the River Ganges on the eve of Makar Sankranti in the temple town of Varanasi, Jan. 13, 2013. A large number of Hindu pilgrims converged for the Gangasagar Fair on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar during which…
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South Asia
Naked Hindu Holy Men Talk Ahead Of Maha Kumbh Festival In Allahabad, India
Naked Hindu holy men, or a Naga Sadhus, talk in their camp after arriving at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, ahead of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday Jan. 13, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the…
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South Asia
Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India
“The Poetic Discourse of the fictional narration in Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s Novels” is the title approved by University of Calicut for Mrs. Sabeena K. to study to works of the Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The topic was approved in April 26th. 2012, under the supervising of Dr. Moideenkutty A.B.…
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West Asia
Zina, a young cartoonist, depicts her comics with a “revolutionary” sense
Born in Cairo of Greek-Lebanese parents, taught in Canada, and arrived back to Lebanon, the country of her parents, those aspects made the cosmopolitan profile of the young artist Ms. Pert Zina Mufarrij, the artist who makes Zina Comics, to express herself, and her love, which is not a blind…
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