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Fact The Notting Hill Carnival in London

Performers take part in a rain soaked Notting Hill Carnival on August 25th, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images)

Performers take part in a rain soaked Notting Hill Carnival on August 25th, 2014 in London, England. Despite the bad weather over 1 million visitors are expected to attend the two-day event which is the largest of its kind in Europe. The event has taken place on the West London streets every August Bank Holiday weekend since 1964. (Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images)

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26 Aug 2014 10:57:00,post received 0 comments

Educative The Shwedagon Pagoda

The Shwedagon Pagoda officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw, also known in English as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a 99 metres (325 ft)[citation needed] gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within: the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight strands of hair from Gautama, the historical Buddha. Uppatasanti Pagoda is an exact replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Naypyidaw, the new capital of Burma.

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19 Aug 2013 14:37:00,post received 0 comments

Educative The Three Peaks of Lavaredo

The three peaks of Lavaredo, or the “Tre Cime di Lavaredo” in Italian, are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps, and one of the most photographed in Italy. The three peaks are named, from east to west, "little peak" (Cima Piccola), "big peak" (Cima Grande) and "western peak" (Cima Ovest). The Cima Grande has an elevation of 2,999 metres (9,839 ft). It stands between the Cima Piccola, at 2,857 metres (9,373 ft), and the Cima Ovest, at 2,973 metres (9,754 ft).

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21 Oct 2013 10:27:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Impressive Photographs by Amateur Photographer Kutub Uddin

“Ohh no :( Raining”. (Photo by Kutub Uddin)

This photo was caught on camera by amateur photographer Kutub Uddin, 27, and was taken in his back garden in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. The red-eyed tree frogs have been Mr Uddin's pets for four months and he often lets them out to roam around his garden. Photo: “Ohh no :( Raining”. (Photo by Kutub Uddin)

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30 Jan 2014 08:42:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Mah Meri Tribe of Malaysia Conducts Ritual Dance

The People of Mah Meri tribe at home at Pulau Carey village on December 03, 2016 in Selangor, Malaysia. (Photo by Yuli Seperi/Sijori Images/Barcroft India)

The People of Mah Meri tribe at home at Pulau Carey village on December 03, 2016 in Selangor, Malaysia. The Mah Meri people are one 18 tribes of Orang Asal (indigenous people) living in west Malaysia. The Mah Meri are know for thei wood carvings and also for the richness of their songs and dances. (Photo by Yuli Seperi/Sijori Images/Barcroft India)

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06 Dec 2016 10:38:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Shelter from Wild Elephants

A man eats a meal under his tree house, which acts as a shelter from wild elephants, in Gwe Cho village, Shwe Taung Yan township Ayeyarwady division January 18, 2016. Wild elephants are driving villagers in a Myanmar township to seek refuge while the animals storm their rice paddies, in Ayeyarwady in the Delta region, West of Yangon. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

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20 Jan 2016 08:05:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Chinese Revolutionary Ballet «Red Detachment of Women» (1972)

“«The Red Detachment of Women» (simplified Chinese: 红色娘子军) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. It is perhaps best known in the West as the ballet performed for U.S. President Richard Nixon on his visit to China in February 1972. Adapted from the earlier film of the same title under the personal direction of Zhou Enlai, which in turn adapted from the novel by Liang Xin, it depicts the liberation of a peasant girl in Hainan Island and her rise in the Chinese Communist Party”.

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11 Mar 2011 11:36:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Billboard In SoHo Acts As Mood Meter Reacting To Emoticons Used On Twitter

Billboard acts as a mood-meter by analyzing Twitter and guaging the number of happy and sad emoticons used at any given moment, causing the billboard's face to change between a smile and a frown

A billboard for JELL-O stands at the corner of Grand Street and West Broadway on August 2, 2011 in New York City. The billboard acts as a mood-meter by analyzing Twitter and guaging the number of happy and sad emoticons used at any given moment, causing the billboard's face to change between a smile and a frown. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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03 Aug 2011 11:46:00,post received 0 comments