Anime has become a global phenomenon. But even though millions of people watch it, many do not realize how deeply it draws on Japanese religious traditions. In this course, students learn to look ...

Flowers, often part of Minoan and Egyptian art, were symbols of life, the afterlife, and rebirth, according to a study of ...

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Under the current government, there will be no reduction or removal of religious education or aesthetic subjects in any way, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has affirmed. She made this statement ...

James Wan’s The Conjuring series has persisted as something of a contradiction. Its immense size — 10 total films if you include 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona, which seems to be a minor matter of ...

Sure, the sweets, rakhis and selfies steal the spotlight, but let us talk about the real MVPs of Raksha Bandhan: roli and akshat. These two might look like basic pooja essentials, but they carry ...

These are compliments in Japanese—odd ones, maybe. Toumeikan(透明感), directly translated as “sense of transparency,” is a common phrase used to praise someone’s… well, transparent beauty. Transparent, ...

ABSTRACT: This article discusses the relationship between art and religion, focusing on the analysis of artistic emotions and aesthetic experiences in the context of medieval religion, and the ...

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