BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesInuit A revival of Indigenous throat singing verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Joel Balsam & Stephanie FodenInuit throat singing was at risk of extinction after years of erasure by colonists and missionaries, but TikTok star Shina Novalinga is sharing the tradition for a new generation. Shina Novalinga locks...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesChina The Chinese noodle dish whose name doesn't exist verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Megan ZhangChina's biang biang noodles are taking the world by storm – yet the dish's name doesn't officially exist. A rhythmic thumping sound echoed through the restaurant-lined street in north-west China, emanating...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesArchaeology The US' lost, ancient megacity verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Jen Rose SmithIn the ancient Mississippian settlement of Cahokia, vast social events – not trade or the economy – were the founding principle. Pity the event planners tasked with managing Cahokia's wildest parties....
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesSouth Sulawesi Asia's isle of five separate genders verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Daniel StablesThe Bugis people of South Sulawesi are a powerful ethnic group remarkable for their recognition of five separate genders. But the future of their unique culture looks bleak. The Indonesian island of Sulawesi...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesGrenada The man who mapped a nation by hand verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Steph Keelan & Chris BlackKnown as "the Indiana Jones of Grenada", Telfor Bedeau has kayaked around his Caribbean island home, walked nearly every inch of it and climbed its highest peak 217 times. Beyond Grenada's picture-perfect...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesSingapore Singapore's endless pursuit of cleanliness verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Faris MustafaThese quintessentially Singaporean values have been put to the test during Covid-19, when good public hygiene practice can be a matter of life and death. It hits me every time I step off the plane: the...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesUnited States The crucial legacy missing from US food verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Raphael KadushinAmerica's Indigenous cuisine has been written out of history, but one woman is retelling its story to a new consciousness of people who want to know where food really comes from. One big bubbling stew...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesCities The enduring allure of lost cities verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Jen Rose SmithTales of mysterious ruins have long enchanted travellers from afar, but those stories may hide something even more fascinating – and adverse. Lost and abandoned places have a powerful pull on the imagination...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesShanghai How China saved more than 20,000 Jews during WW2 verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Ronan O'ConnellOne of the most extraordinary stories in Shanghai's history took place the neighbourhood of Tilanqiao, which served as "a modern-day Noah's Ark" for Jews during WW2. It is a symbol that looks entirely...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesGoats The Ethiopian who saved an Italian goat cheese verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Vittoria TraversoA political refugee who settled in the Italian Dolomites single-handedly helped to revitalise a vanishing Italian town and its endangered breed of goats. After this story was reported, Agitu Idea Gudeta...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesBhutan Bhutan's 350-year-old recipe for wellbeing verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Simon UrwinIn this secluded kingdom, a secret incense formula believed to promote healing and happiness is known by only two people. The bare-breasted woman was standing on one leg in a field of flowers. She wore...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesAsia Jaggery: South Asia's sweet, sentimental cure-all verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Aysha ImtiazJaggery is more than an indigenous medicinal food or a delectable dessert; it's the concentrated essence of millennia-old tradition. A staunch follower of the unwritten manifesto of South Asian mothers...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesWalking The war correspondent walking the world verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Neeta LalFor the last eight years, journalist Paul Salopek has been walking around the world, tracing the ancient path of human migration. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesMeghalaya Khasis: India's indigenous matrilineal society verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Zinara RathnayakeIn one of the world's last matrilineal societies, women control property and inheritance and dominate public spaces. So, why are some women seeing change as a good thing? During my travels across mainland...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesSweden The Swedish chef who cooks solely with fire verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Rafael EstefaniaEvoking a deep a sense of nostalgia, chef Niklas Ekstedt has taken traditional Swedish food to a new level – by cooking fine cuisine over fire without gas or electricity. At his Michelin-starred restaurant,...