Mona Lisa targeted in Louvre cake-throwing attack. Famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged.
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A trip to Gee’s Bend, Alabama, where masterpieces hang from clotheslines
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The race to save Ukraine’s sacred art
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Why Americans eat dessert for breakfast
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I have two last names - here is why they both matter
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Danes revel in 'dancing cow day' for first time since Covid outbreak – national event to mark organic dairy cattle's release from winter barns has been online only since 2020
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Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival brought performers from Alaska, Canada and Greenland together to share their own ways of dancing and singing
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In mainland Iceland's northernmost town, the women who powered the herring industry – and fought for gender equality – are driving a new tourism boom
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Three centuries on, a shaman's precious rune drum returns home – instrument confiscated by the Danes is given back to the Sámi
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Digital archivists race to preserve Ukrainian heritage
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Hiding art in basements, returning loans, reopening as bomb shelters: How Ukraine’s museums are handling the Russian invasion
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Notes on work
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UN's culture agency adds Nordic clinker boats to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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While millions of children all over the world wait eagerly for Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, youngsters in Iceland start receiving their presents on Dec. 11th
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Giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the Swedish city of Gävle has been burned by an arsonist... again
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The town where holding fireworks over your head is a tradition
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How Cuban is Cuban bread?
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Ceylon cinnamon has been produced in Sri Lanka for generations. But experienced peelers are now rare.
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All that and a bag of chips: The history of Frito pie
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On the small island of Heimaey, chef Matthías Auðunsson is at the helm of a food movement that honours Iceland's history while coaxing it into a new era of innovation
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What is chess hustling and how much do chess hustlers make?
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A story about living in nature and the value of culture captures the spirit of Finland – Lizzie Enfield explores the remarkable legacy of 'Seitsemän veljestä'
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Understanding tea
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What is Asian American music, really? Seeking more than representation, a critic tries to make sense of a fragmented, disparate musical tradition
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The secret history of Angostura Bitters
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A Finnish drink with a heroic past – in the 16th century, effervescent sima was more desired than beer and has since become the go-to beverage for ushering in spring
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Meet some of the last papyrus makers in Egypt keeping a 5,000-year-old craft alive | Still Standing
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The overwhelmingly White image of beer culture erases a much longer, far-reaching narrative of Black brewing
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The last remaining juke joints in America: The future of these blues clubs is at a crossroads
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Crying in H Mart: Sobbing near the dry goods, I ask myself, “Am I even Korean anymore if there’s no one left in my life to call and ask which brand of seaweed we used to buy?"
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The history of Jews, Chinese food, and Christmas, explained by a rabbi
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How one woman is sharing Kazakhstan’s national instrument and cultural dress on Instagram
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Living legacy
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In Louisiana, Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity
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Why footbinding persisted in China for a millennium
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Kulning – The often high-pitched herding calls of the Nordic fäbod culture; a group of labor songs developed out of needs rather than musical expression
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Whale meat has seen an increase in sales this year in Norway – according to local whalers, demand has outstripped supply for the first time in half a decade
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An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight
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Swedes have long embraced their version of staycations: hemester – Covid-19 travel restrictions and remote working are reshaping the tradition
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The mesmerizing geometry of Malaysia’s most complex cakes
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A small collection of novels — some great, some not so great — appeared in just the right form at just the right moment to effect lasting changes
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Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material
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The ways that a cheese can go extinct, and the cheesemakers who are working to save them
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The oldest restaurant in (almost) every country
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Our country is in chaos. But it's a great time to be an American
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Reclaiming Indian food from the white gaze
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Welcome to Laufskálarétt – The autumn ritual of wild horse herding in Iceland's Kolbeinsdalur Valley
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Did the Italians actually teach the French the art of the vinaigrette?
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America’s ‘fried chicken war’
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What happens when a brown chef cooks white food?
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