Arts-&-Culture
Heritage of resistance: Reenactment to honor slave rebellion
Against the modern backdrop of oil refineries, strip malls and gated communities, hundreds of reenactors will gather Friday in southeastern Louisiana to remember a time when slavery flourished as a blight on America and some enslaved people fought back.
9th Dhaka Lit Fest kicks off Thursday
The ninth edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, an international literature festival, begins on Thursday on the Bangla Academy premises, aiming to create a bridge between native and international literary figures.
Special Exhibition on Aparajeyo Bangla’s sculptor Syed Abdullah Khalid underway at National Museum
Dhaka, Nov 4 (UNB) - A 10 day-long exhibition on Dhaka University’s Aparajeyo Bangla (Unvanquished Bengal) sculpture’s designer and artist, country’s renowned sculptor, academician and Ekushey Padak winner late Syed Abdullah Khalid got underway at Bangladesh National Museum’s Nalini Kanta Bhattasali auditorium on Monday.
Gallery Cosmos remembers artist Kalidas Karmakar
Dhaka, Nov 4 (UNB)- Appreciating his passion for art and love for young artists, speakers at a memorial meeting here on Monday said the legacy of Kalidas Karmakar will live forever through his works.
Works from Beaux-Arts de Paris to go on display in Shanghai
About 80 works from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris will be showcased at the Shanghai Museum from Tuesday to Feb. 9, 2020, according to the museum's website.
Skulls, masks and dancers as Mexico fetes Day of the Dead
Dancers in indigenous costumes pranced down a broad avenue followed by a float bearing the 20-foot-tall likeness of the goddess Mictecacihuatl, announced as "the queen of the underworld and the guardian of our bones," crowned by a red feather headdress and cradling a skull in her right hand.
‘Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq was a revolutionary’
Dhaka, Nov 2 (UNB) – Prof Abdur Razzaq was a visionary who had an impressive brain and mind ahead of his time but he used to live as a common man, speakers said at a book launching ceremony on Saturday.
Guinness record set in China for most people performing sign language
A new Guinness world record was set Friday at a Chinese university for "most people performing sign language."
580-yr-old stone tablet found in north China
An ancient stone tablet describing the story of Chan Buddhist master Bi Tingxuan over 580 years ago was found in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
China to restore murals of largest Taoist temple
The restoration of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) murals in Yongle Palace, the largest Taoist temple in China, will be launched in 2020, local authorities said Saturday.