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Brian Ferrell
Brian Ferrell is a creator of sculpturally functional livingware, originally from Greensburg Pennsylvania.
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The Japanese Wood and Culture Seminar
The Japanese Wood and Culture Seminar is organized by the Japan Wood-Products Export Association (JWPEA)
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Shree Rudrayani Depa Dapha Khala - Dhime dance
A specially planned street performance, Dhime dance, performed by Shree Rudrayani Depa Dapha Khala in
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Shree Rudrayani Depa Dapha Khala - Playing Basuri
A specially planned street performance, Playing Basuri, performed by Shree Rudrayani Depa Dapha Khala
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2021 WWD - Carbon Storage
Welcome to 2021 World Wood Day, CO2 & Wood. Trees absorb CO2 and contain carbon within wood. Sustainable
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Traditional Bowl Turner in the UK - Robin Wood
In the Middle Ages of Europe, the wooden bowl was one of the common tablewares used on the dining tables.
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Galasi Pukhu Group - Monkey Stick Dance
A specially planned street performance, Monkey Stick Dance, performed by Galasi Pukhu Group in the city,
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Nepali Music Temples - Naasa Dyo Temple, Bhimsen Sthan, Kathmandu
There are many gods in Nepali culture. In this video, Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder of the Music Museum
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Nepali Music Temples - Naasa Dyo Temple, Kathmandu
There are many gods in Nepali culture. In this video, Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder of the Music Museum
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Nepali Music Temples - Sarashowati Shrine, Karunamaya Marga, Kathmandu
There are many gods in Nepali culture. In this video, Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder of the Music Museum
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Traditional Craft of Handmade Wood Comb
The wooden comb has a long history and is the tool we use to adjust hair in the daily life. Master Xu
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Dramyin - Tibetan Plucked String Instrument
Dramyin is a traditional Tibetan plucked string instrument with a long history of using in the religious
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Qilin Dance
Qilin dance performance, as Chinese intangible cultural heritage, is very popular in the northwest countryside
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Aorelio Domingues - Paranagua Fandango Master
Ilha dos Valadares is an island belonging to the municipality of Paranaguá, in the state of Paraná,
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Craftsmanship & Artistry of Habanos Storage: Cuban Made Humidor
Cuban crafter Neury Santana Ges is a self-taught artisan. He belongs to the Cuban Association of Artisans
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Ax Day
Tomsk is considered one of the oldest cities in Siberia, located on the Tomsk river and surrounded by
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Making a Nepali Drum with Shekhar Kulu Nepali
Shekhar Kulu Nepali is a professional Nepali drum maker living in Kathmandu, Nepal. In this demonstration
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Brian Newell, Studio Furniture Maker
Brian Newell is a studio furniture maker based in Fort Bragg, California, USA. At the age of eight,
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Semiluzhki Fortress - A Courier Station of The Tea Road
Semiluzhki fortress is a Russian historical site of the 17th century, located in the Semiluzhki village
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Root Connected
Located in Kaihau county, Root Palace is best known as the base of root carving culture and center for
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Os Compadre - A northeastern Brazilian folk art workshop
Located in the semi-arid sertão (hinterland) region of northeastern Brazil, Juazeiro do Norte
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Alumiozo Caririzeiro from Ceara, Brazil
Music group from Juazeiro do Norte, state of Ceará. Formed by talented musicians Difreitas, Airton
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Purna Nepali, a Nepali Sarangi Maker
Purna Nepali sharing some knowledge on the making of Nepali Sarangis and his passion for Sarangi mus
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Wooden Structure Duplicate of the Kileshwor, Lord Mahadev in Changu Narayan Temple
It took 9 days (a feat!), 531 timber pieces, 422 joints and 7 tons of reclaimed Sal Wood (local hardwood)
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Love for Life - Wood Artists Culture Exchange at Wenzhou School for Special Education
Chinese and foreign wood artists at Wenzhou School for Special Education" is an extraordinary cultural
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The 20th All Japan Junior High School Woodworking Competition & World Wood Day 2020 Memorial Contest
Since 2012, it is the second-time for IWCS to documentary the 20th All Japan Junior High School Woodworking
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2019 IUFRO Technical session F8b, Wood & Forest Culture: Addressing a Sustainable Future
IUFRO 2019 Highlights
Over 2,500 delegates from 92 countries and regions gathered in Curitiba, Brazil from September 29 to
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Maya Land - Wood Culture Legacy of Mayans
Belisa Barbachano, Founder of the Maya Foundation in Laakeech and owner of Hacienda Chichén,
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Gifu Meiboku Market
Located in Gifu Prefecture, about the center of Japan and well-known for its forest coverage rate up
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Mira Nakashima
Interview with Mira Nakashima, daughter of George Nakashima, father of the American craft movement.
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Winds of Change - Burning Man 2018
The world is entering a new era and changing at a rapid pace, driven by science and technology.
