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30 September 2015

Shanties, in Krakow – seeking out the sense of the sea

Kraków, Poland

There’s a Polish proverb which says “better to call inn-keepers on earth than saints in the sea”. Holy words it would seem. True words if spoken by a sailor. And if the sailor is Polish, they have the weight of a sentence. That’s because Poland and the sea have always gone together, like two lovers […]

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The Venice Carnival, seduction by the lagoon

Venice, Italy

Along the streets, over the bridges and in the squares there roam a multitude of mysterious and fascinatingly disturbing masks and costumes, hiding identities and secret thoughts. Once a year, Venice is cloaked in mystery and seduction, but also century old traditions which can be revisited in the various events organised during one of the […]

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1 October 2015

Junkanoo, in the Bahamas for the most colourful anthem to life

Nassau, Bahamas

A parade with thousands of people divided by costume and scenic background. Multicoloured scenery in sponge and papier-mâché with precious materials like silk and sequins. It is all accompanied – from two at night until ten in the morning – by a harmonious background music with goatskin drums, whistles and cowbells. Acrobatic “Rush outs” by […]

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La Sartiglia in Sardinia and timeless emotion

Oristano, Italy

There are so many images that Sardinia evokes in all who have had the opportunity and the privilege to go there and taste the flavours. As many as only an age old land, which has stood still in time and space, can give. To think of Sardinia, in fact, is to think of a mine […]

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Catania, la festa di Sant’Agata and an anthem to resilience

Catania, Italy

For five centuries, three days a year, the devout and the curious have turned out in the streets of Catania which are illuminated with the vertiginous “cannelore”, candles several metres tall. All around the crowds wave white handkerchiefs to the shout of “Citizens, citizens, we’re all devout”. The Festival of Saint Agatha is one of […]

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