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Miyazaki knows the folklore and art of his native Japan very well. I am convinced that Utagawa Yoshiuji's graphic rendering of the legend Kamikiri no kidan, about a maidservant who went to the privy at night and was attacked by something utterly black that seemed to fall upon
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A clay female figurine with a swing, from a household shrine of the Late Minoan period. The uprights of the swing are decorated with a red pattern and surmounted by doves perched upon them. Enigmatic artefacts of bygone ages, whose true meaning one can only guess at
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We have already said a great deal about Blazar, but I cannot help returning once more to the design section that so appealed to me, and dwelling on one of its brightest stands: the stand of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, designed by the architect Misha Maslov, which the fair named
Archaeology · Architecture · Museums · Palaeontology · Ethnography
An Ancient Egyptian Temple in the Middle of Siberia. What? Yes The Krasnoyarsk Museum of Local Lore is one of the oldest museums in Siberia and the Far East and one of the largest in Russia. Its building, designed in the Egyptian style, was the work of the distinguished Krasnoyarsk
Archive · Nature · Ethnography
An Italian woman in the commune of Bagnara Calabra, known as the swordfish capital, with what turns out to be the chief local souvenir Photograph of 1945
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A working group at the Ministry of Industry and Trade will draw up a list of more than 250 dishes to be included in the standard of Russian cuisine, RBC reports. The standard is being developed to promote the national cuisine, popularise Russian dishes and secure their status in law.
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Illustration from the children's educational book of the early nineteenth century, "Cosmorama"
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A drawing by Valery Slauk, Professor at the Belarusian Academy of Arts
Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg · Ethnography
Figures in Russian and Bashkir national costume. From the Berlin dessert service, after models by Friedrich Elias Meyer. Prussia, Berlin, Royal Porcelain Manufactory, 1770-1772. Porcelain, overglaze painting, gilding Hermitage Collection
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Today, 2 August, the Orthodox tradition marks Elijah's Day. It opens a series of significant feasts in August. Below is a brief survey with historical and cultural notes. 2 August: Elijah's Day (commemoration of the Prophet Elijah) The Prophet Elijah was an Old Testament righteous man