These
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Studio Furniture Maker Michael Hurwitz
Michael Hurwitz is a Studio Furniture Maker based in Philadelphia. In this video he talks about his
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Wood Architecture in Change: Open-Air Museum Stubing & HoHo Vienna
HoHo Vienna, the 84 meters and 24 floors wooden skyscraper is scheduled to be one of the world’s
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Eduardo Córdova Reyes - Cuban Percussionist
In 1982 Eduardo Córdova Reyes graduated from the National School of Art Instructors of Cuba;
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2014 IUFRO - International Wood Culture Society
The World Congress 2014 of International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) was held in Salt
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Traditional Wooden Shingle Making in Austria
Wooden shingles as a roofing have a long tradition in Austria. There are several designs depending
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Building the Man
Burning Man began as a bonfire ritual on the summer solstice in 1986 when Larry Harvey and a group of
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Austrian Open Air Museum Stuebing
Established in 1970, the Open Air Museum Stuebing displays 97 reconstructed historic wooden peasant
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A Leap of Faith - Wendell Castle
Wendell Castle was one of the most renowned contemporary artists in the US, and regardless of the traditional
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Wendell Castle - Father of the Art Furniture Movement
Wendell Castle was an internationally renowned artist from Rochester. He’s also known as the father
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Paete - Woodcarving Capital of the Philippines
Paete, located on the coast of Laguna Bay in the Philippines, was established by the Spaniards in 1580.
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Mr. Brog - A passion towards Pipe-making
"Mr. Brog" is the largest manufacturers of wooden pipe in Poland. The pipes produced by "Mr.
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Wood Used in the Wieliczka Salt Mine
The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located near Krakow, Poland, has been exploited since the 13th century
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Ukiyo-e: Churning the Great Wave
Ukiyo-e is an iconic form of Japanese art. This woodblock print used to be a source of entertainment
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Surrender - Burning Man 2017
This film delves into what Oscar Wilde once said using a cultural approach, "It seems to me that
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In the Trunk
Mr. Wood is as old or as young as our planet. He is endless and will live forever if mankind does not
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Melodic Scraps
This film is about a young man who skates through the city streets looking for scraps of wood. He brings
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Growth Rings
In this project, this young man constructed a fully-functional shortbow by Osage orange wood.
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Legacy
A young pyrography artist explores the influence of his grandfather's woodworking legacy while battling
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Some of us
The film is set around a poem that talks about the similar differences both humans and wood have, and
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The Founder of the Chain Crab Restaurant - Tatsuro Hioki
Sitting in a washitsu (a style of Japanese room), you can see the server in kimono coming with great
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Making Trees Live Again
A story of Jan Pawlikowski, a successful and passionate luthier, who has been working with wood for
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Childwood
A child made a wooden puppet and he established a great friendship which was denied from his
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WOODLAND PIONEERS
'Woodland Pioneers' follows the trainees and apprentices of the Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial Apprenticeship
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The Fifth Element
Since I was a child, wood represented a piece of magic, something familiar.
It became part of
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Wooden Made
A life spent in woodworking. More than a lifestyle, a way of living. Shot in southern Brazil, this is
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A Simple Man
How can the human being overcome difficulties of life? Here is a humble example: a man who found in
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The Legend of Stradivari
There is a mystery hiding behind the inimitable sound of Stradivarius’ instruments. All through
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Wood and Religion
Grosotto, this small town is located in the north Italy. There are forests among the mountains,
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Echos over the lagoon
The Locos dancers of San Isidro is a traditional festivity celebrated in Lagunillas, Venezuela. The
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The Primeval Forest
"Primeval Forest" is a story about the last primeval forest in Europe, the Bialowieza forest,
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Marry Dunsmore- birdhouse builder
Mary Dunsmore is an avid birdhouse builder and wood-worker. Working with wood for Mary means a lot more
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The Wood, the Whale, and the Sane
A story of wooden whales, a seatime cemetery and splintered hands. Sebastià is one of only a
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Fairy tale
This is an ancient oriental tale about natural forces and human greed, told by children for the future
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Change the beat
What sound does wood make? In West Africa wood brings the sound of hope to Swaluman, a carpenter, and
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Wood, a culture for life
A look into the possible future of wood and how vital it is in preserving our way of life.
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The Birth Of A Dugout Canoe by Northmen
Latvian woodworker Rihards Vidzickis has the love and passion for creating his works by one of the most
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2016 World Wood Day Folk Art Workshop
2016 World Wood Day Folk Art Workshop presented diverse forms of wooden folk art from 10 countries and
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Santa Cruz Wood Sculpting
A Santa Cruz wood sculptor, Gary Stevens seeks to get the form to work with what’s naturally occurring
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Behind the Bricks
On 25 April 2015, with a magnitude 7.8 Earthquake hit Nepal and major aftershock on 12 may 2015, Nepal
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Back to Our Roots
The XIV World Forestry Congress, themed “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future,”
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A Gift Returned
Renowned sculptor David Best, who has designed and built nine Burning Man temples at Black Rock Desert
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Brick by Brick - 2016 WWD Collaborative Project
The 2016 Collaborative Project kept exploring the possibilities among traditionally-different practices
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The Rhythm of Life
Those two Kina trees are well-known and long-lived in Damascus, they have remained for many generations
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Turning the bowl with a loving Heart - Training Activity at Wenzhou School of Special Education
Woodturning Training program at Wenzhou School of Special Education, set up by the International Wood
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Japanese Dashi in Grand Sawara Festival
The Grand Sawara festival has a history of 300 years. It is indeed one of the biggest festivals in Tokyo,
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Documentary Tour in Nepal
Nepal is a multiethnic country, including more than 59 indigenous groups which constitutes 40% of its
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Dream Builder - Flying and Dog Sled
“Wisdom comes as a result of dealing with mistakes,” Willis said. Retired as a pilot from
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Southeast Alaska Indian Culture and Wood Carvings
Southeast Alaska, beginning in Ketchikan, Metlakatla, Sitka, Juneau and others, is the traditional homeland
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2015 AAW Symposium Pittsburgh
Woodturning is more than crafting; making things out of wood on a lathe can be experienced as relaxing,
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A Run for the Perfect Bowl - Dale Larson
Dale Larson is a retired police officer lives in Gresham, in western Oregon, USA. He has been turning
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Inspired by Faith - Monastery of Holy Cross in Vosakos
In the fourth century, St. Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search
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A Family Legacy: The Big Creek Lumber
Over time, legacies are thought of as the most precious inheritances or heritages in diverse forms,
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Reborn From The Ashes
Burning Man is a weeklong festival, a mega art event with many levels of presentation to provide a platform
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Wood Culture Festival in Şişli
2015 World Wood Day-Wood Culture Festival was held in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. This event comprising
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Design in Wood
San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association (SDFWA) is a well-known non-profit corporation organized in 1982,
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Traditional Music of Turkey with Wooden Instruments
This Wood Culture tour will introduce you to the primary music genres and wooden instruments in Turkey.
