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Understanding other people's languages, cultures, etiquettes and taboos is of great value to the traveller or visiting business person. Click on the image below for information on a selected number of countries. Topics include language, useful phrases, the society, culture, business and social etiquettes. This information is also available as an App for the iPhone. Please click International Business Etiquette App to vist the App Store.
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Culture CrossingCultureCrossing.net is an evolving database of cross-cultural information about every country in the world. This user-built guide allows people from all walks of life to share essential tips with each other about how to navigate our increasingly borderless world with savvy and sensitivity.
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ViewChange.OrgUsing the power of video to tell stories about real people and progress in global development.
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Classrooms Around the World
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Classrooms Across the Globe
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Telegraph: Where Children Sleep
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Houses around the World
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Wonderful Houses Around the World
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Homes Around the World
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NPR: A Look at Our Worldly Possessions
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UNESCO World Intangible Cultural HeritageThe term ‘cultural heritage’ has changed content considerably in recent decades, partially owing to the instruments developed by UNESCO. Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of objects. It also includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions,performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.
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Handwashing Around the WorldThe purpose of this database is to provide practitioners with information on the various types of enabling technologies, including but not limited to purpose, benefits, key product features and specifications, pictures or illustrations, and contacts for further information.
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Time: What the World Eats
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NPR: Food Photos
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18 Breakfasts Around the World
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It's International Click to access site
A world of food; children's games from around the world; holidays, festivals, and celebrations; cultural glimpses, international customs, traditions, and crafts; traditional clothing; wedding customs and traditions; international names: what's in a name; superstitions from around the world; International proverbs: simple truths; Students in Uzbekistan Explain Proverbs; folktales from Around the World; Children's Toys, Then and Now. Click here to access It's International.
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7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine
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28 Birthday Traditions from Around the World
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Eric Lafforgue: PhotographyClick on a country and explore a slideshow of fabulous photos of people and places around the world.
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The world’s languages, in 7 maps and charts
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