There have place women be banned wearing trousers

Aceh, Indonesia :

Starting from January 1, 2010, there will be no women wearing trousers in West Aceh district, part of Aceh province.  West Aceh district imposed a ban on the use of pants tight jeans and style for women.

Ramli MS, West Aceh Regent has signed a bylaw which prohibits women in the regency from wear trousers.

To anticipate huge number of trousers to be cut by police during raids, the regency administration has prepared along 7,000 long skirts, which will be provided free to those caught wearing trousers.

Ramli MS was quoted by a newspaper last month as saying that "We have issued the regulation to further enforce Islamic sharia granted by the central government". "Put on pants, in West Aceh district was increased disobedience and we do socialization stage per stage," said the Ramli MS to reporters.

However, Ramli did not mention the increase in the number of immortal acts in the region. He also did not specify which type of disobedience occured. In addition to its disobedience, there is the main reason that the main reason for Ramli to implement this ban.

"I implement this rule because I am embarrassed by the central government, because I can not apply the rule of Islam completely," said Regent.
Not only that, Ramli also reasoned that the policy on the basis of a sense of  responsibility he had. So not only responsibility to the central government, but also his relationship with God.

"As a magistrate I have a responsibility, I will be asked by God during my responsibility to led West Aceh, in addition to fulfill the desire of central government," said Ramli.

Used of pants are allowed on condition that should be tightly covered her eyes wide and legs. Pants can also be used as a long skirt depths wide. 

The new bylaw on the banning of trousers adds to another controversial law in Aceh launched earlier in September under the Islamic bylaw system, which included articles on stoning alduterers to death and caning for premarital sex. Across the country, the new bylaw adds to many similar policies in other regions which rule on women's dress code and behavior.

Vice Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly, Ahmad Farhan Hamid, assessing ban women wearing jeans too far. Clothing issue, said the senator from Nangroe Aceh Darussalam, it was a private matter.

"I think an area makes the rules refer to the law" said Farhan. "Qanun to regulate their citizens should not be contrary to the law" said Farhan. But Farhan himself claims not read Qanun contains a ban on the use of the jeans. "I think that I will discuss with colleagues in parliament later" he said.

Indonesia Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Patrialis Akbar, not yet knowing there are rules prohibited girls in jeans in West Aceh. Patrialis will check the information first. "I'll comment later, please monitor what will be happened" said Patrialis.  (Harian Rakyat Aceh/The Jakarta Post-Indraswari)

Tea pot collector from Vietnam

Some of Vu's teapots collection

Thai Nguyen, Vietnam :

Mong Nong Vu, the tea collector was born and raised in dinh Hoa district, in a province celebrated for its tea Thai Ngu Yen. For mong Nong Vu, tea time has lasted nearly half of his life, he have collection around 300 teapots in various shapes and sizes , some 800 years old.

Vu has spent years researching and collecting the crockery, as well as drinking tea of course. Sometimes he wants a piece so badly, he is willing to fork out a sum ten times his monthly salary.

His job as director of the provincial Centre of Culture and Information, gives him the ideal conditions to pursue his obsession.

"These teapots show that since our ancestors' time, Vietnamese tea culture was different from Japanese and Chinese," he says, "the tradition still influence modern culture."

One of the gems in his collection is a teapot called Ga Than (Holy Cock), made around 800 years ago under Ly Dynasty. It has an interesting design - shaped like the head of a cock.
Other Vietnamese teapots in the collection date from Ly (1010 - 1225), Tran (1225 - 1400), and Le (1418 - 1788) dynasties, many shaped like dragons and phoenixes.
The collection also include teapots from China (since Song, Ming and Ching dynasty) and some have designs following Japanese style.

With his teapots collection, Vu hopes it will help others understand more about Vietnamese tea culture, and appreciate its beauty and complexity. (Vietnam News)

 

Ghost City

Fengdu, China :

Located on the north bank of the Yangtze River , Fengdu is an ancient city with a long history, known as the "Ghost City" to most Chinese people.

It got its reputation as the "Ghost City" in the eastern Han Dynasty. Two officials from the Imperial court : Wang Faping and Ying Changsheng, got bored with political life in the court and came to Min Mountain outside the Fengdu city to practice Taoist teachings. Both of them later became immortal by carrying out self-cultivation. This story wide spread and makes Min mountain famous. When combined together, their surnames Yin and Wang, sound very much like "King of Hell" in Chinese, hence the people began to call Fengdu the "Ghost City".

