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The Tohono O'odham Nation resists the expansion of the Border Wall. You can listen to 5, 8-minute-long radio broadcasts put together by KPFA radio.
Border Wall Resistance: Sovereignty, Sacred Lands, and the Fight in Southern Arizona | KPFA
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Tribal members, environmental activists and local land defenders are resisting the Trump administration’s border wall expansion at several points along the U.S.–Mexico border in Arizona. On the…0 CommentsComment on Facebook
This is a 10-minute video of the sacred Nora ceremony recognized as Intangible Culture by UNESCO in 2021. It is a centuries-old form of dance theatre and improvisational singing usually based on stories about the Buddha or legendary heroes.
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Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan (or Phra Mahathat monastery) is in Thailand. It has been a Buddhist Center since the 8th century C.E. and it is still a very active Buddhist site. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2026. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage because of its Intangible History for the Nora Ceremony (2021) and for the annual Sacred 'Hae Pha Khun That' Ceremony where stupas are wrapped in sacred cloth.
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This is a newly inscribed site on the UNESCO World Heritage List: The Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Royalty, Mongolia. The tombs date from the 3rd century BCE to the 2nd century CE. These eurasian peoples were mainly nomadic and their burial sites demonstrate a highly organized and complexly engineered manner of burying their dead.
The recreation of a noble tomb and associated tapestries and carpets are from the Chinggis Khan National Museum.
The photo with the aerial view was taken by G. Eregzen. The deep view of an excavation in progress was taken by N. Erdene-Orchir.
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This is Katsuragi Hitokonushi Shinto Shrine located 17-miles south of Nara in Gose City. It is dedicated to Ichigon-san who only hears prayers that use one word…in fact, small wooden prayer plaques -ema – look to be longer than one word.
There are also sacred rocks marked with ropes. Also, a famous 1200-year-old Ginko Tree that is a "Breast Shrine" -see the formations that look like hanging breasts – where women go to pray for lactation and breast health. In the broader sense these are places devoted to fertility.
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