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Rather than military, political or economic might, it’s the culture of these countries that most strongly impacts the wider world.
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A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, two European humanists came together to produce an extraordinary map of the world.
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Milpa Alta – which maintains traditions from its pre-Columbian past – feels like a tiny mountain village, making it hard to believe that it’s part of Mexico City.
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Once associated with war and rebellion, the Danish kaffebord – or coffee table – has become an opportunity for shared friendship and cake.
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Bahasa Indonesia was adopted to make communication easier across the vast Indonesian archipelago, but its simplicity has only created new barriers.
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Despite Romansh being one of Switzerland’s four national languages, less than 0.5% percent of Swiss can speak it.
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‘Cwtch’ has no literal English translation, but is an emotionally significant embrace and an intrinsically Welsh word that evokes a sense of home.
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