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The Forest Products Laboratory
The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is the national research laboratory of the United States Forest
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Lin Yao
Lin Yao was born in 1987 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, and started to learn Pipa (Chinese lute) at 6 year old.
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Mbeng N'tam
Mbeng N’tam” means beauty and prosperity. This troupe consisting of traditional dancers
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Enrique Males & Patricia Gutierrez
Enrique Males performs ancestral music, expressing harmony that enriches the spirit and fertilize the
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Derek Shirley
Canadian born multi-instrumentalist, based in Berlin since 2001. Active in the experimental and "echtzeit"
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - David Hudson,Ali Ethem Keskin& Eduardo Cordova
David Hudson is an internationally renowned musician, composer, actor and entertainer. In all these
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - John Butler& Barnaby Walters
John Butler has been playing the uilleann pipes since the age of 16 when he heard them for the first
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - L'École de Musique de Kirina
Created in 2010, the Ecole de Musique de Kirina Band is composed of 6 professional musicians who are
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Ustad Amjad Khan & Group
Ustad Amjad Khan & Group is a group of four members playing four different but melodious instruments
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Tony Brazelton
Tony Brazelton is the founder of North American Alphorn Retreat, and Salzburger Echo. Salzburger Echo,
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Manolis Skoutelis & John Dafermos
Manolis Skoutelis is the third generation of musicians in his family after his father and his grandfather.
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Mez-Me
MEZ-ME is the result of more than 40 years of evolution. All of their presentations and melodies are
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2015 WWD Culture Tour in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey - Music of Wood - Siqinbillge&Mongolian Girl's Hoomii Troupe
Mongolian Girl’s Hoomii Troupe was founded in 2013 and composed of five Mongolian girls: Narengaowa,
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The Wood Spirit
In the Northern Wisconsin, USA, there is a family named Stone Dahl who live a simple and self-sustainable
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Nature & Culture for a Sustainable Future
The video was shown during the XIV World Forestry Congress 2015 in Durban, South Africa in response
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RETURN - Maker of Native American Style Flutes
Dennis Stubbs, the Arizona woodturner that was once a fervent collector of flutes, enjoys playing his
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Our Dad's Shed
What goes on in your Dad's shed? This is a documentary following the everyday work of my Father.
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Wood and Steel
Carlos llerena Aguirre creates large woodcuts for the Biennale of Printmaking for Large Format in Venice.
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Hollowoods
A portrait of the joys and challenges of working with burl and other native woods, through the eyes
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Game of shadows - Mountain Tara and River Drina
The river Drina and Tara mountains are located in the western part of Serbia.
On July the 13. 1981.
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Kintsugi
A man, living a meaningless existence, is tormented by his memories. His joyful past as a craftsman
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Only Water and Wood all Around
Comacchio is surrounded by water—and it has always been surrounded by water until 1821. Before,
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The Sticksmith
Dave is a coppice worker, leading and educating his community into more substantial and nature friendly
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Bull Of the Woods
Lumberjack sports seen through the eyes of two hopeful athletes training over the summer to get ready
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The Billy Goats of Saaremaa
Far up in North-Eastern Europe, there is an island called Saaremaa, where men dress up as billy goats
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Five-Hundred and Three and Counting
Five-hundred and three guitars on, Jonny Kinkead continues to pursue his craft with a seemingly undulled
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Kaimanu
Chad Kaimanu Jackson was born and raised on the Central Coast of California. At a young age, Chad's
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Benoit and the Trees
A short look into the world of Benoit Bergeron, carpenter, sculptor and tree lover.
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Wood Teaching
Every day, hundred of teachers in Spain are living around the wood. They join pasion for wood and vocation
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Wood, Wine & Wonder
Two winemakers explore the uniqueness of the oak barrels they use.
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Man Who Build Extreme Parks in Siberia
This is the story of a person who promotes extreme culture in distant Siberia, building skateparks
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The Small Kannel
The video gives a short overview of small kannel, a traditional plucked string instrument of the
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Okkyum Kim
Okkyum Kim is an award-winning violin maker who believes that he creates new life with each violin,
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Wood'n'Soul
How Wood is transformed into Music, one of the highest expressions of Human Soul: the special relationship
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34 Years A Wood Artist
Artist David Scott has spent 34 years making beautiful wood furniture.
