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Culture: Asia

This pathfinder includes information about culture in Asia.

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American Society of Appraisers (http://www.appraisers.org/)
The American Society of Appraisers (ASA) can help you find an appraisal expert in the following disciplines that include knowledge of Asia: business valuation, gems and jewelry, machinery and technical specialties, personal property and real property.

ArtXchange: contemporary art gallery of Asian and international artists
(http://www.artxchange.org/Home/home.asp)
ArtXchange features an online art exhibit from contemporary artists from North America, Viet Nam, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. This web site also features the artists' work, done in a variety of mediums, that are available for purchase.

Asia Cuisine
(http://www.asiacuisine.com.sg/)
A food and beverage portal which gives extensive information and links to recipes, cooking courses and up-to-date news pertaining to food and catering industry.

Asia Society
(http://www.asiasociety.org/index.html)
AsiaSociety.org provides information on the Asia Society, its programs, publications, exhibitions, regional centers, and membership. Visitors will also find virtual exhibitions, the text of recent speeches, Asia Society publications, and much more.

Asian Cultural Council
(http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/)
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) is an organization that supports the "cultural exchange" in the performing and visual arts among Asian countries and the United States. This web site provides information on news of upcoming projects, various programs and grants that are available to those who qualify according to guidelines set by the ACC.

Asian Film Connections (http://www.asianfilms.org/afc.html)
Created by the Asia Pacific Media Center at the University of Southern California, Asian Film Connections promotes contemporary feature films from China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The site includes online video clips, filmographies, and critical analyses. It can be read in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

Asian historical architecture
(http://www.orientalarchitecture.com)
A comprehensive survey of Asia's architectural heritage. You can view over 4000 photos of 270 sites in ten countries, with extensive background information and innovative 'virtual tours'.

Asianart-bank.com - The Largest Asian Art Resources Bank (http://www.asianart-bank.com/)
AsianArt-Bank.com is conceptually designed to promote artists, galleries, schools and art-related opportunities online, with the single objective to elevate the diverse Asian art industry to greater heights. The site includes a massive database of artwork, an arts calendar and virtual tours of galleries throughout Asia.

Asianart.com
(http://www.asianart.com/index.html)
Provides a collection of the online versions of exhibitions that feature color images of Asian art and scholarly texts from various galleries. Also contains articles, a list of galleries and other Asian sources.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Open Directory Portal Page on Islam
(http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.

RecipeSource: Asian and Pacific Island Recipes (http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/asia/)
RecipeSource is an online collection of recipes from around the world. Recipes in the database are searchable by key word, region or category.

Société Asiatique
(http://www.aibl.fr/fr/asie/home.html)
Society on Asian culture, literature, and civilization. In French.

United Nations
(http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.


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