Going to a baseball game is an American summer tradition, and a big part of that ballpark experience is the stirring, up-tempo organ music that's played throughout the game. When teams score runs or players make hits, organ music leads the fans in ch...
It could make the time-honoured tradition of taking the school register a thing of the past. Cutting-edge cameras are being used to scan childrens faces as they enter school. The face-recognition technology makes sure they have turned up, records whe...
Many people especially the aged hold the idea that we should stick to the traditons of our country. Otherwise they think we will lose our distinctive Chinese character. In their eys, we should be pround of the great traditions left by our ancesters,...
Wedding Traditions 婚礼习俗 Helen: Hello. Welcome to Ask About Britain from BBC Learning English. ImHelen. Li: 我是杨莉。欢迎收听英国问答节目。 Helen: Leilah Lee has been working on her paper about cultural differences inwedding c...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Many of the key molecules for life have a specific direction, or handedness: DNA twists to the right, amino acids to the left. Now scientists at the Nation...
Covered in prayer shawls, ultra-orthodox Jewish men of the Cohanim Priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, 1 Apr 2010 Jewish and Christian pi...
Those mothers who marry younger were significantly more likely to have ... infant and child malnutrition. - Anita Raj Child marriage has been outlawed in India for years. Women cannot legally marry before they reach the age of 18. Yet the practice pe...
Tony Gargagliano's father came to New York from Italy and held on to many of his Old World ways Time again for StoryCorps, the project that is travelling the country recording your stories. Today it's hailed from New York City, that is where Cathie...
Turkey and all the trimmings There are many ways to celebrate Christmas, and some British people like to go on holiday, go out for lunch to a restaurant, or spend the day with friends. But most peoples idea of a traditional Christmas involves spendi...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 11 November 2007 The tradition of tea drinking was mentioned in Chinese literature as far back as five thousand years ago, and is still an important part of many Asian cultures. Although the patience needed to brew a perfect...