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<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
Indigenous epigraphic records dating from the late 12th century CE indicate that, in 1153, the Maldives were converted to Islam by a wandering Arab mendicant. Certainly today the islands are one hundred percent Muslim, and eight centuries of tropical monsoon and Islamic iconoclasm have left little trace of the pre-Islamic religion and culture of the islanders.
Yamato Takeru (c. 72-113), originally known as Prince Osu, was a legendary and mythical figure in Japan. He was a prince of the Yamato Dynasty, son of 12th emperor of Japan, Emperor Keiko. The life and death of Yamato are primarily chronicled in the tales 'Kojiki' (712 CE) and 'Nihon Shoki' (720 CE).<br/><br/> For slaying his elder brother, Osu was sent to fight in Izumo Province by his father, who feared his brutal temperament. Instead of being killed however, Osu succeeded in defeating his enemies and was gifted the title 'Yamato Takeru' (The Brave of Yamato). His father was not convinced, still fearing him and wishing his death.<br/><br/> Next, Yamato was sent eastwards to deal with those who had disobeyed the imperial court, armed with the holy sword 'Kusanagi'. During a great storm, his wife sacrificed herself to appease the sea god, and in his anger he defeated many enemies. However, his blaspheming of a local god of Mount Ibuki led to him being cursed and dying. His soul turned into a great white bird and flew away. His tomb is located in Ise Province, and is known as the Mausoleum of the White Plover.
<i>Kunaa</i> weaving is an exclusively female occupation. The women of Gadu cross regularly to the neighbouring island of Gan where they harvest an especially resilient grass known as <i>hau</i>. This is then coloured with a variety of natural dyes before being woven into traditional designs on a simple loom.<br/><br/> The designs are traditional, handed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation. By the mid-17th century so prized had Gadu <i>kunaa</i> become in the neighbouring Indian Ocean region that they were sent as part of the annual tribute from the Maldivian Sultan to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
Seoul is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of more than 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the developed world. The Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, is the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25.6 million people, home to over half of South Koreans along with 632,000 international residents.<br/><br/>During the Korean War, Seoul changed hands between the Chinese-backed North Korean forces and the UN-backed South Korean forces several times, leaving the city heavily damaged after the war. One estimate of the extensive damage states that after the war, at least 191,000 buildings, 55,000 houses, and 1,000 factories lay in ruins. In addition, a flood of refugees had entered Seoul during the war, swelling the population of Seoul and its metropolitan area to an estimated 2.5 million, more than half of them homeless.
Cursive script (simplified Chinese: 草书; traditional Chinese: 草書; pinyin: cǎoshū) is a style of Chinese calligraphy. Cursive script is faster to write than other styles, but difficult to read for those unfamiliar with it. It functions primarily as a kind of shorthand script or calligraphic style.<br/><br/> Cursive script originated in China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) through the Jin Dynasty period (266 - 420 CE), in two phases. First, an early form of cursive developed as a cursory way to write the popular and not yet mature clerical script. Faster ways to write characters developed through four mechanisms: omitting part of a graph, merging strokes together, replacing portions with abbreviated forms (such as one stroke to replace four dots), or modifying stroke styles.
Cursive script (simplified Chinese: 草书; traditional Chinese: 草書; pinyin: cǎoshū) is a style of Chinese calligraphy. Cursive script is faster to write than other styles, but difficult to read for those unfamiliar with it. It functions primarily as a kind of shorthand script or calligraphic style.<br/><br/> Cursive script originated in China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) through the Jin Dynasty period (266 - 420 CE), in two phases. First, an early form of cursive developed as a cursory way to write the popular and not yet mature clerical script. Faster ways to write characters developed through four mechanisms: omitting part of a graph, merging strokes together, replacing portions with abbreviated forms (such as one stroke to replace four dots), or modifying stroke styles.
The Priest Wu Song, Japanese name Gyojia Busho, leaning against a tree trunk holding a staff, strong winds blow the tall grasses behind him.<br/><br/> The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu, 水滸傳), known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.<br/><br/> Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathered at Mount Liang (or Liangshan Marsh) to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces.<br/><br/> In 1827, Japanese publisher Kagaya Kichibei commissioned Utagawa Kuniyoshi to produce a series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 heroes of the Suikoden. The 1827-1830 series, called '108 Heroes of the Water Margin' or 'Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori', made Utagawa Kuniyoshi's famous.
Phnom Penh lies on the western side of the Mekong River at the point where it is joined by the Sap River and divides into the Bassac River, making a meet place of four great waterways known in Cambodian as Chatomuk or 'Four Faces'. It has been central to Cambodian life since soon after the abandonment of Angkor in the mid-14th century and has been the capital since 1866.<br/><br/> An elegant Franco-Cambodian city of broad boulevards and Buddhist temples, it was considered one of the jewels of Southeast Asia until Cambodia became involved in the Second Indochina War in 1965. Ten years later victorious Khmer Rouge forces captured the city. These extreme left-wing communists, led by the secretive Pol Pot, ordered the immediate evacuation of Phnom Penh causing up to two million deaths during the period 1975-79. During this time the city was abandoned and fell into ruin. Since the defeat of the Khmer Rouge in 1979 it has been gradually recovering, but still bears scars of a terrible past.