According to superstitious legend, "the dead come to Fengdu and the devils go to hell".  Since  Tang Dynasty,
forty-eight temples had been built in this place, such as "the Hall of Jade Emperor", "the Palace of Hell", "the boundary between the Living and the Dead", "the Ridge of Helplessness and "the Balcony of Nostalgia".
All of temples there look quite magnificent while statues are extremely lifelike. (Shanghai daily/Eastday) 

Manny Pacquiao made a new boxing history

Manny Pacquiao after defeat Miguel Cotto

Las Vegas, US :

The Filipino, Manny Pacquiao made a new history by becoming the first fighter to win seven world titles in as many weight classes with a stunning final round technical knock out of Miguel Cotto from Puerto Rico.

Pacquiao dominated from the second round on, putting a stunning display of boxing skills and laying a savage beating on the Puerto Rican champion at the MGM Grand hotel and casino to claim Cotto's World Boxing Organization welterweight title last Sunday.

By the sixth round Cotto's face was showing signs of wear as both eyes became puffy. By the 11th round the champion was bleeding from both the mouth and nose as his white trunks starting turning a shade of red.

Cotto's trainer Joe Santiago asked his fighter if he wanted to stop the fight after the eight round and Cotto said no. His father, who works in his corner for every fight, tried to stop the fight after the 11th round but was voted down by the other members of the corner team.

Referee Kenny Bayless finally stopped the slaughter 55 seconds into the final round with Cotto unable to defend himself from Pacquiao's lightning quick combinations. (AFP/Saudi Gazette)

 

Siew Mai as China culinary

Ingredients :
- 10 oz minced pork
- 0.5 lb prawns (shelled, deveined and cut)
- 2 oz boiled pork fat, finely cubed
- 4 tbsp boiled bamboo shoots, chopped finely
- 4 oz square egg skins (wantan skins), obtainable from China food store
- 1 tbsp chopped spring onions
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp ginger juice
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- 0.5 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sherry
- 1 tsp msg (as food enhancer) as optional

Directions :

Cut off the four corners of egg skins (wantan skins), blend other ingredients become one meat mixture. Put the meat mixture in the center of each egg skin. Enclose filling with egg skin, so that the top filling is seen. Put little piece of prawn in the top of meat, flatten base of each siew mai, brush steamer rack with oil, and space sew mai on the rack.
Steam over rapidly boiling water for 5 to 7 minutes or until cooked.
Serve hot with chili sauce and light soy sauce. (Shanghai Daily/East Day)

Ba Den Mountain

Cao Cai Temple (Left) and Cable Car at Top Baden Mountain (Right)

Vietnam :

Ba Den Mountain the highest peak in the southern provinces at 986 m high and 24 sq. m wide, is a great place to be visited in the off season, we can enjoy the fresh air and the distance 100 km from Ho Chi Min city.

Ba Den which was recognized as a national historical and cultural heritage site by the Ministry of Information and Communication (now, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in 1986, and surrounding Tay Ninh Town. We explored caves, pagodas, temples and war memorials, ate local delicacies, and literally climbed the mountain.

The bustling place of Ba Den is home to the pagoda of Trung, Thuong and Hang and the caves of Thanh Long, Ong Ho,Ba Co, Ba Tuan, Thien Tai, and Ong Ta. Three museums there house both relics and pictures of soldiers fighting in the American War. Tramcars (cable cars) connect it all, and lead to the foot of the mountain, at which point there are three options for ascent to Dien Ba (Ba Temple) and its famous lying Sakyamuni Buddha.

According the legend, the bronze statue of Ba Den names Ly Thi Thien Huong, a beautiful lady with swarthy complexion and much virtue, who was forced to marry with the son of a rich mandarin while her lover was fighting the aggressors. Refusing to marry a man she did not love, Huong threw herself from the mountain. Another legend tells the sinilar tragic story of a woman named Denh who worshiped in the Dien Ba.

Cao dai Great Temple located in Tay Ninh's Hoa Thanh District, 8 km from Ba Den mountain. The 22 m wide and 97.5 long temple and its peaceful place were built in the early 1920 and attract many local and foreign tourists. The temple has four towers : Tam Dai, Hiep Thien Dai, Trung Dai and Bat Quy Dai and in the centre, the rows of colonnade are decorated with dragons and coated in white, red and blue color.

The domed ceiling is divided into nine parts similar to a night sky full of stars. And, in the sanctuary, there's a giant star-speckled blue globe on which is painted the Divine Eye.

During the festival of Cao Daism, which occurs the first eight days of the Lunar New Year and in the eight lunar month, the place is alive with ceremonies and celebrations of the custom and lifestyle of residents in Tay Ninh Town. (Vietnam News)