June 24 has a special significance for both Romanians and all those who appreciate the beauty and meaning of the traditional folk costume. Every year, on June 24, we celebrate The Universal Day of the Romanian Blouse and this is what happens around the world this year.
Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, made famous Romania’s belief that garlic wards off the vampires. But, when you start really looking for the truth, things look very different. Romans, Greeks, Indians, Mongolians, Egyptians and so many more share the same belief.
It always gives me great pleasure to write about the good things that happen in Romania and iCEE.fest 2018 is one of them. Launched back in 2008 in Romania as…
For some people meditation is a way of living linked in the most profound way with their spirituality. For others meditation just an approach to training the mind and a way to release daily stress. This talk about All Love / SKHM with Patrick Zeigler gives you a broader perspective of what meditation can do for you.
The macaques rule over the 12.5 hectares of the The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali. It’s the kind of place where you can spend a full day without…
It’s not without a good reason why Ancient Greeks called dolphins “hieros ichthys” which means sacred fish. Dolphins are extremely intelligent and full of surprises as you’ll see …
The world’s fastest delivery drone takes off within America! Californian startup Zipline unveiled a new, fixed-wing machine that it says is the world’s fastest commercial delivery drone. The top speed…
The brain storage business is not new and despite the fact that most neuroscientists believe that preserving your brains is not possible. But, MIT graduate and computer scientist Robert McIntyre…
Mother Nature designed an amazing and perfectly working ecosystem that we are destroying each day little by little. World Wildlife Day 2018 & Discovery channel honor today the Big Cats: Predators under Threat
Just as the garlic has been thought to ward off vampires or other evil spirits, it is also found in the mythology of countries as a repellant for what is…
Those who read my blog know I am fascinated by myths, symbols and traditions. Those who do not know can check my posts about the magic garlic, vampires, Garuda etc.…
Information Architecture – an art and a science that does its best to organize websites so that users, no matter how technically skilled they are, find exactly what they are looking for.
The Romanian IA or La Blouse Roumaine as it came to be known has a long lasting love story with French painter Henri Matisse. This is their story …