Tag: Turkey

  • Philippine National Folk Dance Company Wins Top Award

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    The world-renowned Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company won the Gold Award in the 14th World Folklore Festival in Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey, on July 7, 2013, besting dance groups from Brazil, Egypt, Greece, Ukraine, Estonia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Slovenia, Mexico, Hungary, Serbia, North Cyprus, Turkey, and Slovakia. The Bayanihan company, whose name means working together for…

  • Micro-art and Mysticism

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    Influenced by his native Istanbul, Hassan Kale creates works he calls “micro-art.”  The natural world is his canvas –  bugs, flowers, beans and seeds.  Asked how he learned to paint on such a small scale and what his influences were, Kale responded: It all started with a challenge.  I wanted to test myself and determine…

  • Honoring Abdullah Comert

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    Abdullah Comert is now the second confirmed casualty of the uprising in Turkey. The 22 year-old was pronounced dead last night from wounds to the head sustained by “unidentified gunmen,” but eyewitness accounts are placing the blame on police, whose brutal tactics have been well-documented by protesters.  His final Facebook post is up on reddit.  If  you want to…