... the food, and especially among the inhabitants who uphold a vast heritage of customs and traditions. But local as it may get, the true common denominator remains the great umbrella of Chinese identity ...
Today I have taken the fourth Lariam tablet after my return from Africa, so the treatment is finally over. This moment couldn’t have come too early: I have been taking the drug for nearly two months, and ...
I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I’ve come to recognise a positive role to traditions and this enlightenment happened during the Easter service.
I once complained about how blooming repetitive it all ...
On the 17 January it is customary for lots of towns in northern Italy to host a market that specialises in chestnuts cooked or preserved in a variety of ways. The occasion represents the secular side of ...
... brink with letters written in the faltering hand of children who have just learned to spell words.
So far, nothing new with respect to similar traditions in other parts of the world. Apart from the fact ...
... wholly occupied by a charming street market selling all sorts of food and other items. Again you’re plunged into the long history of Chinese traditions, arguably more present here than in other places ...
... with more secular influences into popular traditions held since centuries. If only for one day, these are occasions to break taboos and disrupt the social order in a, so to say, controlled fashion. After ...
... country.
Still the figure of the Gypsy is very present in our imagination thanks to a stream of romantic songs and literary production, not to mention their own heritage of dance, music and traditions. ...
The hostel in Sighet is a bit hard to find and it’s desert. No other guests in the rooms, I am the sole occupant of the portion of the house destined to guests. The floors are wooden, the beautiful dark-haired ...
I’m not a fan of eating out and usually prefer shopping for my groceries and cooking the food I eat. Maybe this is why I've taken a real pleasure in cooking lately, launching into enjoyable concocting ...
... of space and traditions, as if living to survive. In accepting most of what we have and we are passed on from the past, we have peace. But the thing is that in our culture much of this heritage is upset, ...