PocketCultures https://pocketcultures.com/ the world in your pocket Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:00:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://pocketcultures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-favicon-pocketcultures-1-32x32.png PocketCultures https://pocketcultures.com/ 32 32 Goodbye for now https://pocketcultures.com/2014/10/05/goodbye-for-now/ Sun, 05 Oct 2014 23:56:07 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20945 We’re sad to announce that we won’t be updating PocketCultures for the time being. We’ve had a [...]

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]]> Kazakh Proverbs for Your Wedding: Equals With Equals, Cow-Patties with Carrying-Sacks https://pocketcultures.com/2014/03/26/kazakh-proverbs-for-your-wedding-equals-with-equals-cow-patties-with-carrying-sacks/ https://pocketcultures.com/2014/03/26/kazakh-proverbs-for-your-wedding-equals-with-equals-cow-patties-with-carrying-sacks/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:53:38 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20918 It’s a muggy day in July when my Kazakh teacher, Aryslan, promises that I’ll have a free [...]

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]]> https://pocketcultures.com/2014/03/26/kazakh-proverbs-for-your-wedding-equals-with-equals-cow-patties-with-carrying-sacks/feed/ 5 Thought on her travelling life since teenage years https://pocketcultures.com/2014/03/14/thought-on-her-travelling-life-since-teenage-years/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:22 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20892 Tell us a bit about yourself. How would your friends or family describe you? Hello, my name [...]

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]]> Sunderbans National Park https://pocketcultures.com/2014/03/12/sunderbans-national-park/ Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:09:36 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20886 Lying in the cozy serene atmosphere of the border of West Bengal- Bangladesh, it is one of [...]

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]]> Films from around the world https://pocketcultures.com/2014/02/19/films-from-around-the-world/ https://pocketcultures.com/2014/02/19/films-from-around-the-world/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:24:35 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20866 Our contributors put their heads together and came up with this wonderful idea: to write about a [...]

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]]> https://pocketcultures.com/2014/02/19/films-from-around-the-world/feed/ 1 Picture Postcards: Stamps from New Zealand https://pocketcultures.com/2014/01/19/picture-postcards-stamps-from-new-zealand/ Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:37:31 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20857 Today’s snail mail photo shows some interesting stamps from New Zealand although I should point out that [...]

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]]> Picture Postcards: Snail mail from the USA https://pocketcultures.com/2014/01/05/picture-postcards-snail-mail-from-the-usa/ Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:25:38 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20849 This cool, round earth stamp arrived on a letter I received from the United States. A Family [...]

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]]> Picture Postcards: Snail mail in Costa Rica https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/30/picture-postcards-snail-mail-in-costa-rica/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 07:30:52 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20837 This photo is from our contributor in Costa Rica, Nuria who says, In this picture, you can [...]

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]]> Picture Postcards: Rice teracces in Batad, Banaue, Philippines https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/15/picture-postcards-rice-teracces-in-batad-banaue-philippines/ https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/15/picture-postcards-rice-teracces-in-batad-banaue-philippines/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:16:14 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20827 Today’s snap of the Great Outdoors takes us to the rice teracces of The Philippines and it [...]

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]]> https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/15/picture-postcards-rice-teracces-in-batad-banaue-philippines/feed/ 1 The platter of culture: the cultural variety of india https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/11/the-platter-of-culture-the-cultural-variety-of-india/ Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:01:17 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20818 When it comes to the music and movies of India hardly any other country can ever throw [...]

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]]> Picture Postcards: Cycle path in Japan https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/09/picture-postcards-cycle-path-in-japan/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 02:00:20 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20812 This is a cycle path in my old village in Niigataken, Japan that led to the mountains. [...]

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]]> 100th anniversary of the Buenos Aires underground https://pocketcultures.com/2013/12/06/100th-anniversary-of-the-buenos-aires-underground/ Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:00:02 +0000 http://pocketcultures.com/?p=20796 December 1st,  2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the Buenos Aires underground. The Compañía de Tranvías Anglo-Argentina [...]

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