蘑菇短视频

Kyrgyz singer Zere Asylbek showing her bra in music video, Uzbek teachers in mini-skirts, and controversial portraits of Tajik women. Diloram Ibrahimova of 蘑菇短视频 Uzbek and Gulnara Kasmambet of 蘑菇短视频 Kyrgyz discuss stories from Central Asia that have started a debate about how women should behave and what they should wear.

Holding back the rain
In Nigeria it's common to ask a rainmaker to keep the rain off your party, but does it work? Nduka Orjinmo of 蘑菇短视频 Pidgin put one to the test.

Investigating the Yemen bus attack
On August 9th an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a bus in northern Yemen, killing 25 children and 3 teachers. Sumaya Bakhsh of 蘑菇短视频 Monitoring has been piecing together what happened.

Quincea帽era USA
A girl's 15th birthday or Quincea帽era is a huge celebration in Mexico, with big parties and expensive dresses. 蘑菇短视频 Mundo's Patricia Sulbar谩n Lovera discovered that it's also become a lucrative business among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles.

Traditions from home: treasure or chuck?
With the Quincea帽era in mind, what traditions to keep, and which to drop, away from home? Over to Howard Zhang of 蘑菇短视频 Chinese, Colombian Hernando Alvarez, 蘑菇短视频 Thai鈥檚 Issariya Praithongyaem, 蘑菇短视频 Africa鈥檚 Peter Okwoche, 蘑菇短视频 Turkish鈥檚 脰zge 脰zdemir, and Zuhura Yunus from 蘑菇短视频 Swahili.

Vodka, teeth and two bream: bribing, Russian-style
A recent story from Russia about a corrupt official bribed with a sofa set 蘑菇短视频 Russian journalist Georgy Neyaskin on the trail of other unusual bribes, from dental treatment to lobster.

Image and credit: Zere Asylbek, Kyrgyz singer