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On a royal family and a dying language in a hidden corner of Kashmir.
25/07/2025

On a royal family and a dying language in a hidden corner of Kashmir.

Wearing a white pheran — a long woolen cloak — and holding behind it a hot coal earthen pot known as a Kangri, 74-year-old Raja Jahangir Ali looks like any other Kashmiri. But when he asks his daughter to bring a cup of tea for the guests, he speaks in a foreign language, giving a hint of his un

In the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled between the Andes and the Amazon in southwest Colombia, the Indigenous c...
25/07/2025

In the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled between the Andes and the Amazon in southwest Colombia, the Indigenous cultures of the Kamëntšá and Inga peoples coexist alongside the majority mestizo population and an influx of foreign visitors.

I spent three months conducting anthropological research in the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled between the Andes and the Amazon in southwest Colombia. There, the Indigenous cultures of the Kamëntšá and Inga peoples coexist alongside the majority mestizo population and an influx of forei...

A dispatch from Syria, where former fighters are rebuilding their country.
24/07/2025

A dispatch from Syria, where former fighters are rebuilding their country.

A small crack in the heavy metal door let in a sliver of golden morning light. We had arrived at 2:15 a.m. and gone straight to bed, exhausted. As I opened my eyes, sunlight glared through the gap, revealing the faces of three curious girls, wrapped in lilac uniforms and headscarves. They smiled ne

Ingrid Cruz reveals how she built a life as a third culture kid.
24/07/2025

Ingrid Cruz reveals how she built a life as a third culture kid.

People in Argentina often ask me where I come from, and I usually don’t know how to answer. My identity has always been multifaceted. I was born in El Salvador and raised in the United States, where I was an undocumented immigrant. The experience of growing up undocumented colored my life in Los

In the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled between the Andes and the Amazon in southwest Colombia, the Indigenous c...
22/07/2025

In the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled between the Andes and the Amazon in southwest Colombia, the Indigenous cultures of the Kamëntšá and Inga peoples coexist alongside the majority mestizo population and an influx of foreign visitors.

https://lazomagazine.com/cultural-pluralism-and-the-indigenous-people-of-the-sibundoy-valley

I spent three months conducting anthropological research in the Sibundoy Valley, a verdant basin nestled between the Andes and the Amazon in southwest Colombia. There, the Indigenous cultures of the Kamëntšá and Inga peoples coexist alongside the majority mestizo population and an influx of forei...

In the Afro-descendant town of Puerto Tejada, in the southern Colombian department of Cauca, a handful of master swordsm...
21/07/2025

In the Afro-descendant town of Puerto Tejada, in the southern Colombian department of Cauca, a handful of master swordsmen represent one of the last bastions of the traditional martial art called grima.

In the Afro-descendant town of Puerto Tejada, in the southern Colombian department of Cauca, a handful of master swordsmen represent one of the last bastions of the traditional martial art called grima, or machete fencing. From its origins in the colonial era to the threats facing this ancestral art

Ukrainians are fighting back in all kinds of ways. https://lazomagazine.com/ukrainians-in-berlin-are-defending-their-cul...
21/07/2025

Ukrainians are fighting back in all kinds of ways.

https://lazomagazine.com/ukrainians-in-berlin-are-defending-their-culture-in-exile/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLnlH1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpgfMxHxTSaR5vNDXNQb61vTdXwZLPne3C42aEl4os9lfVQLFtnJes6VVTW5_aem_0aSuzpluz1PXJ4M3O-vvYg

Driven from their homes by a sudden and bloody war, young Ukrainians are fighting to preserve their culture. In the German capital, where an international art scene is thriving, Ukrainians are resisting Russia’s attempt to wipe their culture off the map by establishing safe spaces for Ukrainian

On a tiny country with a rich linguistic history.
20/07/2025

On a tiny country with a rich linguistic history.

In some ways, the tiny country of Luxembourg looks like a land from a fairytale. Many of its government policies, especially regarding multiculturalism, also sound idyllic. Officially, the country is trilingual. But after living in the country for a year, I realized that the lived reality is a bit m

Zanzibar has a 20,000-year-old history that brought both progress and oppression to the archipelago. For centuries, Afri...
20/07/2025

Zanzibar has a 20,000-year-old history that brought both progress and oppression to the archipelago. For centuries, Africans, Arabs, Europeans, and Indians influenced this land known as “Spice Island,” creating a multiracial and multicultural society.

Zanzibar is a tropical oasis shaped by migration and multiculturalism. A group of islands off mainland Tanzania, with two large islands called Pemba and Unguja, Zanzibar has a 20,000-year-old history that brought both progress and oppression to the archipelago. For centuries, Africans, Arabs, Eu

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