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1. Maori Hei Matau | Hand Made Fish Hook Pendants Hei matau is the traditional Maori art of carving bone or jade (greenstone) into fish hook designs. The indigenous people of New Zealand, The Maori, wore the Hei matau necklaces as a talisman during their travels. These highly stylized fish hooks re...
2. Butter Horns -- Traditional Hungarian Pastry Holidays were always THE time of year that my grandmother baked the most of her famous Hungarian Butter Horns.  She could make hundreds of these at a time, with several different fillings -- usually nuts, apricots, and prune.  I l...
3. Blintzes A blintz [BLIHNTS] is as a crepe-like pancake that is folded around a filling, most often cheese-based. Blintzes are associated with Eastern European and Jewish cooking, and can be made either sweet or savory. In the US, they are often served as a b...
4. Hungarian Gypsies aka Roma For the purpose of my lens, "Hungarian Gypsies," is about the "Roma" people of Hungary/Romania.  According to Wikipedia, the Roma are "an ethnic group in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia and the Middle East...
5. Chinese Ethnic Minority Dolls China is home to 56 official ethnic groups of which the Han is the 92% majority. The remaining 55 ethnic minorities distinguish themselves with their own languages, religions, dress, music, and customs. These beautiful dolls celebrate the unique dres...
6. Khussa: The Hippest Shoes Ever Khussa (also called Mojiri) are handmade Indian/Pakistani shoes that are exotic and comfortable in every color of the rainbow imaginable! Whether heavily beaded or plain, worn with a formal sari, while belly dancing, or just jeans and a T-shirt, thes...
7. Strange Customs of the World What are the strangest customs in the world? Which communities perform the oddest rituals and have the weirdest traditions? Who has the most unusal culture? Pulling faces, rolling cheese down hills, dancing with bells on your clothes and clacking s...
8. Tibetan Prayer Box Pendants A ghau, also known as a Prayer Box, is a small silver and gemstone pendant within which small sacred items, such as turquoise (believed to ward off evil), miniature scrolls or sacred texts, or Tibetan incense is kept. Traditionally, Tibetans use Gha...
9. Rusyns -- People Without a Country Rusyns are a modern ethnic group of people who descended from a minority of Ruthenians. Rusyns were a separate people who chose to NOT adopt the Ukrainian national identity ... that dates way back to some time in the nineteenth century. So, controver...
10. Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern Is another man's garden pest. This show on the Travel Channel explores unusual world cuisine. I have to admit a morbid fascination with this show. Andrew will honestly try ANYTHING! He reminds me of my parents and they love escargot. I still won't tr...
11. Moroccan and North African Jewelry North African jewelry, including Moroccan Arabic and Berber, is a rich art form featuring fine silver-work, colorful enameling, and inset stones. Some of the pieces have religious or superstitious meaning, such as the Hamsa, or Hand of Fatima (see b...
12. Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell is an American economist, political writer, and commentator. His books about the economy and the political system have been and are the basis of many public discussions of today's systems. Now some of these very interesting books are al...
13. Zazzle Wrestling 101 Ever since the world learned of predetermined outcomes of professional wrestling matches, wrestling has never been the same.  Adopting the term "sports entertainment," mainstream wrestling has soared to unimaginable heights as it has...
14. West Side Market -- National Historic Landmark The West Side Market  brings back fond memories of growing up in Cleveland, Ohio.  It brings back warm memories of my grandmother, Julia Nagy.  You see, she was one of those dedicated workers who worked at the West Side Market for over...
15. Celebrity Fashion, Featuring Tolani Tolani designers have combined elements of traditional cultures blended with modern design elements to create elegant and fun to wear products. They are committed to producing cutting edge design and the highest quality handcrafted clothing. Perhaps...
16. The Balkan Wars The Balkan wars were a series of conflicts that led to the disintegration of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.  Occurring over a decade-long period between 1991 and 2001, these conflicts ultimately affected all six former Yugoslav republics--al...
17. Wildlife Art, Portraits and Landscapes by Angela Drysdale Having lived and travelled in many different African countries, I was induced to open a door to the continent by way of my art. The journey took me on an amazing safari across desert, through jungle and over open savannah, where I captured my passion...
18. Gefilte Fish Gefilte fish is a traditional eastern european boiled fish delicacy often eaten by Ashkenazic Jews.  It is made from ground fish and a variety of fishes can be used, but the most common are carp, whitefish and pike.  While it can be eaten y...
19. Naming Multicultural Babies My wife and I recently had our first baby.  My wife is Taiwanese and I am American.  We are currently living in Taiwan.  The baby was born in Taiwan and may spend a significant time of his childhood here.  Eventually, however, we...
20. My Creations All of my creations are made from the heart and my love of making jewelry. My ideas and inspirations come from the heart and the world around me.