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Chumpi and the Waterfall (TeleAndes) was filmed in the Achuar community of Chicherta in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, the last community on the Huasaga River before the border with Ecuador. This is a headwater area, where the forest is full of animals and the rivers teem with fish. Daily life is usually peaceful and calm.

Chumpi, with his father Secha and his grandfather Irar, make a trip to a sacred waterfall where both adults had received a vision as young men. Achuar lands, including this waterfall, are under threat from oil drilling. The Achuar believe oil drilling would contaminate its pure waters and the Arutam spirits which inhabit it would leave, and future generations would lose the power of their visions forever.

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To the south of Costa Rica lies the town of Perez Zeledon, home to the Fantazztico Circus that is giving children and youth in the region a chance to stay out of drugs and trouble while opening doors to international travel.

Cambodia Gay Pride Week 2012 Starts Tomorrow

Cambodia Gay Pride Week 2012 starts tomorrow.

Events include film screenings, parties, Buddhist blessings, and the first Cambodia Pride Amazing Tuk-Tuk Race.

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In this edition we explore the latest work and events in the Global Voices community. We also speak with some friends about the cross cultural elements of our lives, with a special focus on food: both food for thought, and to eat!

Beatrice Catanzaro is a visual artist and one of the newest additions to the Rising Voices community with her project, Food Tales from Nablus. Alongside her friend Fatima she is working with women from the heart of the Old City in the city of Nablus, Palestine, to celebrate their culinary skills. One of the major components of their project will be the creation a cooking school for foreign visitors that will employ local women as chefs and instructors. We speak with these two amazing ladies to find out more about their work.

Gustavo Arellano, editor of the OC Weekly in Orange County, California and the writer behind ‘Ask a Mexican‘, has been on a culinary journey to find out how Mexican food has become so popular in the United States in his new book, Taco USA. Journalist, producer and blogger, Cyrus Farivar chats with Gustavo about the flavours that cross borders.

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The Peruvian Cajon is a very commonly used instrument in Afro-Peruvian music and Peruvian music in general. It is believed to have originated in colonial times but it took its definitive form in the 20th century.

The renowned Peruvian percussionist Alex Acuña is one of the people who has helped this instrument to become known throughout the world. 

RFE/RL’s Transmission blog says that despite once protesting how ‘Borat’ depicted the country, Kazakhstan is now crediting the 2006 film with increasing ten-fold the number of tourists visiting the country.
Kazakhstan: Borat Credited With Tourism Increase

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The name Timbuktu conjures up a majestic, stately image all over the world. However the war in northern Mali and the presence of small extremist groups constitutes a serious threat to the fate of the town.
Mali: Timbuktu, a Cultural Treasure in Peril

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Find out about Cambodia’s ‘Bamboo trains‘…

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On the morning of March 2, 2012, 33-year-old Juliana Dias was killed by a bus while riding her bicycle on her way to work along São Paulo’s main street, Avenida Paulista. Her story shocked cycling rights activists, sparked spontaneous protests across the city and opened a national debate. Image: Tribute to Juliana Dias. Source: Beirut Walls blog (used with permission)

On the morning of March 2, 2012, 33-year-old Juliana Dias was killed by a bus while riding her bicycle on her way to work along São Paulo’s main street, Avenida Paulista. Her story shocked cycling rights activists, sparked spontaneous protests across the city and opened a national debate.

Image: Tribute to Juliana Dias. Source: Beirut Walls blog (used with permission)

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Riding the Train. © GMB Akash / www.gmb-akash.com These images are stories of my won experiences. I am displaying a short view about the tour of my life. These journeys blend me with so many characters of lives. Sometimes I run, sometimes I ride on the top of the roof of the train, I sleep in the flooded floor, I swim, I hang on, spend a long time in slums & above all I meet these souls. I become one of them in a while.

Riding the Train. © GMB Akash / www.gmb-akash.com

These images are stories of my won experiences. I am displaying a short view about the tour of my life. These journeys blend me with so many characters of lives. Sometimes I run, sometimes I ride on the top of the roof of the train, I sleep in the flooded floor, I swim, I hang on, spend a long time in slums & above all I meet these souls. I become one of them in a while.