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The Hurdy Gurdy Maker
Please meet Kurt Reichmann. He is a hurdy gurdy maker from Frankfurt, Germany. His passion to build
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Just Wood
What happens to our unused & unwanted wood? This insight reveals the process of recycling &
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Photosynthesis
Life. An immeasurable interweaving of uncountable phenomena. An utterly inter-dependent web of seamless
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W.O.O.D. (Wonder Of Our Days)
A journey into the future of the diverse uses and realities through which wood marks and bounds, in
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Audacious
For two decades Bob and Lillian Bohlen have been on a mission to change the art world's perception
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The Balancing Man
An optical fiber field engineer living in rural New England finds balance and connection in the old
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Wood It's A Living Thing
Wood is everywhere in our lives, a reliable and sustainable biomaterial that features in every detail
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Purpose - full
"I just feel good to be able to make things, help people, and bring happiness to them." St
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Humanidad & Madera
Musicians, poets, luthiers, sculptors, weavers, artists and other workers of wood philosophize on the
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The American Archtop
Archtop guitar builder Dale Unger explains why wood is so important to the making of fine instrument
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Dear Friends, We Need to Talk...
An open love letter to a society out of touch with one of it's greatest natural resources.
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Reclaim the Trees
UrbanTree based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is bridging the gap between people and trees through strictly
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The Art of Woodworking
The world contains a tremendously unique assortment of woodworkers. Every one has a special beginning,
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Crafting 21st Century Toys
justyna and matas are on a quest to make the perfect toy for children. something that bridges the gap
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Trust in the Wood
Artist Rita Dee of Bennington, VT uses driftwood to translate her love of horses into larger than life
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The Woodman
David is a man who has spent his entire life working with wood. This might seem like nothing out of
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The Wood Store
An observation of the historically entwined relationship between wood and humanity, this three-minute
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TED
The story of Ted, the carpenter, and his last work. A vignette on the cycle of creation and loss.
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Last Ship
In the same places where "La Terra Trema" by Luchino Visconti (1948) was filmed, the Rodolico
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Ingrained
Steven Lane is a woodworking artist, from New Zealand, with a unique approach to gathering the materials
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Garden State Surf
Jimmy Smith grew up in a small town located in the middle of New Jersey's great Pine Barrens. His
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Chukudu - The Wooden Motobike
This is an incredible story of a young man called Akili, a Chukudu builder .The Chukudu is a two-wheeled
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Albrijes
Known for their brightly painted depictions of fantastical creatures, Alebrijes have become a sustainable
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San Miniato al Monte
San Miniato al Monte is a basilica located in Florence, Italy. The basilica is situated atop one of
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The Italian Violin Makers Vettori Family
Upholding the philosophy of “small production but high quality,” Italian violin workshop
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Mexicas - Recovery of Music and Culture
The Aztecs (Mexicas) has one of the most remarkable stories in world history. Fearless warriors built
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The Mountain Village- Abyaneh
Abyaneh is a small mountain village, located 55km to the north of Kashan. Its unique geographical traits
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The Green Path Sama Jaya Nature Reserve
Sama Jaya Nature Reserve works as a recreational park for local citizens. Surrounded by forests, the
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Mexicas - A Story Behind the Masks
Masks were always part of Aztecs (Mexicas) rituals and religious ceremonies, and were thought to be
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2013 AAW Symposium - We Turn As Family
With the 15,000 members worldwide, American Association of Woodturners (AAW) was founded in 1986 in
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Eli Avisera and His Woodturning Art
Eli Avisera is a leading woodturning artist in Israel. His creative and delicate art works have attracted
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Naim Doumit and His Woodworks
Naim Doumit, a Lebanese leading sculptor, is working on different materials including bronze, stone
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Set Turning of Shawo Wooden Bowl
Shawo Village is located in Hebei province of China, with about 270 households. Hundreds of years ago,
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A Little Woody Piece of San Francisco
Chen Li, a young designer graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology, is seeking to pinpoint his
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Concert Held to Celebrate 2015 World Wood Day in Switzerland
The concert held in Kulturhof- Schloss Könizon on March 22nd offered a great experience for
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Wooden Classroom, Lebanon
The event was aimed to help those Syrian children staying in refugee camps in Lebanon
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Tokyo Toy Museum, Good Toy, and Wood Education
Through the lens of wooden toys, the appreciation for wood is more than just entertainment. From children
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2014 AAW Symposium-Turn Up, Light Up
The American Association of Woodturners has brought another informative, energy-filled fest to the woodturning
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International Woodcarving Competition in Dongyang
World Crafts Council celebrated its 50th anniversary in Dongyang, China in October of 2014. 38
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Follow the Dream - Richard Yates
Chewton, a town north west of Melbourne, is known for the gold rush back in the 1850s. Even though there
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Sailing through the Ancient Egypt
The reassembled Khufu ship is just located beside the Khufu Pyramid, and it can be dated back to 2500
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Modern Life, Traditional Heart - Indigenous Australians in Transition
The celebration of indigenous cultures is lively in the northeastern part of Australia that a large
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Windmills Museum in Zaandam
Zaanse Schans is one major attraction of Netherlands, where is famous by its well-preserved historic
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Sam Maloof - My Last Days
Sam Maloof is “America's most renowned contemporary furniture craftsman” and People
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The Old Windmill
Nashtifan is close to the border of Iran and Afghanistan. Here, 120 days out of a year are windy, which
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Mr. Mohammad Mohammadzadeh and His Wood Art
The 71-year-old woodcarver, Mr. Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, developed his interest in woodcarving at the
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The Oud and Luthier
Oud is an ancient string instrument that can be prevalently found in the Arabic world. It is the origin
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Rotorua
Rotorua is a city located south of the Lake Rotorua, the second largest lake in the North Island of
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The Far North District
The Far North District includes the northern tip of the North Island, New Zealand. Located in Waipoua
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Choubin - The Wooden Village
There’s a village called Choubin in Neyshabour, which means “made of wood” in Persian.
