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Winning Hearts & Tongues: A Polish to Lemko Case Study (2023)
When minority and local languages are lost, national security suffers: not only are significant increases in suicidality, depression, diabetes, assault, and substance abuse often documented, a void is created that has historically been exploited by adversaries. For example, millions from minority language communities ahistorically assume the Russian language and/or identity as their own…
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Sacred deer and Great Torii Gate: Itsukushima, Japan
Behind me you can see the gate that people would sail in and one of the sacred #deer below. You’re not allowed to feed the deer food and they will try to steal it and they will try to steal your souvenirs or eat them. And they are wild deer though. They are not domesticated.…
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Atom Bomb Ground Zero in Hiroshima, Japan
We’re here at ground zero in Hiroshima, by the Atomic Bomb Dome. The atomic bomb exploded about 600 meters above this area. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly, and by the end of 1945 the death toll had roughly doubled. This building was completed in 1915, about 30 years before the bombing, and was designed…
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1200 years of samādhi at Okunoin Cemetery, Mount Koya
Good afternoon from Japan’s largest cemetery, where over 200,000 souls repose. Also here is Kūkai who is believed to have been in a state of deep meditation called #samadhi since the year 835. That’s 1,200 years ago. #Okunoin #Japan