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Jeepneys
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Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (1913 – 1980) - An American track and field (sprint and long jump) athlete....
Dante Alighieri
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) - A German professor of theology and priest at the origins of the...
Dolly
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Litema
Litema - A form of Sesotho mural art with geometric patterns, displayed on the outer walls as well...
Stonehenge
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Amish
The Amish - Traditionalist Christian church mainly in North America which stems in 1693 from Jakob Ammann (1644-1730),...
Angkor
Angkor អង្គរ - The capital city of the Khmer Empire, also named Yasodharapura, a brilliant place from the...
Ivan IV Vasilyevich
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Durian
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Yggdrasil
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Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539) / penjabi, ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ (Gurū Nānak Dev) - The founder of Sikhism...
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Massoud احمد شاه مسعود (1953 - 2001) - An Afghan politician and military commander, mujahideen during...
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing (1912 – 1954) - An English mathematician and computer scientist, who brought a major contribution...
Maya calendars
Maya calendars - A system of calendars consisting of several cycles (counts) of different lengths with the Tzolkin,...
Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake - An annual and now international event held near Gloucester / England. It...
Xuanzang
Xuanzang 玄奘 (c. 602 – 664) - A Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar known for his decisive seventeen-year travel...
Aisha Musa Ahmad
Aisha Musa Ahmad عائشة موسى أحمد (1905 – 1974) or Aisha al-Falatiya - a Sudanese singer, the first...
Gregory XIII
Gregory XIII (1502 –1585) - Pope of the Catholic Church (1572 – 1585) - Best known for the...
Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos né Jorgensen (1964-) - An American technology entrepreneur, founder, CEO, and president of Amazon.com, Inc....
Kingdom of Kush
Kingdom of Kush (c. 785BCE – c. 350CE) - An ancient kingdom in Nubia. Its capitals were successively Napata (pres....
Halloween
Halloween – A celebration held on 31 October, the eve of the Christian feast of All Hallows' Day...
Torajans
Torajans - An ethnic group of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Christian and Muslim, many practice a sort of animism...
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest or Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle – A tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome covering...
Kael
Ka'el - An annual contest in the Bodi tribe (Ethiopia), which takes place on the New Year, aims...
Sámi people
Sámi people - a Finno-Ugric people present in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Speaking the...
Abya Yala
Abya Yala - In the Guna language, a name meaning "land in its full maturity" used to refer...
Rakire
Rakire - An example of joking relationship practiced in Burkina Faso.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World said to have been...
Domovoi
Domovoi or Domovoy Домово́й - The household god in the Slavic religious tradition. Small and hairy, he is...
Mindar
Mindar 「マインダー」 - The first android priest robot conceived in cooperation between the Koudaiji, a Buddhist temple in...
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 –1968) – An American Baptist minister and activist through nonviolence and civil disobedience,...
Hozho
Hozho - The philosophy of wellness, wellbeing and resilience among the Navajo people.
Namaste
Namaste नमस्ते - Indian greeting, also used for leave-taking - While spoken it comes generally with a slight...
Nikolaj Grundtvig
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783 – 1872) - A Danish pastor and teacher – Very active in the...
Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans
The Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans - A historical Royal Saltworks (located in the Doubs, France) built by Claude-Nicolas...
Hyde Park
Hyde Park – A major park in Central London, established by Henry VIII in 1536, divided by the...
Villa d’Este
Villa d'Este - A 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome, famous for its profusion of fountains and terraced...
Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave (Slovene: Postojnska jama) - A very long karst cave system (24.12 kilometers) located in Slovenia, produced...
Danaë
Danaë Δανάη - An Argive princess, daughter of King Acrisius. After being taught of a certain prophecy, he...
Rose Valley of Kazanlak
Rose Valley of Kazanlak (Bulgarian: Розова долина, Rozova dolina) - A region in Bulgaria famous for its rose-growing...
Rodin Thinker
The Thinker (“Le Penseur” in French) - A bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin (1840 –1917), showing a nude...
Persepolis
Persepolis (Old Persian: Pārsa) - The ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE). UNESCO World Heritage...
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (1724 –1804) - A major German philosopher in the Age of Enlightenment – Author of the...
Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (1870 –1952) - An Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of...
Banya
Banya баня - a Slavic steam bath consisting of a small room with a stove. Very central in...
Aramazd
Aramazd Արամազդ - The chief and creator god, father of the other gods in ancient Armenian mythology.
Poporo
Poporo – A spiritual device used by indigenous cultures in South America which may take a variety of...
Sauna
Sauna (ancient Finnish word) - A small room or sometimes a dedicated building for experiencing dry heat sessions....
Men crocodile
A ritual among Chambri tribe, Papua New Guinea – An initiation to transition from being a boy to...
King Sejong
Sejong the Great 세종대왕 (1397 –1450) - King of the Joseon dynasty of Korea – He reinforced Confucian...
