Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Cultures’

Mud Day 2008-09

Mud Day 2008-09

Playing in the mud, every child’s dream and every mother’s nightmare came true this year in Westland, Michigan during the Mud Day celebrations.200 tons of topsoil, 20,000 gallons of water and over 1000 children under 12 years old,

The Iraqi female police force

The Iraqi female police force

For some reason this looks a little weird…

Volcanic Rock Village – Kandovan

Volcanic Rock Village – Kandovan

Kandovan (Candovan) is a tourist village located near the city of Tabriz, in Iran. Its name is the plural of “kando”whiche means bees nest.Legend says the first inhabitants of Kandovan moved here to escape from the invading mongols,

An Indian Collection of Mustaches

An Indian Collection of Mustaches

Mustaches are very popular in Hindu countries like India and I’m not talking the kind of “childish” mustache Brad Pit recently grew, but serious muffs you can wrap around your fingers. I wonder how these guys drink milk and yoghurt.

This is what they call pets in Africa

This is what they call pets in Africa

I remember a time when everyone of my friends wanted to get a pitbull as a pet, just so they can look cooler, and brag about how dog their dogs were. Now staring at these pictures I realize Africans are at whole other level, anyone of those pets, be it the hyenas, baboons or the [...]

Russian Ice-sculpture gallery

Russian Ice-sculpture gallery

In Krasnaya Presnya Park, Moscow, a gallery of Russian ice-sculptures opened its gates for the first time. In an ice-museum of over 500 square meters the most popular samples of Russian culture were presented in ice.

Moscow in a nutshell

Moscow in a nutshell

If you don’t have the time to visit all of Moscow’s atractions you can see them all in miniature.Following France’s miniature model, Russians have created a miniature model of their beautiful capital, ever since 1986. During an annual workshop, every structure in the model is wiped of dust and workers replace old buildings with the [...]

The Weird Things People Eat Around the World

The Weird Things People Eat Around the World

Half the fun of traveling is getting out and enjoying all sorts of foods you’re not used to eating. A simple trip to the corner market or grocery store in a foreign land can keep you amused for hours.
However, aside from healthy and unhealthy diets, there is a totally different category of food which is [...]

Gypsy Brides Market in Bulgaria

Gypsy Brides Market in Bulgaria

Dressed in their finest clothes and gold jewellery, thousands of teenage Roma girls were paraded around by their parents this weekend – at an open-air brides market.
Wearing lots of make-up, the teenagers came to the traditional annual market in Bulgaria, hoping to find a husband and preferably one willing to pay a large amount of [...]