Inventions, dishes, games and ideas we use every day, and where they came from. 23 stories from 3 countries so far.
Play Who Gave Us That?A photo of something we all know: guess which country it came from.
JapanA very short poem of 17 sound units in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, usually with a word that sets the season. It grew from the opening verse of longer linked poems; Matsuo Bashō (1644 to 1694) is its best-known master.
From Japan.
MexicoAfter the Revolution, from the 1920s, the government paid artists to paint huge murals on public buildings telling the story of Mexico to everyone, including people who could not read. Its leaders were Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
From Mexico.