Yennayer
Yennayer ⴰⵙⴻⴳⴳⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ - Amazigh New Year (gen. 14 January, sometimes 13 or 12). ETYM Berber form of...
Sagu
Sago or sagu - A starch extracted from the spongy centre of various tropical palm stems - Major...
Majlis
Majlis مجلس - A place and/or institution for an administrative, social or religious assembly in Islamic countries. Etym....
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pied Piper of Hamelin - Rattenfänger von Hameln – A legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Germany...
Floriography
Floriography of the language of flowers – A sort of cryptological communication consisting of the use of flowers...
Wayang Kulit
Wayang kulit - A form of traditional puppet-shadow play in Indonesia - Intangible Heritage of Humanity 2003 –...
Vahagn
Vahagn Vishapakagh Vahagn the Dragon Reaper or the Dragon Slayer, or Vahakn Վահագն – A god of fire,...
Ramayana
Ramayana रामायणम् - A major Sanskrit epics of ancient India (another being the Mahābhārata) - Narrates the life...
Baldr
Baldr – In Norse mythology, son of Odin and Frigg - “The second son of Odin is Baldur,...
Confucius
Confucius 孔夫子 (551–479 BC) - A Chinese philosopher and politician who lived during the Spring and Autumn period.His...
Morpheus
Morpheus Μορφεύς 'Fashioner' - A god associated with sleep and dreams - For some antic authors, he is...
Achuars
Achuar “the people of the aguaje palm” – An Amazonian community belonging to Jivaroan groups, living along either...
Khoomei
Khoomei Хөөмей or Hooliin Chor - Mongolian throat singing also practiced in Inner Mongolia, Tuva and Siberia -...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) – A composer Born in Salzburg, producing more than 600 works (symphonic,...
Tahu’a
Tahu’a - A man of religion in Polynesian societies in charge of ritual ceremonies, having a broad knowledge...
Didgeridoo
Didgeridoo or didjeridu - A wind instrument used by Indigenous Australians.
Umayyads
Umayyads الأمويون or The Banu Umayya بَنُو أُمَيَّة – The first hereditary and ruling family of the caliphate...
Ibn Sina
Ibn Sina ابن سینا or Avicenna (c. 980 – June 1037) - a Persian Muslim polymath, physician and astronomer...
Jack Ma
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Cemevi
Cemevi - A place where Alevi-Bektashiyyah populations gather around their traditions featuring music and dancing, and where both...
Nilometer
Nilometer, Egypt, structure, measure, Nile River, level, flood, season, vertical, column, stairs, well
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius (1514 –1564) - A Flemish anatomist and physician, founder of modern human anatomy. Author of De...
Ho’oponopono
Hoʻoponopono - A Hawaiian cultural practice aiming to reconciliation and forgiveness.
Angakkuq
Angakkuq ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ - A sort of shaman among the Inuit – Has a knowledge of the rituals and...
Ubuntu
Ubuntu – A Southern African concept (Nguni Bantu term) involving "humanity" and “fraternity” and often translated as "I...
Suleiman I
Suleiman I (1494 – 1566) or Kanunî Sultan Süleyman (قانونى سلطان سليمان "The Lawgiver Suleiman") or Suleiman the...
Qin Shi Huang
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Socrates
Socrates Σωκράτης (c. 470 – 399 BC) - A Greek (Athenian) philosopher, one of the founders of Western philosophy...
Tsantsa
Shrunken head or tsantsa – A practice of headshrinking by the Jivaroan tribes (Shuar, Achuar, Huambisa, Aguaruna) used...
Bastet
Bastet – A goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, originally a fierce lioness warrior goddess of the sun, later...
Stubbs
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Tokyo Wan Kannon
Tokyo Wan Kannon 東京湾観音 - A Kannon Statue located in Chiba - 56m high, it was built in...
Mount Zaô
Mount Zaô 蔵王山 - A complex volcano between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan - Famous for...
The Thirteen Buddhas of Chichibu
The Thirteen Buddhas of Chichibu 秩父十三仏霊場 - A group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 – 1828) or Shaka Zulu - One of the most influential monarchs of the...
National Museum of Japanese History
National Museum of Japanese History 国立歴史民俗博物館 – A history museum founded in 1981 focusing on the history, archaeology,...
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri 青森ねぶた祭り - A summer festival in Aomori Prefecture, Japan in early August. Nebuta designates the...
Yotaka festival
Tonami Yotaka Matsuri 砺波夜高祭り or Yotaka festival – An event held in June in Toyama Prefecture, Japan -...
Shiraito Falls
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Alexandra David-Néel
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Bar mitzvah / Bat mitzvah
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Ella Maillart
Ella Maillart (1903 - 1997) - A Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer- She was also a sportswoman...
Li Shizhen
Li Shizhen 李时珍 (1518 - 1593) – A Chinese physician, naturalist, pharmacologist, herbalist and acupuncturist, known for his...
