Cultural diversity
![People at a rally holding flags and banners with various languages, advocating for voting rights and unity, standing behind a barrier on a city street.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c56f5ca0-e638-40ff-91d8-c12adf15d5be/rt-nyc56683.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Community
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Does embracing local customs help immigrants feel at home?
Moving from Belgrade to Toronto, learning the social ‘rules’ fostered my sense of belonging. But there’s an important caveat
by Ljiljana Radenović
![Two traditional-style pagodas in a grassy field under a blue sky with scattered clouds, with mist and mountains in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/14a51c28-5518-4408-9f5d-62056bf187a4/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Rituals and celebrations
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Together forever: ‘at-home burial’ in southern Vietnam
What might a traveller along the Mekong Delta learn about the beliefs and traditions behind the country’s elevated tombs?
by Gina Elia
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Place
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Journey to the Bering Sea in search of a deep ‘not knowing’
Directed by Sky Hopinka
![A muslim woman in a colourful orange sari reaches up to touch a decorative panel above a shrine](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/de4c3635-42b3-49e4-8c89-0bb03e94448e/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Mental health across cultures
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Why a Sufi approach to healing mental illness is so powerful
In Sufi shrines, rituals offer sufferers a path beyond the fear and isolation of their mental distress
by Bhrigupati Singh
![Two men near a graffiti-covered wall with chipped paint, one standing and gesturing, the other sitting on the pavement.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/9b015d33-8c83-48d1-9ebc-2a0a4dc8c104/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Cultural diversity
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Cultural differences are far more nuanced than East vs West
It’s simply not the case that ‘Eastern’ cultures are relationally-minded, while ‘Western’ societies are individualistic
by Matt Huston
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Sports and games
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Softness controls hardness – a fighter’s gentle approach to life
Directed by Josef Reeve
![Bas-relief showing scenes of interrogation and torture, featuring restrained figures and text describing the use of plastic bags and water dunking to terrify victims.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b5ca8601-8677-48e3-b7bd-07e7b7981f56/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Cognitive and behavioural therapies
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CBT is the ‘gold standard’, but is that just for white people?
CBT is supported by a strong evidence base. However, effective cultural adaptation of the therapy is a work in progress
by Shayla Love
![A bustling plant market with numerous people shopping and mingling, surrounded by various stalls and potted plants.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/56501442-a99b-41fc-a26a-1092c3e1cf95/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Civic life
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The surprising way to tackle prejudice in the real world
The good news is there are many effective anti-prejudice interventions, but the most promising remains relatively unknown
by Wing Hsieh