Category: MYTH & LEGEND
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Historically, the Mid Autumn Festival 中秋节 was a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat with food offerings made… read more
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Discover legends and folklore of the Frangipani – Plumeria in India, and its use in traditional Indian culture. Family: ApocynaceaeHindi: ChampaEnglish:Temple tree,… read more
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Discover legends, myths and folklore of the banana tree in India and its use in Indian culture. Offering and prayers to the… read more
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Discover legend, myth and folklore of the Bodhi or Ashwattha tree in India and its use in desi culture. The Ashwattha is… read more
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Discover the Aymara legend, history and folklore of the quinoa in Peru and its use in traditional culture. For millions quinoa is… read more
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Indonesia, like many other nations, has banned cock fighting as a cruel sport, although traditional Tajen– Cockfighting in Bali is still allowed… read more
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The tradition of animal sacrifices in Bali and the mythological origins source from the records in palm-leafs and Hindu literature. Animal sacrifice… read more
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O Tannenbaum, O Christmastree… A Tannenbaum is a fir tree (Tanne) or Christmas tree (Weihnachtsbaum). Although most Christmas trees today are Fichten… read more
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This legend came to us, sitting in a restaurant in Foz do Iguacu, near the Iguazu falls, sharing our meals with a… read more
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Kuka, is Quechua and means unique, excellent and sacred, it’s the name of the coca plant and leaf. Khoka, the Aymara word… read more
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Discover the legend of coca, God Inti’s gift to Peru and Bolivia Within a minute of our first steps onto the street,… read more
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Timeline of yerba mate read more
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Discover legends, myths and folklore of the Banyan tree in India and its ritual use in Desi culture. As Kalpavriksha or Banyan… read more
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The discovery of tea, Camellia sinensis, was ever a story of many dimensions, and the telling of the tale depended on the… read more
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The story of how tea was first discovered and then spread to all of the major countries on Earth is a fascinating… read more
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Throughout history, tea, Camellia sinensis, was intimately related to deities, demi gods, and mortals. In Japan, the monastic use of tea as… read more
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Tea was discovered accidentally by emperor Shennung, 神農氏, approximately 3000 years before Christ. Another tea account claims a Buddhist monk named Gan… read more
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The story of rice and how it was first discovered and then spread to all of the major countries on Earth is… read more
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There are many origin myths and much folklore about rice, it is believed that a goddesses gave rice to humans and taught… read more
