Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image.

Previous studies have shown that there is a very weak correlation between experts’ judgments of cultural entertainment, such as movies, and popular judgments.

Brother and sisters love to be renewed every year in India by way of festivals in which the sister ties a holy band on thread on the arm of her brother with holy mark on his forehead with prayer for his peace and prosperity.

The Northern Territory Health Department says it is not ideal for people to eat feral cat but it is not illegal.

A thumb’s up for “I’m good.” The rubbing of a pointed forefinger at another for “shame on you.” The infamous and ubiquitous middle finger salute for—well, you know. Such gestures that convey meaning without speech are used and recognized by nearly everyone in our society, but to someone from a foreign country, they may be incomprehensible.

The dungeon beneath the papal fortress of Castel Sant'Angelo, where popes locked up criminals and enemies, reopens to the public on Friday after a ten-year closure for restoration work.

A lecturer from the department of Drawing of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada) has carried out the first exhaustive research project in Spain that analyses fashion as an artistic discipline, in relation to painting, sculpture or architecture. The thesis written by Luis Casablanca Migueles studies fashion as “a plural phenomenon, one of the most important contemporary artistic disciplines”.

Athens' Acropolis archeological museum has closed its doors to the public to prepare its collection for transportation to a new site a few hundred yards down the hill, Greece's Culture Ministry said Monday.

The 41st Smithsonian Folklife Festival is now underway in Washington, D.C. The annual event brings together cultures from around the world to both educate and entertain visitors.

Research has uncovered that culture is a determining factor when interpreting facial emotions. The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard, such as Japan, focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions. Whereas in cultures where emotion is openly expressed, such as the United States, the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotion.

The Pensacola Symphony Chamber Orchestra will present the GE Music for Families¡ Fiesta Cultural! concert on Saturday, March 31, 2007, at 10 a.m. at N.B. Cook Elementary School of the Arts. This event, which is part of the 2007 Latin American Festival, is a fun-filled, family activity that will spark the imagination of the whole family.

This country's museums, libraries and archives have a very significant role to play in relation to the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, Museums, Libraries And Archives Council Chairman Mark Wood said today. And Mr Wood expressed his deep concern over the government's decision to divert further funding away from the cultural sector to meet costs associated with the Games.