Denmark plans to change Copenhagen’s hippie enclave
Denmark’s government has proposed a plan to regularize housing in a decades-old hippie enclave in the centre of Copenhagen. The story is not new, the controversy dates back some years, however there were some new developments.
The counterculture oasis, home to aging hippies, artists, drug addicts and stray dogs, offers a sharp contrast to the rest of Copenhagen, and [...]
Wedding traditions around the world
One of the most special days in many people’s lives is their wedding day. That sacramental moment when the two individuals declare their devotion to each other is extraordinary.
To accompany the occasion, there are many traditions that are practiced. Customs such as the wedding vows, the exchange of the rings and the kiss are [...]
The Russian Culture and the Arts
Culture > Libraries and Museums
Russia has over 50,000 state public Libraries [39,000 of these rural] in total possession of over a billion books, and the stock is steadily growing. Every general-educational school and the majority of offices and large factories have libraries of their own.
Close to 1,500 Museums cover practically all fields, knowledge, historical, ethnographic, memorial, [...]
Art Historical sites: images from around the world
Art historical images of sculpture and architecture, from pre-historic to post-modern.
Check this link >
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index.html
A weekend in Havana through the eyes of an American
Weekend in Havana: An American Photographer in the Forbidden City
Hardcover, 144 pages, published by Abbeville Press [2007], in English language.
Both Cuba and the United States have strict rules governing photographic activity in Cuba. The U.S. carefully delineates what kinds of photographic undertakings are forbidden, while Cuba has, in the past, imprisoned photographers for giving a “distorted image of [...]
It’s the magical worldwide toilet tour
Call it the ultimate in a worldwide toilet talk.
Flush full of facts on the smallest, but arguably the most important, room in the house, “Toilets of the World”, a gift book by potty-mouthed authors Morna E. Gregory and Sian James, provides perfect “office” reading. No word on whether inspiration for the tome struck while either writer [...]
A guide to the world’s poetic forms
OK, so you travel around the world for culture, the arts, the literature et all. For all those of you who love poetry and books, here’s our brief intoduction to the World’s Poetic Forms >
Sonnet > A 14-line poem that follows a set rhyme scheme and has a logical structure. Sonnets are archetypical of love [...]
Germany’s Museum of Modern Literature
Friedrich Nietzsche’s death mask and Franz Kafka’s manuscript of “The Trial” are among more than 1,300 exhibits featured at the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, in the native town of German writer Friedrich Schiller in southwest Germany.
The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach displays contemporary and 20th century literature in an exhibition area of 1,000 [...]
Ancient languages hidden in Russian mountains
Life is not bad in this North Caucasus mountain town. The air is pure, the view is magnificent, and the centuries-old tradition of silver handiwork guarantees jobs for all.
There is one downside for the 2,000 residents of Kubachi, however. Their neighbors, a short donkey ride down the road, cannot understand a word that they [...]
The archaeology of cultures: summer travel books to read
What could be more thrilling than discovering an ancient ruin, a hidden city or even a lost tribe, the buried treasure of humankind itself?
In “From Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of Archaeological Travel Writing” [Oxford University Press, 291 pages], editor and author Brian Fagan makes his own grand tour of archaeological adventurers. His subjects range from the [...]
