Heliogabalus the most dissolute man of the world, amidst his most riotous sensualities, intended, whensoever occasion should force him to it, to have a daintie death.

The fear of intermixers was not new, nor was the dread of native customs and culture. The hostility to the purveyors and symbols of native barbarity – the language, dress, manners, bards, poets, harpers, and others – was expressed in the Statutes of Kilkenny and resurrected in 1536 during the Kildare rebellion.

The Yunlin County Government is inviting the public to a flower festival that will be held in Cihtong Township’s (莿桐) 50 hectare flower field — which is roughly the size of 1,145 basketball courts.

I'll get you back for this!