NEW YORK, USA, October 1, 2009/ZEMIS LTD – Zemis, which specializes in selling world products as unique gift ideas for every occasion and promoting world culture at the same time, is pleased to present its full line of
world culture gift products.
Lindy Castillo, Managing Director of Zemis, is excited to announce, “We now have a comprehensive line up of truly unique gift products sourced from all over the world that will hopefully encourage interest in various cultures, world history and different religions. Our aim is for our guests to develop cultural understanding and appreciation for the world out there.” Zemis now offers critically acclaimed books on world culture, holy books of various religions, world music from different tribes from six continents and hard to find foreign language movies of world ‘cinema greats’. In addition, Zemis offers luxurious home accessories that are rich in history and with interesting stories behind them.
Zemis’
online bookstore showcases global village issues such as Third Culture Kids, buying habits of various cultures as well as the effect of Net Generation on world culture. Zemis bookstore also features holy books of different religions, from The Bible to the Pali Canon; from the Koran to the Torah and Talmud.
The
world music audio CD collection of Zemis includes all the best selling Putumayo CD’s including Latin Lounge, Music from the Coffee Lands, Arabian Groove, Café Cubano, French Café, Afro-Latin Party, Acoustic Brazil, Blues Around the World, Women of the World, Turkish Grove, World Reggae and many more. Zemis also offers Anthology of World Music series in audio CD including that from Iran, China, Lebanon and Morocco as well as the popular collection of The World’s a Stage featuring world music from Italy, Brazil and the Mediterranean.
The online world music store also offers both familiar and unique tunes for children and babies such as Putumayo Kids Sesame Street Playground and Putumayo Kids Sing Along With Putumayo. The audio CD department of Zemis also features exotic tunes World Playground, Lullabies from Around the World, World Music for Little Ears.
The
internet music store has a comprehensive offering of world famous regional music as well as obscure, little known tunes from tiny countries. The music CD boutique showcases a wide array of Mediterranean, Calypso, Caribbean, Andean, Tribal, Buddhist, Gypsy, Mayan, Celtic music. Zemis has also sourced hard to find, little known folk tunes and instruments like Tuku, Sitar from India, Maori of New Zealand, Gnawa music of Marrakesh and beats from Burkina Faso.
The prestigious foreign language video DVD and Blu-Ray collection of Zemis includes the best movies of the best directors in world-class cinema from Federico Fellini to Akira Kurosawa and Francois Truffaut. The world video shop also features both box office hits and critically acclaimed movie titles from various parts of the world from Italy, France, Romania, Greece, Ireland, South Africa to Japan, China, Vietnam, Iran, India, Philippines as well as Mexico, Brazil and many more.
The
online world cinema store aims to promote world culture and seeks to provide hard to find titles of obscure movie hits and award winning films from different countries. Zemis’ internet video store has a comprehensive offering of world famous and hardly known but worth watching foreign language movies from all cultural regions of the world. From Europe, the store features the movie The Last Metro from France, 101 Reykjavik from Iceland, Run Lola Run from Germany, Kolya from Czech Republic. In Africa, there is Hotel Rwanda from South Africa/Rwanda and General Idi Amin Dada from Uganda. From Asia, Zemis offers movies from every corner of the continent - Children of Heaven from Iran, Osama from Afghanistan, Kama Sutra from India, Baler from the Philippines, Lust Caution from China, Scent of a Green Papaya from Vietnam, Infernal Affairs Trilogy from HongKong. In Latin America, Children of God from Brazil and Before Night Falls from Cuba.
There are also titles which feature a mix of cultures or collaboration of visionaries from different countries such as Indochine, a French Film set in Vietnam, Il Postino, an Italian language film featuring Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Pan’s Labyrinth, a fantasy film from Spain and Mexico and Waking Ned Devine from Ireland set in the Isle of Man. The foreign language video store collection covers various issues be it cultural, racial or political that breaks down social and economic barriers. Likewise, there are lighter topics on food and important parts of world history. There are also the controversial passionate films like Lady Chatterley’s Lover and more mundane or humorous stories from winning the lottery to losing shoes.
The
home goods store of Zemis likewise promotes cultural awareness by selling home décor and accessories from different parts of the globe. It features a sizeable collection of Momiji dolls from Japan, Egyptian treasure chest, hand tufted rugs from India, Faberge eggs reminiscent of Russian czar era, pop art posters with French and Italian retro designs and kitchenware of Celtic origin.
Zemis, an online specialty department store, can be accessed on the web at
http://www.zemis.com/. It sells world culture gift products sourced from around the world, and plans to deliver them to any doorstep on Earth. It aims to promote awareness and understanding of various cultures, histories and religions by allowing its customers to send gifts from different parts of the globe to someone they care about.
Zemis searches the world for hard-to-find, truly unique, fun, and useful gifts and supports the artisans, craftsmen, tribal groups, and cottage industries behind them. It currently offers products such as artisan artwork, handcrafted costume jewelry, organic toys, natural bed and bath products and other eco-crafts. In addition, Zemis sells music from various cultures, including Chinese, Iranian, Bollywood, Mongolian and various African tribal tunes as well as a comprehensive selection of both popular and hard to find world cinema or foreign language DVD’s such as Best Picture winner Slumdog Millionaire; Asian hit list, Infernal Affairs; film noir classics like Lie with Me, 8 ½, Omagh and Akira Kurosawa’s Ran as well as Departures from Japan, this year’s winner for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars 2008 Academy Awards. Films that promote the Global Village trend such as The Visitor are also available at the best prices online.
Early this year, Zemis joined Madison and Mulholland’s Ultimate Nominee gift bag given to Oscar nominees and presenters and other prominent actresses including Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson. The eco-friendly online store also participated in the pre-Oscars HAVEN house 3-day swag/entertainment event held in Beverly Hills where preview products from its Fall 2009 collection were displayed and given away to Hollywood insiders such as Paula Abdul, Barry Bostwick, James Denton, Dustin Lance Black, among others.
Zemis utilizes Amazon's e-commerce technology in order to provide Zemis guests a safe, secure, and convenient online shopping experience. Transaction processing for Zemis is handled by Amazon so buyers can use their Amazon.com account to order and checkout.
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