ContentsHow Día de los Muertos is celebrated in Latin AmericaHow Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated in EnglandHow Halloween is celebrated in IrelandHalloween, celebrated every year on October 31, is one of the oldest holidays in the world. Although it derives from ancient religious holidays and rituals, Halloween is still widely celebrated today in many countries around the world. In countries like Ireland, Canada and the United States, traditions include costume parties, trick or treat, pranks and games. Versions of the holiday are also celebrated elsewhere. In Mexico and other Latin American countries, Day of the Dead– Day of the Dead…
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The informative event titled Cyprus: Untapped Business Potential took place on November 15 at EisnerAmper in New York. The breakfast allowed a distinguished group of professionals to explain why and how Cyprus should be the cornerstone of the United States in any trade strategy focused on the markets of Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA). During the breakfast, participants met with representatives of technology, legal and financial services, higher education and research and innovation companies based in Cyprus and who are actively seeking to network with US companies to explore strategic relationships, access to growth capital and possible opportunities.…
January 2, 2023Legend, The 2.9m (9.5ft) long “green coffin” belonged to an ancient Egyptian priest called Ankhenmaat.An ancient Egyptian sarcophagus looted and displayed in a US museum has been returned to Egypt.The 2.9 m (9.5 ft) long “green coffin” dates back to the Late Dynastic period, which spanned from 664 to 332 BC, and belonged to a priest called Ankhenmaat.A collector loaned it to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2013.The sarcophagus was repatriated after a years-long investigation and was officially handed over by American diplomats during a ceremony in Cairo on Monday. The event took place in the…
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By Antoinette RadfordBBC NewsMarch 25, 2023The principal of a Florida school was forced to resign after a parent complained that sixth graders were being exposed to pornography.The complaint stems from a Renaissance art class in which students viewed Michelangelo’s statue of David.This iconic statue is one of the most famous in Western history.But one parent complained that the material was pornographic and two others said they wanted to know more about the course before it was delivered.The 5.17m (17ft) statue depicts a completely naked David, the biblical character who slays the giant Goliath.The lesson, given to children aged 11 and…
Achilles: youth Like most mythological heroes, Achilles had a complicated family tree. His father was Peleus, the mortal king of the Myrmidons, a people who, according to legend, were extraordinarily fearless and skilled soldiers. His mother was Thetis, a Nereid.According to myths and stories composed long after Iliad, Thétis was extremely concerned about the mortality of her baby. She did everything she could to make him immortal: she burned him every night over a fire, then dressed his wounds with ambrosial ointment; and she immersed him in the river Styx, whose waters were said to confer the invulnerability of the…
July 13, 2017Legend, Bakari Henderson, 22, was in Greece working on a photo shoot for a clothing line, family saysEight men have been charged over the death of an American graduate found beaten on the Greek island of Zakynthos on July 7, local media report.Bakari Henderson, 22, from Texas, was brutally attacked after leaving a bar following an argument, police said.Six Serbian nationals, a 34-year-old Greek and a 32-year-old British national of Serbian origin were arrested after CCTV footage was released.A seventh Serbian tourist is also being questioned, Greek news agency ANA reported.“Always a peacemaker”Mr Henderson suffered serious head injuries…
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and other U.S. and Greek officials participated in a ceremony in Manhattan on Dec. 15 to mark the return of 30 ancient works of art in Greece, collectively valued at $3.7 million.Nineteen of these items are linked to longtime New York gallery owner Michael Ward, recently convicted of criminal facilitation of antiquities trafficking. Three were seized from dealer Robin Symes, who is in the process of returning his personal assets after almost two decades of exploitation. trafficking investigations. The return of the works to the Greek Consul General Konstantinos Konstantinou and the Secretary General of…
Like thousands of promising young university-educated Greeks, Nefeli Varhaliti has abandoned all hope of a future in her home country. So she leaves.Protesters chanted slogans during a rally outside the Greek Parliament during a debate ahead of a confidence vote in Athens in 2014.Alkis Konstantinidis | Reuters The 22-year-old, now an exchange student studying counterterrorism at Mercy College in New York, carefully planned her own personal plan. “Grexit” since entering the American College of Greece in Athens in 2012. She first completed internships in Istanbul and Berlin to gain professional experience. She then applied for a university scholarship so she…