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In Romania and Moldova, Epiphany is called Boboteaza. In south-eastern Romania, following religious services, men participate in winter horse races. Before the race, the men line up with their horses before the priest, who will bless them by sprinkling them with green branches that have been dipped into Epiphany holy water.
Lahmacun is often topped with vegetables and rolled up. Lahmacun (/ ˌ l ɑː m ə ˈ dʒ uː n / lah-mə-JOON), [a] Lahmajun, or Lahmajo (Armenian: լահմաջո), [2] is a Middle Eastern flatbread topped with minced meat (most commonly beef or lamb), minced vegetables, and herbs including onions, garlic, tomatoes, red peppers, and parsley, flavored with spices such as chili pepper and ...
The Romanian Cultural Institute (Romanian: Institutul Cultural Român, ICR), headquartered in Bucharest, was established in 2004 on the older institutional framework provided by the Romanian Cultural Foundation and before 1989 by the Institute for the Cultural Relations Abroad.
Although the text of all colinde is concerned with the events of the Nativity, [1] certain elements of the folk rituals performed around Christmas are probably pre-Christian in origin, having their roots in the Roman Saturnalia and pagan rituals related to the winter solstice and soil fertility.
The Ajuran Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Ajuuraan, Arabic: سلطنة الأجورانية), natively referred to as Ajuuraan, [5] and often simply Ajuran, [6] was a medieval sultanate in the Horn of Africa. [7]
Lucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa] ⓘ; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is considered one of the greatest philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the twentieth century who due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his career is barely known to the outside world.
Ajahn Chah (Thai: อาจารย์ชา) was also commonly known as Luang Por Chah (Thai: หลวงพ่อชา).His birth name was Chah Chuangchot (Thai: ชา ช่วงโชติ), [4]: 21 his Dhamma name was Subhaddo (Thai: สุภทฺโท), [4]: 38 and his monastic title was Phra Bodhiñāṇathera (Thai: พระโพธิญาณเถร).
Alecsandri was born in the Moldavian town of Bacău and he was of Greek origin. His parents were Vasile Alecsandri, a middle-ranking nobleman, [5] from the noble Greek family of Alecsandri, [6] and Elena Cozoni, a Romanianized Greek woman. [5]