Illustration Credit: Tarisha Sarker Although the re-emergence of Hanfu in China began nearly 20 years ago, this traditional form of clothing has recently reached new heights in modern fashion due to its rising popularity on social media platforms. Hanfu is a type of dress, initially worn during the Han Chinese era. It is considered to […]
Illustration Credit: Eva Dinino Home is Lagos, Nigeria and on most Sunday mornings we’ve just showered and are dressed in our Sunday’s best, getting ready to head to church (if you’re religious) or, have a chill morning filled with slower routines and the relaxing aura of the final day of the weekend. My family and […]
Image Source: Google Arts & Culture As this year continues to be defined by unexpected surprises, I can still recall my initial one. I had made plans to visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York in January, but they had to be cancelled at the last minute as a result of anticipated snowstorms […]
Source: Michael Coyne / Getty Images Mid-Autumn Festival might be internationally known as a Chinese holiday, but it is actually a festival with a variety of features celebrated in many other Asian communities. In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly referred to as Children’s Day or Family Reunion Day. Like in many other countries following the […]
Illustration Credit: Margot Whipps As a Chinese student who has lived in the US for four years, I still cannot forget some mistakes that I made when I first got here. Cultural shock is the most challenging thing that every new international student needs to get over, but moody days will fade away as long […]
Illustration: Eva Dinino Don’t worry, it will get better. With so much time on your hands, you should do all the things you never could fit into your schedule. You should exercise. Be grateful you are not sick. Pick up a new hobby. Learn a new language. Improve your skills. Take online courses. Now in […]
Image source: Netflix At the start of the movie The Two Popes, the protagonist, Cardinal Bergoglio, gives a sermon to an impoverished community in Buenos Aires. Recounting the ministry of St. Francis of Asisi, he narrates how the saint hears God’s voice instructing him to “repair my Church.” Bergoglio (played by Jonathan Pryce) continues explaining […]
Photo credit: Chuncheon-si People As a Korean, I have always wondered how such diverse traditions can be created in this small country, the size of America’s one state with 51 million people. After transferring to Temple last year, I realized Korean culture that I took for granted was unique—so unique that people here hardly experience. […]
Illustration: Peter Naktin The news was shocking to architects all around the United States: President Donald Trump plans to make all federal buildings “neoclassical” again. Trump’s administration has drafted an executive order to ensure “the classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default style” for government buildings nationwide, according to the Architectural Record. This […]
Photo by Quinten de Graaf on Unsplash Glitter, costumes, beer and loud music – magic takes over Brazil during Carnival. Our most famous holiday is certainly popular for a reason. Before moving to the United States, I made a mental list of all the things I would miss about Brazil, and Carnival was high on the list. Carnival […]
Illustration Credit: Sana Kewalramani When I introduce myself to others as Mexican, a common response is to question whether my national background is true. “You are Mexican? You don’t look like one,” people tend to say. I am always put off by these comments, and I wonder, how is a Mexican supposed to look like […]
Illustration Credit: Eva DiNino “ I love him! ” That’s what I exclaimed to my friends as I finished expressing my feelings for my roommate during the summer. Yet immediately I turned around to look at other people’s reaction in the room. What would they say about me? I became ashamed because the comment could […]
Black History Month, celebrated in February, commemorates the 15th Amendment that granted African Americans the right to vote and acknowledges the role played by them throughout history. In Philadelphia, Black History Month is especially significant because of the abundance of Black-owned businesses, museums documenting African American history and historical sites that one can visit to […]
Image: 3 (tuyển tập nhạc Ngọt mới trẻ sôi động 2019) by Ngọt on Spotify After two and a half years of working and preparing, Ngot’s newest album “3” was released in October this year. Ngot (or sweetness in translation) is one of the few Indie bands in Vietnam with five members Vu Dinh Trong […]
Illustration credit: Vy Le “It was the goblins”, my Mexican great-grandma used to reply as someone in the household thought an item went missing. “Let’s pray to St. Claire to find it!” As we walked in my hometown of Puebla, my dad also had intriguing statements about the paranormal. “They say a demon lives in […]
Illustration credit: Phuong Huynh There is something about ghost stories: the thrill they give you from the jump scare, the spooky appearance, or the nightmares keeps you up past midnight. Nevertheless, while the purpose of ghost stories is often ascribed to pure entertainment, in many parts of the world, ghost stories have become a culturally […]
A woman in Xi’an purchasing dumplings with Alipay I met up with a friend in Shanghai last summer. He had recently moved from Taipei, where we competed on our company’s dragon boat team together, to Shanghai. We met up for bubble tea at a crowded corner shop just outside Qibao Water Town. It looked like […]
Puerto Ricans celebrate at the Puerto Rican Pride Parade in NYC. Image source: Medium “We have not given justice to the Spanish Pioneers…simply because we have been misled,” wrote Native American activist Charles Lummis in 1893. To him, the Hispanics “made a record unparalleled; but our textbooks have not recognized that fact.” Almost 130 years […]
Illustration credit: Sana Kewalramani During the week of spring semester finals I received an email from the chair of the journalism department David Mindich, with a subject line “Spend a week in Greece this summer and earn three transfer credits through the Thessaloniki International Summer Media Academy.” Studying at home right then, I looked out the […]
Illustration credit: Eva DiNino “I don’t care about getting to know you. I want to know how you get to know.” With a flourish, Professor Hrebeniak dismissed the class, allowing all of us to marinate in his parting words and dissect the scrawl dictating our homework assignment for the night. Today, we were to emulate […]