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Sheikh Mohammed Center for Cultural Understanding
The Sheikh Mohammed Center for Cultural Understanding is a non-profit organization with the philosophy
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Talk through Cedars
Shouf Biosphere Reserve is the largest cedar reserve in Lebanon, taking up 5% of its total land. In
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Cedars of Lebanon
The Qadisha valley, which also known as the Holy valley, is one of the earliest Christian monastic settlements
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Natural Fire & Ponderosa Pine Forest
Bruce Greco, Director of Outreach Ecological Restoration Institute, brings IWCS to the research site
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The Traditional Pinyon Pine Nut Picking of the Navajo
The pinyon pine nut, a popular snack food of the native American Navajo people, savory after roasted,
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Kachina Carving
Kachina is a culture which can best represent the Native Americans in Southwestern United States. The
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Olguin's Sawmill
Adobe is also known as the southwest style of house in the U.S.. The houses are made of clay
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A Pueblo Drum Maker - Red Bird
Drum is a crucial element in the American Native culture; they communicate with the nature, ancestors,
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Aspen Furniture Maker
Dan Henny, a craftsman specializing in rustic style aspen and ponderosa pine furniture, shares with
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The Menominee Cultural Museum
The Menominee Cultural Museum in Keshena was opened in Nov. 2011. Artifacts of the tribe from the
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The Black Ash Basket Maker
Mike Benedict, an experienced Native American ash basket artist, talks of how he began to acquire the
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A Walk in the Woods
American Association of Woodturners (AAW) was founded in 1986. Woodturning is separated from other
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The Dala Horse
Gamla Stan, also known as "The Old Town", a small historic island in the middle
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The Ghaf Trees
Ghaf tree is the national tree in the UAE as its value from both cultural and ecological perspectives.
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Mandolin Maker
Florence is famous for its history of being the financial center during the medieval period. It is also
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Laboratorio di Restauro del Fortepiano
Hidden behind a small grey door is a not-so-ordinary workshop run by three craftswomen. This is where
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The Exploration and Restoration of Ohlone Indian Culture
Ohlone Tribe, a Native American People lived in California coast from San Francisco Bay through Monterey
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Haas-Lilienthal House
Encompassing the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay Area is
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UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley, one of most prominent universities in the world, embraces not
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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Established in 1954, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a native land to old-growth Redwood Grove.
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Barrel Builders in Napa Valley
Napa Valley, a viticultural area located in north California, is considered one of the premier wine
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Santa Cruz Guitar Company
As Santa Cruz is renowned for the exquisite craft of the lutherie, Santa Cruz Guitar Company (SCGC)
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Mameli's Mask in Mamoiada
Mamoiada is situated in the centre of Sardinia, the second biggest island of Italy. Sardinia’s
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Seri - People Live by the Desert and Sea
(*Correction: At 30:27, the name of the International NGO in this video is Ocean Revolution.)
