Music of Khakassia Khakassia is a region in Russia. The Khakas people are Turkic, and their culture, including music, has some similarities to the culture of Tuva, a neighboring region in Central Asia. Like Tuva, throat-singing is practiced in Khakassia, often accompanied by a two-stringed instrument called the khomys.The city of Abakan has hosted the International Khakass Folk Music Competition since 1995. Music_of_Khakassia
Orang laut Orang Laut, or Bajau Laut are a group of Malay people living in the Riau Islands of Indonesia. Broadly speaking, the term encompasses the numerous tribes and groups inhabiting the islands and estuaries in the Riau-Lingga Archipelagos, the Pulau Tujuh Islands, the Batam Archipelago, and the coasts and offshore islands of eastern Sumatra and southern Malay Peninsula. Orang_laut
Güshi Khan Güshi (or Gushri) Khan (1582-1655), a Khoshut prince and leader of the Khoshut Khanate, who had supplanted the Tumed descendants of Altan Khan. His military assistance to the Gelug school enabled the 5th Dalai Lama to establish political control over Tibet. In 1637, Güshi Khan defeated a rival Mongolian prince Tsogtu Khung Taiji, a Kagyu follower, near Kokonor and established his khanate in Tibet. Güshi_Khan
Asia-Europe Meeting The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was officially established in 1996 at the first summit in Bangkok. ASEM is an interregional forum which consists of the European Commission, the twenty-seven members of the European Union (EU), the thirteen members of the ASEAN Plus Three regional grouping, and, as of 2008, India, Mongolia, and Pakistan.The main components of the ASEM process, which has so far been loosely organized, include political dialogue security and the economy education and culture or the so-called three pillars. Asia-Europe_Meeting
Garhwali The Garhwali are a people of the hilly Garhwal Division of Uttarakhand, India. The Garhwali language belongs to the Pahari (Northern) subgroup of Indo-Aryan.Garhwali is a hilly dialect originated from medieval Hindi. In the middle period of the course of development of Hindi, there were many "apbhransh" (dialects) of Hindi. Garhwali
Greater India Greater India refers to the historical spread of the Culture of India beyond the Indian subcontinent proper. This concerns the spread of Hinduism in Southeast Asia in particular, introduced by the Indianized kingdoms of the 5th to 15th centuries, but may also extend to the earlier spread of Buddhism from India to Central Asia and China by way of the Silk Road during the early centuries CE. Greater_India
Korean wave The Korean wave or Korea fever refers to the surge of popularity of South Korean culture around the world since the 21st century, especially among the Millennial Generation. While popular throughout the Asian continent, its influence is strongest in East Asia, especially dominant in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, spreading to India, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran,Israel, Turkey and Russia. Korean_wave
Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble The Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble is an orchestra from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK - North Korea). It is famous for its performances of revolutionary and folk songs. They have been reported to be one of the country's most popular groups, although other critics have questioned what it means for a group to be popular in a country where the only music legally available comes from the few state-sanctioned musicians. Pochonbo_Electronic_Ensemble
Nurcholish Madjid Dr. Nurcholish Madjid (March 17, 1939 - August 29, 2005), in his homeland affectionately known as Cak Nur, was a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual. Early in his academic career, Nurcholish was a leader in various student organizations. He soon became well known as a proponent for modernization within Islam. Throughout his career he continued to argue that for Islam to be victorious in the global struggle of ideas, it needs to embrace the concepts of tolerance, democracy and pluralism. Nurcholish_Madjid
Abbas Abad Abbās Ābād (Persian:Tehran, Iran, designated within the Seventh Municipal District of the capital. Abbas_Abad
J. Neil Garcia J. Neil C. Garcia earned his A.B. Journalism, magna cum laude, from the University of Santo Tomas in 1990; M.A. in Comparative Literature in 1995, and Ph.D. in English StudiesUniversity of the Philippines. He is currently a Professor of English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, where he also serves as an Associate for Poetry at the Likhaan J._Neil_Garcia
Girindrasekhar Bose Girindrasekhar Bose (30 January 1887-3 June 1953) was an early 20th century South Asian psychoanalyst. He carried on a twenty-year dialogue with Sigmund Freud. He is known for disputing the specifics of Freud's Oedipal theory, and has been pointed to by some as an early example of non-Western contestations of Western methodologies.His doctoral thesis, Concept of Repression (1921) in which he blended Hindu thought with Freudian concepts and which he sent to Freud , led to a correspondence between the two men and to the formation of the Indian Psychoanalytic Society in 1922 in Calcutta. Girindrasekhar_Bose
Gugum Gumbira Dr. Gugum Gumbira Tirasondjaja, often known just as Gugum Gumbira, is a Sundanese composer, orchestra leader, choreographer, and entrepreneur from Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Gugum_Gumbira
Sangam period The Sangam period is the earliest historical period in the history of South India, spanning about the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. It is named for the Tamil Sangams or "assemblies". In Old Tamil, the term Tamilakam (Tamiḻakam தமிழகம், Purananuru 168.18) referred to the whole of the "Ancient Tamil country," as distinct from the many kingdoms that existed within its boundaries, corresponding roughly to the area known as South India today, including the territories of the present-day Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Laccadives, parts of Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Karnataka, as well as the Maldives. Sangam_period
Intellectual movements in Iran Intellectual movements in Iran involve the Iranian experience of modernity and its associated art, science, literature, poetry, and political structures that have been changing since the 19th century. Intellectual_movements_in_Iran