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Christmas Traditions Around the World: Is Santa in a pickle?

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Christmas traditions around the world have different origins and different meanings -- not all Santa and elves, sometimes funny, many surprising.

Happy (Indian) Christmas

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: A Kolkata Christmas scene, Credit: Sandip Roy

In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.

Sweet Diwali

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: An array of Diwali sweets., Credit: Sandip Roy

Diwali is not just the Indian festival of lights. It's also a festival of sweets!

Bought by PRX Remix

Folktale of Romance

From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales

This time of year, love is in the air, world round--and on this edition, we're following it's enticing call! If you can spare an hour, we'd just lo...

Bought by WFIU, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WFIU, and WLPR

Folktale of Father Christmas

From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales

Ho Ho Ho! “Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles”--and this edition of Folktales, it’s everyone’s favorite ‘jolly old el...

Bought by WFIU, KLCC, KUPR low power FM, WFIU, WYAP and more

Folktale of Toyland

From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales

This edition of Folktales, it's 'game on' as it tracks treasured toys, play songs and play time traditions around the musical globe!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, and KRZA

Folklorist Moira Marsh Loves The Krampus

From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News

Monsters descended on Bloomington's B-Line Trail Saturday evening.

Bought by KMXT

Ramadan-The History of the Fanous

From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series

During Ramadan in Egypt, people will hang a lantern, but what does it mean? Learn about the history of the Ramadan lantern, the fanous.

Merry Montoos

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Montoo at the oven, Credit: Sandip Roy

It’s hardly Santaland but as Christmas approaches Montoo’s bakery, in a dingy lane in central Kolkata, is one of the city's hottest addresses.

Diwali Bang Bang!

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Sandip Roy never learned how to fly a kite, and he regrets it every September.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.

Erin go Bragh: St. Patrick's Day

From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope

Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP