Sadako and the thousand cranes

Since I was a child I liked to read, I suppose my father, also a regular reader, made me fall in love with reading by recommending titles. One of them was "Sadako wants to live" by Karl Bruckner. The...

Five Festivals of Brighton

Bohemian Brighton, situated on the South Coast of England boasts a wealth of annual events and festivals. Sadly, this year's festivals were a write-off, but here we take a look ahead to 2021 with a...

The Beginner's Guide to Socializing and Music in Serbia

If people already know each other, they shake hands or kiss, often three times on alternate cheeks. - Zdravo - Hello - Da - Yes - Ne - no - Dobar dan - Good afernoon - Dobro veče - Good evening ...

Discover a Havana tradition that tells us the time

Every night, exactly at 9:00 p.m. local time, the thunderous shot of a cannon is heard in Havana, Capital of Cuba. Residents know that the 9:00 Cannon sounded and visitors wonder why. This...

Kukurizaru or Hanging Monkeys

The Kukurizaru (くくり猿) are the hanging monkeys of Kyoto, is a round ball-shaped talisman made of cloth, which symbolizes the monkeys in good faith, with the body of cloth of different colors...

Kodomo no Hi こどもの日, Children's Day

Surely we have all seen this type of flags in the form of tents, their name is koinobori (鯉 幟) or Satsuki-nobori (皐 幟, さ つ き の ぼ り) and are the traditional Japanese flags that are...