A powerful earthquake hit central Myanmar during Ramadan prayers, causing widespread devastation, especially among the Muslim ...

Despite these minor drawbacks, the Lao Art Museum is a significant addition to Vientiane's cultural landscape. It offers a ...

The Gorsam Kora festival in Arunachal Pradesh unites thousands, celebrating Himalayan Buddhist culture and India-Bhutan ...

Whether you’re on your first trip to Asia or have a passport full of local stamps, it’s hard to beat the remarkable, ...

In February 2013, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm’s national museum of modern art, opened a blockbuster show, “Hilma af Klint: ...

Contrary to popular Western beliefs about Buddhist meditation, it is not viewed as a secular practice. Thai Buddhists believe that meditation is a meritorious activity, helping them not only to ...

It’s fun to frolic amid art and nature in Thailand’s newly opened Khao Yai Art Forest, but it might yet take some time for ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, has appointed Shawn Yuan as the Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of ...

Penn Museum has made strides in conserving and renewing the artistic and cultural legacies of two Buddhist murals, both of ...

Similarly, Buddhist goma fire ceremonies involve priests burning wooden sticks in sacred flames to symbolize the eradication of ignorance and desire. Rengoku’s own techniques reflect this duality: His ...