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In Praise of Nature - Inca’s Traditions & Beliefs
The Peruvian territory was once home to ancient cultures spanning from Caral, one of the oldest civilizations
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The Forest of Camaldoli
A thousand years ago, Saint Romuald founded the Sacred Hermitage and Monastery of Camaldoli in the forest
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Bruno Barbon, the Antique-Woodcarver and Restorer
Burno Barbon is a carver, a restorer, and an artist. Growing up in old workshops, Mr. Barbon has been
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An Original Laurel Forest
This natural forest, which is called Original Laurel forest, is a mix of conifers and broadleaf evergreen
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Mt. Changbai Valley
Mt. Changbai Valley was formed by a process of long term erosion of rocks and lava after volcanic eruptions
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Tizi River
zi River is an underground river, with a bottom at 40 meters. Tizi means ladder in Chinese and it gets
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White Birch Forest
The freezing weather in the northeast of China is suitable for white birches. Like its name, the trunk
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Puerh Tea
The best environment for Pu'er tea leaves to grow is under camphor trees. Camphor trees produce
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The King of Tea Tree
We took a long journey to Nannuoshan to look for the oldest tea tree ("king") that has existed
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Culture and Biodiversity
Nannuoshan is located between a monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest and a mid-montane humid evergreen
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Tea House
We came across a tea house built from wood standing in front of the oldest tea tree. A Hani woman made
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Couple Tree
The Nepali hog plum is highly nutritious. The fruit is oval-shaped, turns yellow when ripe and tastes
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Yunnan Bamboo
Bamboo is divided into sympodial, scattered and mixed bamboo species. Sympodial bamboo is the original
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Local Agroforestry
The video introduces the local agroforestry and ecosystem of Xishuangbanna. The local Dai people plant
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The Traditional Tea Roasting and Brewing of the Hani
We were honored to see the Hani people making tea. The elders have grieved that most of the younger
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The Traditional House of the Dai People
Dai village is in transition from traditional materials to modern ones. Traditional Dai-style houses
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The Advantages about Birch
Birch may be your best option for survival if you ever get lost in a forest - it can be used from root
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Spinning Tops with Special Love
Finger spinning tops are not merely toys but can be a token of love. A total of 150 tops traveled far
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2012 AAW International Symposium
IWCS had the opportunity to attend the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) 26th International
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The 37th Kyoto Exhibition of Joinery Works
The ancient capital of Kyoto, Japan is known for its glorious traditional arts. Our story today covers
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The 12th All Japan Junior High School Woodcraft Competition
From 19th to 22th January 2012, IWCS went to Tokyo, Japan for a Japanese national woodcraft competition
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Turning across Borders
With a nice outcome from AAW's San Jose meeting, IWCS was honored to have Terry Martin as a guest
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Irish Stone Wall Project
The IWCS video crew had flew to Ireland and captured the making of this amazing "stone wall,"
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Turning with Challenges - 2013 AAW
The tactile experience in the 2013 AAW Symposium is an enjoyable program designed especially for the
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Young Students Compete to Show Carpentry Skills
The 2nd National Vocational & College Student Carpentry Skills Competition, hosted by
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Traditional Craftsmanship Revived in China
Dongyang Woodcarving, developed in Zhejiang Province, China since Tang Dynasty (618-907), is characterized
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2013 China-ASEAN Theme Carving Exposition
Woodcarving Introduced to School Campus
The opening ceremony for the 2013 China-ASEAN Live
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Heartbeat of The Forest
A girl interprets her vision and hearing about the village where she comes from, the Wa tribe in China,
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Hogan - Indian Traditional House
Along the road to Grand Canyon, there stand many a six-sided or eight-sided wooden house. They are called
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Presence of a Maestro - Alain Mailland
Alain Mailland is a renowned French woodturner with such skilled talent in creating fanciful wood art,
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The Pilatova's Great Love for Marionette
The Pilátovás persist in keeping the traditional marionette in Slovakia despite the fact
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Old Timber, New Soul
The City of Georgetown, Penang, is known for its ancient, tropical ambiance and laid-back pace of living.
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Music in Wood
Bucheli and Chlefeli are two charming wooden instruments that are not widely known, and rarely played
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The Birth of a Gondola
The beautiful Venice Gondola made with the skill that represents the refinement of Italian craftsmanship
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Uilleann Pipe Maker
Uilleann Pipes has been long known for the symbolic instrument of Irish music. The word "Uilleann"
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Gifu Precious Wood Market in Japan
Located in Central Japan, Gifu prefecture connects main roads to the west and the east coast. This makes
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A Chessboard Master in Nagoya - Makoto Kuroda
Nagoya is in the west part of Aichi prefecture. It is located in the Chubu region between Tokyo and
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A Master of Sukiya-zukuri Style Architecture-Yoshiaki Nakamura
Kyoto, a city in central Honshu Island in Japan, had been the capital for Japanese emperors for centuries.
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Makonde- Carving through life
The Makonde tribe, an African tribe, was regarded as the cradle of woodcarving in East Africa. They
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John Zasada and the Art of Living with Birch Bark
Have a careful look inside of your house and you just might find a couple of wares made with birch bark,
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A Spark Ignited - Irish Carpenter and Sustainable Woodland Management
Eoin Donnelly, a carpenter and project coordinator in the Irish National Heritage Park, often demonstrates
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Birth of the Cork
Portugal is the leading country of cork exportation in the world. From cork oak forests to manufacturing
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Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani (which means "Kilwa of the Island") is located off the coast of Tanzania, East
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Dhows across Time
Bagamoyo is a tranquil harbor filled with Islamic fishermen and westerners who come here for vacation
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Moshi
The region surrounding the Moshi Town, just at the bottom of the great Mount Kilimanjaro, is known for
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Usambara
The Usambara Mountain is part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, which stretches from Kenya to Tanzania.
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Into a Datoga's House
Located 180 km west from city Arusha, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is a reserve with 8292
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Carve Beyond Reality - Wood Carving Contest in Kenya
It is rare to see wood sculpturing competition in Kenya, not to mention in Nanyuki, a town located north
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The lifestyle of Mountain Tribe in the Philippines
Ifugao is a province in Luzon Island, the Philippines. The mountain tribe lives here is also called
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Living with wood in Ganvie
Ganvie is a lake village in Benin, with a population around 20,000 people. Life in Ganvie is strongly
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The Austrian Luthier
Robert Grieshofer is a luthier for 15 years. He also teaches at the Lutherie School in Hallstatt, Austria.