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesSea Slug The 'sheep' that can photosynthesise verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Rina Diane CaballarMuch like its herbivorous namesake, the ocean-dwelling "leaf sheep" grazes for food; however, it supplements its diet in a unique way: through the power of the sun. "The first time I saw Shaun the Sheep...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesRwanda Where people go to bars to drink milk verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Glory IribagizaUnique to Rwanda, milk bars reflect a little-known truth about how intrinsic cows and milk are to Rwandan culture. It was 10:00 in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, and an unmarked bar in the central Nyarugenge...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesCanoeing The country with a 'fifth season' verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheranEvery year Estonia’s Soomaa National Park disappears underwater, ushering in an unlikely season that creates an extraordinary sense of belonging among locals. Every morning in the lead up to spring, Aivar...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesAberdeenshire Scotland’s little-known fourth "language" verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheranDoric, a little-known form of North East Scots, is undergoing a pandemic-inspired renaissance. “Slaverin, slubberin, gibberin, gabberin, roon wi a wallop, a sklyter, a sweel,” recited the poet. “Yonder’s...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesJane Goodall Why Jane Goodall is hopeful in 2021 verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Laurie WieglerThe world-renowned anthropologist and humanitarian discusses the best days of her life and how each of us can help make a difference. In the 1960s, Dr Jane Goodall upended the world's understanding of...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesAboriginal Canadians The restaurateur who overcame Canada's Sixties Scoop verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Simon UrwinWhen Inez Cook opened a restaurant for Indigenous Canadian cuisine, she embarked on an unexpected journey towards rediscovering her identity and finding her long-lost family. It was all about erasing identities,...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesQuilting Quilting: An Irish tradition fit for pandemic times verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Alexandra MarvarAs searches for quilting patterns surge and Covid quilt-alongs explode online, newcomers to the hobby are channelling a centuries-old Irish tradition: quilting for human connection. When Sarah Harris from...
BBC Travelflipped into All StoriesForests Waldeinsamkeit: Germany's cherished forest tradition verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheranLoosely translated as "solitude of the forest", waldeinsamkeit is seeing a post-pandemic renaissance in Germany. Everybody is at it in Germany. They're doing it in the trees in the Black Forest. Out in...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories Ackee and saltfish: Jamaica’s breakfast of champions verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Brendan SainsburyHow did a meal that combines a preserved North Atlantic fish and a potentially deadly West African fruit become Jamaica’s national dish? Ackee and saltfish is synonymous with Jamaica, as entwined with...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories Beirut's painstaking cultural revival verified_publisherBBC Travel - By BBC's The Travel ShowMonths after the city's tragic explosion, a team of curators are carefully rebuilding one of the city's most important museums. On 4 August 2020, a devastating explosion at Beirut's port tore through centre...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories Japan's mysterious underwater 'city' verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Naotomo UmewakaBelow the waves off the coast of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, a series of curious pyramid-like formations have captivated divers and geologists since the site’s discovery in 1987. In 1987, a local diver exploring...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories Bolivia's little-known tribal kingdom verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Jordi BusquéFor hundreds of years, the tiny Kingdom of the Afro-Bolivians lay hidden from the outside world. Bolivia’s La Paz is the highest capital in the world. At 3,690m in elevation, its air is cold and thin,...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories Pakistan's beloved 'poor man’s burger' verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Aysha ImtiazFor Pakistanis, especially Karachiites, the iconic bun-kebab isn’t just a food but an expression of their identity. Every morning before sunrise in Karachi, Pakistan, while the city is largely asleep,...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories Malaysia’s harmonious approach to life verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Charukesi RamaduraiWhile Malaysia generally stays under the radar, it is one of Asia’s most friendly and tolerant countries where its three major ethnic communities live mostly in harmony. As a newly minted resident of Lumpur,...
BBC Travelflipped into All Stories How rice shaped the American South verified_publisherBBC Travel - By Michael W TwittyIt built cities and fed colonies, but it turns out enslaved Africans didn't just plant the cash crop – they likely introduced its cultivation to the US. Just before the American Revolution, a woman whose...
