At least three reasons make Iceland a fascinating country: its nature, its history and its people. The following lines are based on personal impressions gathered during my stay in Iceland, in the year 2013. Special emphasis is laid on geographical factors, as well as on cultural circumstances. E15 was the abbreviation established by the press for the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, when it erupted in the year 2010, given the near impossibility of pronouncing properly that sixteen-letter word (E + 15) for those who do not speak the language of Iceland. Its uniqueness and richness seem to mirror the very society that speaks it. Descending from the old Norwegian (gammelnorsk), the Icelandic is a member of the family of the northern Germanic languages, and is part of the cultural legacy of the Vikings' era (793 to 1066). During that period, the Vikings-a
EditorialLittle is said about Ethiopia in short sighted times like ours. Paradoxically, these are times in which the opportunities of acquiring knowledge seem unbounded and the advances of the communication media are prodigious. The cost is high: computing revolution made the computers ends in themselves; more and more we are enthralled by virtual experiences, and less and less we experience the real world. Communication (taken as the human process of conveying and receiving useful information) and interest in beneficial knowledge is in decline among us, human beings. We bypassed the essence of things and made do with their ancillary and not infrequently illusionary aspects. Too many possibilities of choosing how to spend our time undermine our very capacity of enjoying time -never forgetting that time is the raw material of what we call life. The era of dehumanization of man is in full force. Let us talk about Ethiopia, possible cradle of humanity and a country that highlights the fact that human life, although being short, transitory and full of uncertainty, can be lived with hope and dignity.
AbstractIn spite of being the possible cradle of the human race, Ethiopia is far from being a socalled "important country" in short sighted times like ours. The era of dehumanization of man is in full force. In this article we will talk about a country that highlights the fact that human life, although being short, transitory and full of uncertainty, can be lived with hope and dignity.
Based on my readings about India and own experiences in that magnificent country, this article addresses geographical and historical issues concerning the Indian state of Goa. One must bear in mind that tiny Goa-let alone giant India itself-lies far beyond any description. Whatever the case, I must express my gratitude to Mr Carlos Noronha, my first Goan friend, who helped me to live each of my Goan days to the fullest. To him the following lines are dedicated.
Diante da impossibilidade de contemplar a natureza, de apreciar um quadro de mestre ou uma obra-prima arquitetônica, a música revela-se como um refúgio ideal, um universo sonhado (un refuge idéal, un univers rêvé).(Louis Ciccone)
This article addresses some relevant facts of the Brazilian writer, educator and poet Cecília Meireles (1901-1964), unfairly forgotten by not a few of her compatriots. Used to deal with odd situations, Cecília did not care about following trends and fashions; her poetry is usually considered “Modernist”, what is not without reason, given her unfailing readiness to make it new, as touchstone of the movement (actually an Ezra Pound’s injunction) goes. She did not, however, said a radical no to the culture of the past, as rejecting it as a something merely “obsolete”, as many of her contemporaries did (consider Dadaism).
The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give (Mt 10,10). On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him: "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" He said, "Who are you, sir?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what to do" (Acts, 9,3-6). Built in the 10 th century and massively restored in the second half of the 15 th century, the Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila helped the Bulgarian culture (and language) to survive the half millennium of Muslim oppression.
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