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“Whoever has the most things when he dies, wins”
Submitted by M hiebert in Canada on 29th January 2011 | Culturosities |
I was volunteering in Ghana and went to a small village to drop off clothes and pencils, and saw a young boy wearing this T-shirt (probably a previous donation from a first world country). The children in that village were too poor to go to school and could not read, and so the boy was oblivious to what his t-shirt said. It was ironic in the sense that his poverty had saved him from leaning the consumerist motto of the first word.
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A Forest Blooms
Submitted by Aaron Smart in Seoul, South Korea on 13th December 2010 | Culturosities |
When cities choke out the forests, where can new trees grow?
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An Old Soul
In the middle of Insa-dong, a small, gentrified area in Seoul, South Korea that is highly publicized as a center of art, tradition, and culture, an old man sells bbeongtui (kind of like popcorn) from an old rickety cart. He can be seen beside his cart seven days per week in the same spot, trying to earn enough money to maintain the condition of his ragged shoes and his decrepit home (a 20 minute walk up the hills behind Insad-dong). But his cart is always full and I have not seen even a single person purchase the man’s food. Perhaps he, too, is just a traditional cultural icon to be observed, much like the hanboks (traditional Korean dresses) and calligraphy wall-hangings in the windows of Insa-dong’s shops. A token of a past way of life that could not be gentrified, only forgotten.
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This Is The Gate of Heaven
Submitted by Sophia Kutsiuruba in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA on 11th August 2010 | Culturosities |
I took this photo while standing just inside the door of a cathedral in London, England. The revolving door behind me had somehow gotten stuck and had trapped a woman in one section, between the interior of the church and the rest of the impatient tourists.
The irony of it all was comical and justly disturbing. None other than the House of God? Truly the Gate of Heaven? -
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