Category Archives: Culture

Moments in time that this tree has lived through

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Mangueira (@mangueira_oficial) | À Flor da Terra – No Rio da Negritude Entre Dores e Paixões {À Flor da Terra – In the River of Negritude Between Pain and Passion}

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In Switzerland, it’s a tradition to light candles on the Christmas tree

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Why Is Magdalene College Pronounced “Maudlin”?

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The Origin of Old Sayings

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District (@district.magazine) | Imagine walking into a random pub in Tokyo and you get ambushed by a Japanese Céilí.

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Photos of children who didn’t pass the “one drop” rule and were slaves, eventually emancipated in New Orleans, from Harper’s Weekly, 30 of January of 1864.

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Where does the term hat-trick come from?

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BBC Radio 4 – Soul Music, Benedictus

With its message of peace, Karl Jenkins’s Benedictus brings solace in hard times. Sir Karl Jenkins’ Benedictus is the penultimate movement from his anti-war mass, The Armed Man. Written twenty-five years ago this year and performed over three thousand times, … Continue reading

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When one door closes… #funny #language #phrases

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