Cooperation in a cultural crossroads: Christians, Muslims tear down walls in Cyprus
Among the groups visiting this year’s Folkmoot Festival from other countries is one from a place that isn’t quite a country, but is perhaps a historical microcosm of current geopolitical and spiritual conflict between East and West.
“It’s mostly sunny weather, two or three months we live in winter, the rest of the year, around 30 or 40 Celsius degrees,” said Burcin Ozqus, a performer with Kyrenia Youth Centre Association. “It’s green most all the time of the year.”
Finding civility in a polarized society
Globalization has made our big world seem much smaller, but it’s also pushed us farther away from one another.
Instead of focusing on finding common ground with those who have opposing religious or political views, society segregates itself with others who believe the same way they do.
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