Origami birds, an illuminated abbey, emoji art and some seriously scary places you can visit in case you weren’t feeling Halloween-ey enough. It’s this week’s Travel News.
Origami birds draw attention to at risk World Heritage site
The WWF are encouraging people to make origami birds and share them on social media in a bid to stop the river dredging plans in Doñana National Park in Spain. Millions of birds rely on the park’s vast wetlands during their migration. Share your origami creation using #OrigamiMigration.
For more details see: wwf.org.uk
Whitby Abbey illuminates for Halloween
Visitors have been exploring the gothic abbey that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula as it celebrates the yearly illuminations. With live performances, spectacular light displays and costumed characters telling dark tales. The 13th Century ruins of Whitby Abbey attracts many tourists to North Yorkshire.
For more details see: english-heritage.org.uk
MoMA exhibits emojis
New York’s Museum of Modern Art has added a piece displaying a set of 176 emojis. Created in 1999 by a Japanese developer, the piece is a perfect example of MoMA’s mission to display the most modern and contemporary art.
For more on this see: lonelyplanet.com/news
Scary places you can visit
If you want to get in the mood for Halloween, Atlas Obscura have created a list of nine sacred and superstitious voodoo sites you can visit today. They include a Voodoo monument in Haiti and Mercado de Sonora in Mexico City where you can buy ritual pamphlets and magic soap to rid you of life’s troubles.
To see all nine see: atlasobscura.com