This festival is celebrated by a quarter of the world’s population, and today we’re going to deep dive into how China celebrates it, the origins of it, and the controversy surrounding it now.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:41 How the Ancient Chinese viewed time + myths
7:26 Ty Talk2me!
9:02 Chinese New Year superstitions + fooood
16:03 The Lunar New Year vs Chinese New Year debate
20:04 Conclusion
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From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the #LunarNewYear as they ushered in the #YearOfTheSnake https://u.afp.com/SZfR
— AFP News Agency (@afpnews.bsky.social) 2025-01-29T09:50:01.690Z
n this episode, Rob and Jess debunk some myths about the origins of common sayings and present the even more fascinating true stories behind the idioms we use day-to-day.
🔴 Who was the first to “paint the town red”?
🌩️ How can someone’s “thunder” be “stolen”?
🐕 What’s the (horrible) origin of “to screw the pooch”?
🥃 Where did the phrase “on the wagon” come from?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled.
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or search for “Words Unravelled” wherever you get your podcasts.
Editing by Martyn Williams
==LINKS==
Rob’s YouTube channel: / robwords
Jess’ Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/
Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt
Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris
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A #WaybackWednesday to 2019 for #ChineseNewYear which was then Year of The (Big) Pig 🐖Today its the turn of The Snake 🐍#WeekEForEvents #CNY2025 #AlphabetChallenge #YearOfTheSnake #Manchester #Sculpture #StreetPhotography #PublicArt #StreetArt
— misheleneous Handmade Gifts | Home & Hound (@misheleneous.bsky.social) 2025-01-29T08:28:08.914Z
October 5, 2022
Art
Social Issues
Grace Ebert
All images © Blu
The legendary anonymous street artist known as Blu has spent his career critiquing the ills of capitalism, the carceral system, and the destruction of the environment, among myriad other problems afflicting the world today. One of his most recent projects brought him back to Sensemurs Valencia to paint a charged mural protesting the expansion of the port in the Spanish city.
The 2022 festival centered around the government’s extension of the industrial area to the north, which would “mean, among many other things, the final lunging to the beaches of l’Albufera (and) the multiplication of air pollution of ships and truck traffic.” Part of a movement to halt the proposal, the public art event brought several muralists to the city, including Blu, whose multi-part work features a battle between fist-shaped trees and port defenders.
Similar to some of his earlier projects, this piece is designed as a sequence that when photographed and stitched together, creates an animation. Yellow shipping containers morph into armored guards, who are swiftly pummeled and destroyed as nature resurges from the ground. […]
Source: Blu Protests the Valencia Port Expansion with a Tumultuous Battle Between Nature and Guards
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