Hongi
Hongi - The traditional Maori greeting, two people pressing their noses together while touching foreheads- The breath of...
Tsukuba Science City
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Kenroku-en
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Asclepius
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- A Cavalier & a Lady drinking chocolate
- Aachen Cathedral
- Abatwas
- Abbasids
- Abya Yala
- Achuars
- Acupuncture
- Ahimsa
- Ahmad Shah Massoud
- Ahura Mazda
- Aikido
- Ainu people
- Aisha Musa Ahmad
- Ajagaq
- Ak-kalpak
- AKB48
- Akhenaten
- Al-Khwarizmi
- Alan Turing
- Albanian alphabets
- Albert Camus
- Alcuin
- Alexandra David-Néel
- Alexandre de Rhodes
- Allchar deposit
- Almaty
- Althing
- Amanohashidate
- Amaterasu
- Amazon rainforest
- Amber Room
- Ame ni mo makezu
- Amish
- Amitabha
- Ando Tadao
- Andreas Vesalius
- Andy Warhol
- Angakkuq
- Angkor
- Ankh
- Anton Janša
- Aoi Matsuri
- Aomori Nebuta Matsuri
- Aramazd
- Aran Jumper
- Ararat (Mount)
- Arevakhach
- Asahi Shimbun
- Asakusa
- Asclepius
- Asimov’s Laws
- Asubakatchin
- Atoll
- Atomium in Brussels
- Auðumbla
- Awa Odori
- Ayurveda
- Azulejos
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- Cadmus
- Caepa
- Cai Lun
- Candombe drums
- Cang Jie
- Capoeira
- Carl von Linné
- Carthage
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- Cemevi
- Center of the world
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- Chimborazo
- Chinese cricket containers
- Chinese New Year
- Cimitirul Vesel
- City of the Sun
- Cocoa
- Cocoa (Maya)
- Confucius
- Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
- Copper craftsmanship of Lahij
- Corongo’s water judges
- Cosquer Cave
- Cowbells in Portugal
- Cueva de las manos
- Cuir de Cordoue
- Cyril and Methodius
- Çatalhöyük
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- Hachikô
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- Halloween
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- Harald Blåtand Gormsen
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- Hen
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- Hongi
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- Hozho
- Hunahpu and Xbalanque
- Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare
- Hyde Park
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- Ibeji
- Ibn Sina
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- Ikebana
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- Immanuel Kant
- Incense in Yemen
- Indalo
- Indus Valley Civilization
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- International literacy day (September 8)
- Internet of Trees
- Inu Hariko
- Inuit people
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- Ishiguro Hiroshi
- Itsukushima
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- Izanami & Izanagi
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- Kabbadi
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- Karel Čapek
- Kasuga Grand Shrine
- Katana
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- Kinderdijk
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- Mahamastakabhisheka
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- Matsuo Bashô
- Maya calendars
- Maya Strabismus
- Mecca
- Men crocodile
- Mesrop Mashtots
- Microplastic in deepest oceans
- Miike Coal Mine
- Mikiel Anton Vassalli
- Mindar
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- Miyamoto Musashi
- Mizuhiki
- Molly Malone
- Momotarô
- Montessori
- Morna
- Morpheus
- Mottainai
- Mount Zaô
- Muhammad Yunus
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- Naadam
- Nachi no hi matsuri
- Nakahama John Manjirô
- Nakasendô
- Nama and Hereros
- Namaste
- National Museum of Japanese History
- Nazarboncuk
- Nazca Lines & Geoglyphs
- Neurodiversity
- Nietzsche
- Nikola Tesla
- Nikolaj Grundtvig
- Nilometer
- Nko alphabet
- Nogar
- Nok
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- Notre Dame de Paris
- Nowruz
- Nutopia
- Nádleeh Two-Spirit
- Nô Theatre
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- Sacred Cow
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- Sagu
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- Salaryman
- Salif Keïta
- Saline Royale at Arc-et-Senans
- Samarkand
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- Sauna
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- Shaka kaSenzangakhona
- Shibuya
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- Shigeru Kayano
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- Shiraito Falls
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Shô Tai
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- Snowball Effect
- Socrates
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- Stonehenge
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- Sumô
- Susanoo
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- Sámi people
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- Tahu’a
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- Taj Mahal
- Tale of the Heike
- Tanabata
- Tane
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- Tassili n’Ajjer
- Tengu
- Teranga
- Teru teru bôzu
- The Decameron
- The Louvre (Museum)
- The Thirteen Buddhas of Chichibu
- The three wise monkeys
- The Way follows its own ways
- Thinker of Hamangia
- Thonmi Sambhota
- Tim Berners-Lee and the web
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Tokyo Wan Kannon
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Torajans
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- Trimurti
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- Tsukuba Science City
- Tupi-Guarani languages
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- Täze Elipbiý