Dante Alighieri, often called simply Dante, was an Italian poet, romantic, writer, philosopher and thinker, politician in Florence during the Middle Ages. His most famous work is "Comedia", later called "Divine Comedy" as the pinnacle of medieval Italian literature and the basis for the development of the modern Italian language. He has been called the father of the Italian language. In Italy he is known as "The Poet". Dante, ...
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Symbolism in our folk art - Stopan
Each house has its own patron, called the owner, domvik or saibiya. It is a house spirit, considered by some to be the spirit of a deceased loved one. It was believed that he was so attached to his home and heirs during his lifetime that after his death he remained in the family house, watching over and caring for...
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Italy - history, art, culture - Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was an Italian poet and writer. He was born on October 15, 1923 in Santiago de Las Vegas, today part of Havana in Cuba. His parents are Italian agronomists. The family soon returned to Italy and he spent his childhood in Sanremo, where he also completed secondary education. The first few books that Calvino wrote were…
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Consciousness and subconsciousness - how does the brain work?
Our internal computer The human brain is unique. Scientists are still studying this phenomenon, whose function is related to many of today's sciences. When faced with a situation, the human brain usually puts two main systems at work. We can call the first a conscious strategy. There we are based on logic and evidence, but the process is slow because…
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The secret of the instant solution
How does lightning-fast cognition occur? And how exactly do we make an instant decision? Many people do it unconsciously and their only explanation is that they get an unpleasant feeling in their stomach or their ears ring strangely. But this is not a scientific explanation. After a number of experiments, it turns out that our free will is actually an illusion and most of the time...
The folk instruments - chan, gudulka, tambourine
Chan Percussion musical instrument of the group of bells. It has a conical shape. It is used in Bulgarian folklore, in the dances of the kukeri and as a signal instrument for domestic animals. A series of many vats is called a duzia. It is very characteristic of the Rhodopes. In a dozen chans, the lowest ones are called "kaba" and the highest ones are called "juritsi", after the two types...
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Folklore regions in Bulgaria - Shop region
Our country is small in terms of territory, but it gathers seven folklore regions, each unique for itself with its own specific features in terms of clothing, music, songs and dances. The Shop folklore region stretches across Central Western Bulgaria. It includes the western part of the Central Highlands (Sofia field and Vitosha) and the Bulgarian regions of...
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Folklore regions in Bulgaria - Dobrudzha region
Our country is small in terms of territory, but it gathers seven folklore regions, each unique for itself with its own specific features in terms of clothing, music, songs and dances. The Dobrudja region covers the northeastern part of Bulgaria. To the east it stretches to the Black Sea, to the southwest – to the Ludogorie and the Northern folklore region, ...
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The Etruscans – Gli Etruschi
The first inhabitants of the Italian peninsula were the Etruscans, who occupied a large territory between the sea and the rivers Arno and Tevere. They built numerous cities, some of which still exist today: Tarquinia, Arezzo, Perugia, Volterra. From there they began to take new lands to the north and to the south. The Etruscans never managed to create a state. Every city is…
Folkloric regions in Bulgaria - Northern region
Our country is small in terms of territory, but it gathers seven folklore regions, each unique for itself with its own specific features in terms of clothing, music, songs and dances. The Northern folklore region covers the greater part of the Danube plain and the northern part of the Staroplaninska range. To the east it borders the lands of Dobruja, on...
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