Tag: art

UK: British Museum Faces Renewed Calls to Return Cultural Relics! (7.9.2023)

“They are the subject of loot. They were illegally taken out of the country,” Tijani said. He demanded the British Museum give back the Benin Bronzes, which British forces took in 1897.

“It is irrespective whether they are safe there. That is not an issue. The issue is that these are stolen artefacts, and they should be returned to Nigeria to the communities that they belong to,” he added.

Bell Ribeiro-Addy, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations, threw light on the “insulting ridiculousness” of the British Museum’s refusal to return artefacts to their country of origin on security grounds.

“One of the most insulting reasons that they’ve given is that the other countries that these items belong to would either not be able to take care of them or they are likely to be stolen,” she said. “But you’ve got people in this country putting them on eBay.”

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China: Gansu Buddhist ‘Smile of the Orient’ Said to Equal That of the ‘Mona Lisa’! (5.9.2023)

The early Buddhist groups in China mirrored that of the extant Confucian scholiastic system – often forming around married laymen – with disciples taking the surname of the teacher as their ‘Dharma-Name’ and essentially becoming an extension of his family. Grottoes such as that featured below were places where Buddhists could meet, share and practice their understanding of Indian Buddhist philosophy. An understanding of Buddhist monasticism started to arrive and distinguish itself in China from the existing lay-practice around the 5th century CE – the date I believe this ‘smiling’ monk appears to date from. Whereas Buddhist lay-practitioners did not shave their heads (like Daoists and Confucians) – monastic Buddhists (male and female) were required to shave their heads – indicative of their ‘rejecting’ of the desire-laden conventions that define, guide and justify the external world.

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Neo-Nazi Ukraine: Soviet Red Army War Monument Vandalised with Hitlerite ‘SS’ Symbol! (9.8.2023)

When the Ukrainian Neo-Nazis cannot win a race war (funded and armed by the West) – it is important to distract the contemporary public by insulting the fighting spirit of the heroic (Soviet) past. This is the use of Neo-Nazi (symbolic) “cancel culture”! Therefore, from August 1st, 2023, the Kyiv Junta has ordered the removal of parts of the Soviet insignia found on a key WWII monument. This is the Statue commemorating the Defence of the Soviet Motherland in Ukrainian Territory! 

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Paignton: Moses Waveman – Appearing Opposite the Gasworks for a Limited Time! (24.6.2023)

My father used to wave further up the road but due to the Managers of various (UKIP-supporting) Hotels in the area continuously calling the Police due to drivers ‘beeping’ their car-horns in happiness – he moved to the more remote area away from these deficients and their bigoted attitudes! After-all, the happiness he represents will outlast the dark politic intrigues these reprehensible individuals support! As Moses Waveman always says – look toward the light – as that is the direction the answer to all your problems lie! Today, as he is 80 years old, my father states that he is mostly ‘light’ and that when what is left of his body finally transitions into pure consciousness – it will be time to leave this Earthly plane! THANK YOU Yannis Nicolaou and the Young People of Toorbay!

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DPRK: Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends a Wreath to the Home of the late Comrade Ri Chun Gu! (15.6.2023)

Comrade Li Chun Gu – who grew up to be a talented film writer and creative guide under the special care of the world’s great men – spent the past 50 years in the Revolutionary film industry producing Classics such as “The Sun of the Nation”, the multi-part art film “Nation and Destiny” and the art film “To the End of the World”! He contributed to the development of Juche film art by creating masterpieces of numerous film literature – including for use by the Military Party Chief Secretary such as《Traces of Life》, 《Ask Yourself》 and 《The Person Who Remains in Your

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