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Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, center, arrives for a great chanting ceremony at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on March 16, 2007.

‘Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet’

Lifestyle & Belief

A new book teaches that the Zen Buddhist practice of mindfulness can help us break out of a destructive cycle of consumption and live in harmony with the planet.

Egyptian men and Sufi Muslims practice ritualized Zikr (invocation)

Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo’s Conselho do Bom Senso

Arts

Museum of God

Arts, Culture & Media

Opera singers go east, to China

Arts, Culture & Media

Will the Pentagon’s next war be 3-D printed?

Global Scan
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A few months ago this Nepali girl was a goddess, now she’s a seventh grader

Lifestyle & Belief

In Nepal, a centuries old tradition of choosing a young girl as a goddess continues to this day. Nepali Hindus and Buddhists worship this girl, known as a Kumari. They believe she’s a reincarnation of the Hindu goddess, Durga. There are a few different goddesses in the Kathmandu valley. The World’s Sonia Narang spent time with one of them during a trip to Nepal.

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A few months ago this Nepali girl was a goddess, now she’s a seventh grader

Lifestyle & Belief

In Nepal, a centuries old tradition of choosing a young girl as a goddess continues to this day. Nepali Hindus and Buddhists worship this girl, known as a Kumari. They believe she’s a reincarnation of the Hindu goddess, Durga. There are a few different goddesses in the Kathmandu valley. The World’s Sonia Narang spent time with one of them during a trip to Nepal.

After the Quake: Music, Politics and Spirituality in Haiti

For this exclusive Afropop Worldwide Hip Deep report, producer Ned Sublette travels to Port-au-Prince, where he checks in with bandleader Richard Morse of RAM, and with Lolo and Manzé Beaubrun of Boukman Eksperyans, both of whom produced hotly controversial carnival songs … Read more »

After the Quake: Music, Politics and Spirituality in Haiti

For this exclusive Afropop Worldwide Hip Deep report, producer Ned Sublette travels to Port-au-Prince, where he checks in with bandleader Richard Morse of RAM, and with Lolo and Manzé Beaubrun of Boukman Eksperyans, both of whom produced hotly controversial carnival songs … Read more »

A rare antique tribal mask, Kachina Hapota, circa 1910-1920

Why a charity and an anonymous bidder are returning ‘old friends’ to the Hopi

Lifestyle & Belief

Money doesn’t always make things right, but sometimes it sure can. The Hopi Nation received a priceless gift today, after its heritage went up for auction in Paris.

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