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The Emergence of Lake Rawa Pening, an Indonesian Folk tale

THE EMERGENCE OF LAKE RAWA PENING , AN INDONESIAN FOLK TALE             Once upon a time in old Java there was a village.  Pening was its name.  Pening was a prosperous...

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Haunted Michigan: The Ghost of Minnie Quay

There are hundreds of ghost stories that circulate throughout Michigan. Most of them are pure legend. Some are based loosely on facts, but some are founded entirely in truth. My personal favorite is the...

12 comments    history death ghosts
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Meet the Caracara: Mexico's National Bird

No, Our National Bird is Not the Fly!Someone once asked me if the national bird of Australia was the fly. It isn’t, of course, although people might be forgiven for suggesting it would make the ideal choice...

3 comments    birds mexico south america
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The Story of Cinde Laras

THE STORY OF CINDE LARAS             This story had been handed down from generation to generation among the Javanese people in Indonesia for hundred of years or maybe a thousand ...

5 comments    arts literature indonesia
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The legend of Crying Stones

THE LEGEND OF CRYING STONES             A long long time ago in west Sumatra, Indonesia there was a fisherman and his wife who lived in a village by the sea.   They had only one...

8 comments    indonesia legend merchant
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Cherokee Beliefs Creation of Earth

The earth was a great island floating in a sea of water, suspended by a cord at each of the four cardinal points, hanging down from the sky vault, which is solid rock. When the world grows old and worn out,...

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The Legend of Mount Tangkuban Perahu

THE LEGEND OF MOUNT TANGKUBAN PERAHU             Once upon a time in west Java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had a beautiful daughter.   Her name was Dayang Sumbi.  She liked...

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Shakespeare - and Halloween?

The plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream is very simple. A group of lovers wander into the forest on midsummer-night's eve...however, because it is a magical time when the mystical world opens to the everyday...

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Kombucha Tea

Kombucha health tea is nothing new, in fact it has been around for centuries.  There are reports of Kombucha tea being used as a health drink or folk medicine as far back as 200 BC in China.  Despite its...

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Kiana Journey of Life Chapter One...Discovery

 The field was open, flowers everywhere; their fragrance filled the air. Grass greener than any she had ever seen. Slowly she walked into the open, leaving the shelter and comfort of the woods. She had...

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