Craft Arts

The Koggala Folk Museum of Sri Lanka is one of the best museums entirely devoted to showcasing the lifestyle, industries and customs of traditional communities in Sri Lanka. It is housed in the ancestral home of renowned Sri Lankan author Martin Wickramasinghe, being established as a tribute to the writer by the Martin Wickramasinghe Trust.

The boy, who would grow up to be one of the greatest Singhalese writers of his time, was born in 1890 in the village of Malgama. The house presently serves as his memorial museum was the childhood home of the writer and his sisters, and is a well-preserved and classic example of a Southern abode of that time. The rear section is now nearing 200 years since its first construction and bears trademark Dutch architectural features as well as sparse, whitewashed walls and brick-paved flooring.

The house is the last surviving abode of the village, …

Marrakesh is located around 327 kilometers to the West of Rabat, the capital of Morocco, 580 kilometers to the South West of Tangier, and 196 kilometers to the South West of Casablanca. Established in the 11th century AD, Marrakesh has a long rich history and many impressive monuments visited by many travelers who tour Morocco. The Almoravid Dynasty established Marrakesh in 1070 AD to be the capital of their kingdom and they made it an important commercial and cultural center.

Many travel packages to Morocco which include a visit to Marrakesh usually focus on two or three monuments including the Koutobeya Mosque, the Saadis Tombs, and the famous Gamea’ El Fna Square. Although these places are quite remarkable, there are many other attractions in Marrakesh that deserve to be explored by travelers.

The Ben Yusuf Madrassa

Built by the Marinid Dynasty in the middle of the 14th century, it was …

In very simple words, death is the end of life. So in this simple definition another term is needed to be explained and that is – life. For human being, life is the existence of an individual. If we take the term existence as an easily understood one, as because not each word can be explained in a limited opportunity, we can now define death and that is “death is the end of existence”.

In medical science, death is the permanent and irreversible cessation of all vital functions namely the brain function, the respiratory function, and the circulatory or heart function. So the medical definition further elaborates the two aspects of the usual definition, ‘end’ and ‘existence’. Thus, for death, ‘end’ represents something permanent & irreversible, and ‘existence’ is mainly represented by functioning.

Integrating the above two aspects, death can be very rationally and scientifically defined as the absolute disappearance …

Housing the most considerable collection of Khmer Art in the entire world is the National Museum of Cambodia which is preferably found in Phnom Penh. It has earned a track record as the country’s foremost archaeological and historic museum. The museum was created in accordance to regular Khmer-type all through the period of 1917 to 1920 and was the mastermind of a renowned and professional French architect.

The unique rust crimson National Museum of Cambodia is positioned in close proximity to the Royal Palace. Crafted according to classic Cambodian design, the constructing that properties the museum is an remarkable terra cotta roofed framework. The highlights of the National Museum of Cambodia are the sculptures from the Angkor period and pre Angkor period. The museum features of practically 5000 objects that are on show for community viewing. One of the most observed reveals is the well known statue of the ‘Leper …

The disheartening news that the home of the only remaining national museum will soon be no more is absurd. The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry is entertaining plans to demolish it and in its place, put up a 60-storey office block. The museum will then occupy two floors in this gigantic monster of a 200-metre high building.

The Uganda museum (founded in 1908) is the container of Uganda’s historic memories. It is located on Kiira Road, near Mulago hospital, about 4 km from Kampala city centre. The museum is a true reflection of Uganda’s multicultural past displaying the countries indigenous culture, archeology, history, science, and natural history.

It was inaugurated in 1908 at Lugard’s Fort on Old Kampala Hill in Kampala city, and is regarded as the biggest and the oldest museum in Uganda. The museum was relocated to Makerere University in the school of industrial and fine arts …

Cyprus, officially known as the Republic of Cyprus, is well known for its sunny ecstasy and is one of the major tourist destinations in the world. Holidaying in Cyprus is always a great idea whether you are making a plan with your family or with friends.

Things to see in Cyprus

Some of things to see when holidaying in Cyprus are:

Hala sultan tekksi – this historic and ancient mosque adds to the beauty of near by Larnac’s airport as well as the Larnance salt lake, at whose edge the mosque stands.

Limmassol castle – situated near old harbor and the medieval museum of Cyprus, this castle is also accompanied with a zoo, municipal gardens and an archaeological museum of Limassol district.

Cyprus museums and archaeological monuments’ the island is surrounded with remarkable historic collection in its various museum houses, such as Byzantine museum, district archaeological museum, Tornaritis-Pierides Paleontology Museum …