ISAHAYA, Nagasaki -- A festival to tear up tatami mats and rub the straw against the participants' skin to pray for good health was held at Nanko Shrine here on Jan. 13. The shrine is dedicated to ...
In the first week of June, 2022, the Killimangalam Pulpaya, a traditional straw mat indigenous to Killimangalam in Thrissur district in Kerala, began trending on social media. People from Kerala and ...