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Fairy tales are not relegated to Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella in their stone fortresses. For centuries, legends have circulated in Asia about the various religious temples and statues that dot the landscape. And one such legend is found deep within a bamboo forest. The famous Buddhist Qiongzhu (Bamboo) Temple is located on the beautiful wooded [...]
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“From bamboo section to thin bamboo strips, it all depends on the knife in the hand of a craftsman.” And one such craftsman has taken the art of bamboo weaving to a whole new level. Danish architect Soren Korsgaard designed a bamboo house to promote bamboo as a sustainable building material. And while many have [...]
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While bamboo is a traditional staple in ancient art, it has gone largely unrepresented in modern artistry. In East Asia, ancient Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples were often decorated with carved bamboo shoots and Zen paintings featuring the bamboo plant but modern artists veered towards oils on canvas or hard metals for their work. One [...]
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Around the world, people have used music to express their faith and joy to a higher power. In the Philippines, one such musical monument to God still exists and it’s beautiful music is created by bamboo. In 1795, Padre Diego Cera was assigned to the town of Las Pinas in the Philippines. Cera, with his [...]
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Transportation plays a key role in the advancement of societies. Sumerians invented the wheel in 3500 BC to aid in the movement of heavy stone as they built their temples; Romans built a vast network of roads across their Empire so soldiers could march and conquer more efficiently; Egyptians built ships to access more markets [...]
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Disasters bring out the best and worst in us. Greed and fear, generosity and courage are painted on the same canvas of history. A few years ago, Americans in New Orleans and other Gulf states were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Worse, the number of people who suffered needlessly because of our disjointed response and underestimation [...]
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“Bali High” – when I first heard that song from South Pacific, I thought Mama was singing about an exotic paradise for lovers. Turns out the song might have been about one of the most progressive schools in Southeast Asia – possibly the world. The Green School, located in the Rainforest of Bali combines first [...]
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In the 1930’s Superman was nicknamed the “man of steel” because back then steel was considered to be the ultimate symbol of strength and durability. Today we’d be more likely to call him the “Man of Bamboo”. With good reason. In our 21st century scientists, architects, and builders have discovered the new steel for this [...]
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