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Sailing through History with Leisure Boats
Patapum, a wooden boat built in 1931, is now under repair in the Maritime Museum of Barcelona. The Museum
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Porto Wine and Rabelo Boats in Portugal
The Race of Rabelo Boats is an annual competition which first started in 1983. Held in the second biggest
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An Overview of the Traditional Malay House
The traditional Malay house is a wooden one and serves the housing needs of people living in the rural
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Logging Process at Changbai Mountain
Changbai Mountain, located in the northeast of China, has abundant natural resources. Long ago, the
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Baham
The town of Baham is located at the Western Province of the Republic of Cameroon. Given that Baham is
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The Charcoal Maker in Miwsake, Cameroon
Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, owns the biggest port in the country. It is the commercial capital,
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Museums at Speicherstadt
At Speicherstadt near downtown Hamburg, museums scatter on the grand harbor. The International
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Rieck Haus- Vierlander Freilicht Museum
The house of Rieck, built in the 16th century, was restored in 1949 and handed over to the Altona Museum
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Bothwell Park Land Regeneration Site
Bothwell Park, formerly an industrial waste dumpsite now being regenerated as woodlands, is located
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Highland Folk Museum
The Highland Folk Museum is a living history site with an area of 32 hectares. In 1955, the open-air
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Edinburgh Zoo
Built in 1913, Edinburgh Zoo is a zoology park with an area of 82 acre. It lies on the Corstrorphine
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Highland Wood Pasture
Wood pasture, a historical land management system in the Europe, is an open woodland providing shelters
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Cairngorms National Park
Located in the northeast of Scotland, the Cairngorms National Park is the largest one in the UK, covering
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National Museum of Scotland
Inaugurated in 2006, The National Museum of Scotland is located in central Edinburgh. The galleries
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Anzenau Mill Museum
The name Salzkammergut, meaning “Salt Chamber" in German, was derived from the Imperial Salt
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Bregenzerwald Valley
Bregenzerwald is in a valley situated between Lake Constance and the Arlberg Mountain that was once
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Nutcracker Museum
The Nutcracker Museum at Neuhausen, Germany has over 5,150 nutcrackers from 28 countries that make the
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Schontal Monastery
First established in 1153 at Neusass by Wolfram von Bebenburg, Schöntal was formerly a Cistercian
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Hohenloher Freiland Museum
The Hohenloher Freilandmuseum is located in the village of Wackershofen. This fantastic open air museum,
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Royal Museum of Central Africa
Founded in 1898, the Royal Museum of Central Africa has the reputation of being one of the most beautiful
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University Leiden National Herbarium
Dr. Pieter Baas, an expert of wood anatomy and former scientific director of the herbarium, guided us
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Amsterdam Historical Museum
The museum, once an orphanage, mainly displays objects and paintings related to the city from the 17th
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Rabbit Town
Previously a carpenter, Mr. Ojārs Narvils now has turned himself into a rabbit-lover and has built the
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AUSEKļi MILL Open Air Museum
AUSEKļi MILL is a private open-air museum run by an enthusiastic local man, Mr. Martins Medins
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Gauja National Park
Latvia does not have any mountains, but yet is covered by forests for about 60% of land. In Gauja National
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Ethnographic Open Air Museum of Latvia
The biggest open-air museum in Latvia, Ethnographic Open-air Museum serves various purposes for tourists
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Renovation on Wooden Houses
A young renovator, Mateusz Niwiński, devotes himself to his favourite job, renovating old wooden house.
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Museum of Belarusian Revival
A private museum, located in a small village STUDZIWODY adjacent to the border between Poland and Belarus,
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The Holy Mount of Grabarka
The tale that makes the Holy Mount of Grabarka become a centre for pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians
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Folk Architecture Museum
Folk Architecture Museum in Sanok is a young open-air museum aiming at bringing the ethnographic knowledge
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Church of St Michael the Archangel
Being one of the UNESCO heritage sites, St Michael the Archangel Church in Dębno was a Gothic church
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Chochołów: A Wooden Village
Right at the border between Poland and Slovakia, only 17km northwest to the most popular ski resort
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Čičmany
Čičmany, one of the most famous living villages in Slovakia, has the least information distributed on
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Historical railway for logging in Kysuce Village
The significance of Kysuce village is the historical forest dead-end railway. Connecting two independent
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Vlkolinec - A Living Village
Being one of the few living villages listed in UNESCO heritage, Vlkolínec was reluctant to turn
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Liptov Village (Open Air Museum)
Arriving in the Liptov Village Museum, we were welcomed by a lively performance telling a story of highway
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Orava Village (Open Air Museum)
Spreading over the meadows at the bottom of the Western Tatras, Orava Village signals a good location
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Poloniny National Park
East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve stretches across three countries, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine and
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Viking Ship Museum Roskilde
The Viking ship museum is located at the Roskilde, Denmark. The museum focuses on the preservation,
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Sami Culture Tour in SIIDA
The SIIDA (the Sami cultural and natural museum in Inari) was opened in 1962. It provides visitors knowledge
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Old Rauma
Old Rauma is the largest Nordic wooden town with over 600 well-preserved wooden architectures from the
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Vasa Museum
Not only does Vasa War Ship Museum in Stockholm, Sweden preserve a magnificent warship of the 17th century-
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A Tale of Two Villages
In 1997, Eksjo was awarded the Europa Nostra Diploma for its remarkable renovation of the traditional
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Norwegian Forestry Museum
Norsk Skogmuseum (The Norwegian Forest Museum) is located at Elverum, Hedmark County, Norway. The museum
