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Christmas Mood: Lord of the Dance
Esteemed Readers, Merry Christmas! Take the floor! It’s time for a pretty nice Irish jig named “Lord of the Dance” performed by an incredible band “The Dubliners”! Buon Natale! Feliz Natal! Joyeux Noël! Nollaig Chridheil!🎄🎇 Maria KethuProfumo
Posted in Art, Beauty, Bible, Chiesa, Christmas, culture, folklore, fun, Gaelic, God, History, humour, Life, Lifestyle, Music, Natale, news, Scotland, Uncategorized
Tagged art, arte, Christmas, civilization, cultura, culture, folk music, folklore, God, Ireland, Irish culture, Irish music, life, lifestyle, Lord of the Dance, Merry Christmas, modern world, società, society, The Dubliners, XXI century
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Mercure Galant: Louis XIV Travels to Luxembourg VII
Esteemed Readers, we continue our Royal voyage. Today we have already arrived to Verdun, a charming town in in the Lorraine Region, very close to Luxembourg. Hurray! “Early we arrived to Verdun where everything had been arranged so well that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, culture, France, History, Life, Lifestyle, Louis XIV, news, relationship, Seicento, Social Network, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged 17th century, art, arte, beauty, civilization, cultura, culture, folklore, France, Francia, history, life, lifestyle, Louis Dieudonnè, Louis le Grand, Louis the Great, Louis XIV, Luigi il Grande, Luigi XIV, Mercure Galant, Mercure Galant1687, modern world, Nicolas Poussin, Re Sole, Seicento, società, society, storia, the Sun King, voyage Luxemburg Louis XIV
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Louis XIV Asks Riddles XI
Esteemed Readers, on occasion of the Thanksgiving day I have prepared for you a riddle suitable for this feast. In fact, the given object is a part of a celebration. (Not the turkey though😁). Good luck! Have a nice thanksgiving … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, folklore, France, fun, History, jokes, Lifestyle, Louis XIV, Riddles, Seicento, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged 17th century, art, arte, civilization, cultura, culture, enigma, enigme storiche, folklore, France, Francia, historical riddles, history, lifestyle, Louis Dieudonnè, Louis le Grand, Louis the Great, Louis XIV, Luigi il Grande, Luigi XIV, Re Sole, Riddles, Seicento, società, society, storia, the Sun King
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Soviet Movie Café: Alexander Nevsky
Esteemed Readers, I keep up telling you about the Soviet cinema & its significant movies. Let’s put aside, at least for a while, the surrealism of the Soviet kolkhozes, & focus on films which had a profound impact on the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, cinema, culture, folklore, History, movie, Music, news, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Nevsky, Alexander Nevsky 1938, art, arte, cinema, civilization, cultura russa, film, folklore, history, movie, Russian culture, società, society, storia
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Russian New Year Tale: Ded Moroz
New Year is impossible without Father Frost, in the modern Russian folklore he is called Ded Mor’oz. Strangely enough this character, who must have belonged to the ancient Russian mythology or at least to the international one, has too poor … Continue reading
Posted in celebration, children, Christmas, culture, folklore, History, mythology, Natale, New Year, Uncategorized
Tagged Babbo Natale, Capodanno, Christmas, civilization, cultura, cultura russa, culture, Ded Moroz, Father Frost, folklore, lifestyle, Mitologia russa, Natale, nature, New Year, Russian Father Frost, Russian folk tales, Russian mythology, Santa Claus, società, society
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Russian Fairy Tales in Cinema: Fire, Water & Brass Pipes
Esteemed Readers, if you search for a fantasy satire movie full of fun, folklore motifs & true genius inventions, the film-tale “Fire, Water & Brass Pipes” is the proper thing. It is based on eclecticism of the Russian folklore & … Continue reading
Posted in children, cinema, culture, education, family, fantasy, folklore, fun, humour, movie, Uncategorized
Tagged bambini, children, cinema, cinema russo, favole russe, film, film fiaba, folklore, folklore russo, movie, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian cinema, Russian culture, Russian folk tales, Russian mythology, società, society
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Russian Fairy Tales in Cinema: Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
Esteemed Readers, The Soviet cinema has been a golden epoch of the Russian culture, so, no matter the lack of the true folklore identity, it would be unfair to omit the tales – movies made in that period. All of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, cinema, culture, education, fantasy, folklore, humour, Life, Lifestyle, movie, mythology, nature, paganism, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged cinema, cultura, cultura russa, cultura slavica, culture, fairy tales, fiabe russe, film, folklore, Mitologia russa, movie, nature, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian mythology, Slavic mythology, società, society
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Louis XIV Asks Riddles XI
Esteemed Readers, the winter is at the door & calls us for a new pretty riddle about some natural phenomenon. Activate your imagination! Good luck! “Made from an invisible substance I have wings alike a bird. They carry me since … Continue reading
Posted in culture, education, fantasy, folklore, France, History, Life, Louis XIV, mythology, nature, paganism, philosophy, Riddles, Uncategorized
Tagged 17th centure, 17th century France, civilization, cultura, culture, folklore, France, Francia, historical riddles, history, indovinello, Louis Dieudonnè, Louis le Grand, Louis the Great, Louis XIV, Luigi XIV, Re Sole, Riddles, Seicento, società, society, storia, the Sun King
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Author’s Tale: The Little Humpbacked Horse
Esteemed Readers, I go on telling you about author’s fairy tale in the Russian folklore. This time I would like to present one of the most brilliant story: a tale about a humpbacked horse’s adventures written in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in ballet, Beauty, culture, Druidry, education, fantasy, folklore, Literature, mythology, nature, paganism, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged ballet, balletto, cultura, cultura russa, culture, fiabe russe, folklore, folklore russo, literature, mitologia, Mitologia russa, mitologia slavica, nature, paganism, paganismo russo, Russian folk tales, The Little Humpbacked Horse
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