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Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Sports, Student Program

Olympic Fencing

June 10, 2016June 12, 2016

Olympic fencing, is a ?contact sport? in which competitors fight using swords.?Fencing is one of the four sports featured in every modern Olympics from the …

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Chaupar???The?Big?Daddy?of?Ludo?

June 5, 2016September 6, 2018

Chaupar has always been in the top few prehistoric games of India that people still recall, and in many instances, people play. It is a …

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Sa Strumpa: the persistence of ancient cultures of sports

June 3, 2016September 6, 2018

Sa Strumpa, is a ritual fight typical and original from Sardinia, Italy. The meaning of the name comes from istrumpare, from the Sardinian language, that …

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In the land of basketball

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016

Thinking about sports and my country, I find it quite difficult to choose only one to talk about. One of the reasons is that we …

Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Sports, Student Program

Table Football

June 2, 2016June 10, 2016

Table football is a common entertainment all over the world. Probably everyone played once this sport but not everyone knows where it comes from. The …

Intangible Heritage, Student Program

?yo?y? – Nigeria’s NO 1 board game

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016

Among all the traditional games indigenous to Nigeria the most popular one is a “sowing” game called Ayoayo by the Yoruba’s (Western Nigeria), Nch?/?kw? by …

Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Sports, Student Program, Traditions

The Ancestor of Baseball: Oina (The Romanian National and Forgotten Sport)

June 2, 2016August 6, 2016

Oina game is part of Romanian heritage, although it is practically unknown abroad. Its name is supposed to be derived from the Cuman* word oyn …

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Children of Glory- The Hungarian Uprising 1956

May 25, 2016August 6, 2016

1956. Remarkable year for those who stood under the rule of Communist Russia in Eastern Europe. Hungary, following Poland tried to challenge the Russian rules, …

Intangible Heritage, Performance, Student Program

Stand-up comedy: The past, present and future

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016

The word comedy comes from the Greek word komos, which means “celebration,” ” revel,” or “merrymaking.” As the word suggest, comedy began as a ritual …