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Bergen
Bergen is a city and municipality on the west coast of Norway. The economy of Bergen today is based
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Norwegian Ski Museum
Ski museum is located in the beautiful valley of Morgedal, in Telemark. In the ski museum, visitors
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Heddal Stave Church
Located at Heddal in Notodden municipality, Norway, Heddal Stave Church (Norwegian: Heiterdals kircke)
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Ecomuseum in the Orient’s Forest
Situated at the Northeastern side of Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt
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Tool and Trade Museum
The Maison de l'Outil et de la Pensee Ouvriere (Tool and Trade Museum) is located in Troyes, in
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Latenium Museum
Laténium Museum is an archaeology museum located in Hauterive, suburb of Neuchâtel. Its
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Wooden Carved and Frescoed Houses
Bönigen is a small village in the canton Bern, which is located in the central Switzerland. This
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Schwyz
Schwyz is the capital of canton Schwyz, which is located in the central Switzerland. It has an area
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Traditional Sawmill
Located in the north-east of Italy, Trento is the capital of the autonomous province Trentino. Back
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Wooden Structure in Venice
The foundation of Venice was constructed on vertical wooden piles, which has mostly remained intact
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Galleon Audalucia
Galleon Andalucia is a duplicate merchant ship of 17th century, which has 4 masts and 7 sails. The ship
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National Coach Museum
Established in 1905, the National Coach Museum was first named Royal Coach Museum by Queen Amélia,
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Lello Bookshop
Lello Book shop is located in Porto. It was inaugurated on January 13, 1906, and designed by a noted
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Burmester Cellar
Established in 1750, Burmester is one of the oldest cellars along the Douro River. This cellar has begun
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Apuseni Mountain
One of the highest mountains in Romania, Apuseni Mountain, which belongs to the Western Carpathian,
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Colorful Crosses
Cut through by the Carpathian Mountains in the middle, Romania has the mountainous terrain from
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The ASTRA National Museum Complex
The ASTRA Museum of Folk and Civilization, one of the ASTRA National Museum Complex, is recognised as
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National Village Museum of Bucharest
National Village Museum, located in the Herastrau Park, north of Bucharest, was created by Dimitrie
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Malacca
Malacca, located in the southern region of Malay Peninsula, is the third smallest state in Malaysia.
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University of the Philippines Los Banos
University of the Philippines Los Banos is a prestigious, coeducational university located in the Los
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Ifugao Aboriginal Priestess
Ifugao province is on Luzon Island, the northern part of the Philippines. It is located in a mountainous
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Tam-Awan Village
Tam-Awan Village is located in Pinsao Proper, Baguio City, and it is famous for reconstructions of traditional
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Ifugao Aboriginal Shop
Mines View, also Mines view park, is where visitors can not only see the breathtaking mountainous landscape,
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Asin Road
Asin road, a famous road in the Baguio City, Philippines, is known for its wooden lacquer painting and
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Penang
Penang, located on the northwest coast of Peninsula Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca, is the second
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Langkawi
The island of Langkawi, also named as the Jewel of Kedah, is located some 30 km off the mainland
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Carey Island
Carey Island, located 3hours of drive away at the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, is home to the
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Kuching
Kuching is the most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak, which is located on the island
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Suburb of Kuala Lumpur
We traveled to the suburb of Kuala Lumpur where we have visited National University of Malaysia and
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Kuala Lumpur Downtown
Kuala Lumpur is the federal capital city of Malaysia and located in Peninsular Malaysia. The city covers
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Erdaobaihe Town
Erdaobaihe town is located in the south of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the foot of Changbai
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Changbai Mountain (North Scenic Area)
Changbai Mountain has rich natural resources with 190,000 hectares of nature reserve. It is
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Drug Fairy Garden
Songjianghe Town is at the southeast of Fusong County. The area has rich natural resources with 89.2%
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The Last Wooden House Village at Changbai Mountain
Gudingzi village (now renamed as JinJiang village) is located in the Fusong County, is famous for its
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Fusong County
Fusong County is located at the southeast of Jilin Province where Changbai Mountain is. Not only the
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Changbai Mountain (West Scenic Area)
Changbai Mountain is at the border of China and Korea, with the peak of 2691 meters. It is the highest
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The Beauty of Camellia
The Camellia in Zixi Mountain in Chuxiong is world-famous and it attracts numerous tourists every year.
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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), founded in 1959, is the largest botanical garden in
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Sandal Oil Factory
Channapatna has already started producing sandal oil soaps since 1916. This sandal oil factory in Mysore
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Channapatna - Wood Handicrafts Village
Channapatna, located at the south-west of Bangalore, is well-known for its wooden toy-making. It has
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Sri Kaveri Handicrafts Industry
There are two stories in the handicrafts shop in toy-town – Channapatna. The upper floor serves
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The Ancient Tea Forest
The Nannuoshan Tea Forest represents the tea culture of the Hani people, a minority ethnic group in
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JinJen Octagon
The JinJen Octagon, built in 1703 A.D.was one type of Hinayana Buddhist architecture. It was used as
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Wood Carving Factory
There is a wood carving factory located in Jinghong City. Because of governmental regulation as well
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Manyangguang Holy Hill
Manyangguang Forestry mostly lived by Dai people now, who use Dai language still. Dai language is 80
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Manfeilong Pagodas
Manfeilong Pagodas are called “Tanuo” meaning “bamboo tower” in the Dai language.
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