Music, Art & Cinema

Picture Postcards: Graffiti in France

Today’s Picture Postcard was taken by our contributor, DeeBee, who mentions on her blog that,

In the last two decades, graffiti have started to be recognised as a “proper” form of art and we should more refer to it as Street Art then Graffiti.

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Catching the Tour De France in Brittany
Summer Solstice Celebrations in France
Always Evolving: Some Languages of the World and Where They Come From

Picture Postcards: Graffiti in Mumbai, India

Today’s Picture Postcard has been sent in by our reader, Nisha, who is a traveller from India. Thanks, Nisha!

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Street Scene Mumbai
The Great Big Coorgi Wedding
Eating Right- The Indian Way

Express yourself through dance!

The idea of this post was brought to me by one of  Liz’ (one of the Pocket Cultures Founders) posts,  Can dancing unite the world? and the story of Dancing Matt, who travels worldwide persuading people in different countries to join him in a silly dance in the streets.

I don‘t know if the answer is yes or no, but dance certainly brings a lot of people together, creates a bond between them, radiates positive energy and joy and makes them forget their worries, no matter their nationality, age, religion, or social status.

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Picture Postcards: Graffiti in Granada, Spain

Today’s lovely Picture Postcard was dropped into our Flickr group by Kelly and was snapped in Granada, Spain. Thanks, Kelly!

This month we are extending our look at photos of graffiti and street art. If you have photos to share we’d love to see them – please send them to our Picture Postcards of the World photo group on Flickr.

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Funny photo from Spain
The rain in Spain stays mainly in…
Always Evolving: Some languages of the world and where they come from

Picture Postcards: Okinawa Island life

Thanks to Mike for sending this ‘Island life’ street art which is painted on the front of a karaoke bar in Okinawa, Japan.

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Picture Postcards: only in New Zealand

Today we have to thank Marie for sending a particularly New Zealand example of graffiti/street art showing Sir Edmund Hillary and a South Pacific wahine.

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