YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 451 views • 3:30

YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 164 views • 2:48

YouTube description: The type of sushi you’re probably most familiar with is haya-nare, a quick form of sushi made and consumed within a day using vinegared rice and raw fish. But there’s a second... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 562 views • 2:55

YouTube description: Shemika Campbell hails from a long line of limbo. Both her mother and her grandmother were limbo dancers, carrying on the traditionally Trinidadian form of dance. Shemika is keeping... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,045 views • 2:44

YouTube description: The kaffiyeh is a traditional Arab headdress and a symbol of the Palestinian struggle. Today, it continues to represent an important part of Palestinian heritage. Unfortunately,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 347 views • 2:13

YouTube description: Real indigo-dyed clothing is not like the blue you know. Richer than the chemical blues used on most fabrics today, real indigo dye comes from a plant and has a surprising range... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,390 views • 3:05

YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months ago • 659 views • 2:54

The history of eating one's fellow man is rich with culinary tradition and innovation, carried on in no small part by Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In this pivotal scene, he gives a fellow killer a taste of his... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 98 views • 6:42

YouTube description: When dancer David Chanishvili is on stage, he believes that he can fly. Indeed, he appears to glide through the air with ease while performing for the traditional Sukhishvili Georgian... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,316 views • 2:33

YouTube description: In Mexico, seniors are traditionally cared for in the homes of relatives. But a boom of foreign retirees, many of them Americans, have begun moving to Mexico to live out their years,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 792 views • 7:52

For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been training draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 95 views • 2:39

The traditional practice of soap making in the Nablus soap factory (zero automation).

YouTube description: In the high-altitude city of La Paz, Bolivia, rates of heart problems dwarf those of cities at sea level. But an unexpected partnership between medicine and art is helping address... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 69 views • 3:08

YouTube description: In 1971, sushi was not widely consumed in North America. In fact, it wasn't popular at all. Chef Hidekazu Tojo, a Japanese chef new to Vancouver, British Columbia, needed to find... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 460 views • 2:18

The Christmas Number One is a British tradition: but it's one that's having to go through some changes -- because not many people buy music any more. Here's how the charts are calculated these days, and... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 508 views • 3:21

It's Twue!

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 775 views • 1:39

Makgeolli is Korea's emblematic rice-based alcohol, and Kim Taek-Sang makes it from a family recipe that is over 300 years old. The Seoul-based brewmaster uses only traditional techniques and equipment... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months ago • 84 views • 2:59

In Gävle, Sweden, every year they build Gävlebocken, an enormous traditional Swedish Christmas straw goat. And every year, someone tries to burn it down. Here's to holiday traditions.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 377 views • 2:59

A newly designed wind turbine leaves behind a loud, noisy and sometimes dangerous traditional feature of bladed turbines.

posted by newtboy 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 801 views • 1:14