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KinAct – Kinshasa’s Costume Festival

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When it comes to African costumes, we mostly have stereotype images in mind, of the tribal dance costumes, made of raffia, feathers, extravagant headdresses and the like; or what about the necklaces of colourful beads, popular amongst the Masai? But the costumes of the KinAct festival, organised – I think – annually in August, in [...]
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34. the Memento Park

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The Memento Park is a must-see, when in Budapest. It contains a raft of discarded sculptures from the communist era. In the category ‘rareties’ the Memento Park, in the outskirts of Budapest, scores pretty high. Already at the entrance we are being treated by communist music meant to uplift the worker’s spirit. Is puts us [...]
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21. the Andy Warhol museum

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In the far NE corner of Slovakia we encounter another rarity, the Andy Warhol museum. Andy Warhol was not even born in Slovakia, let alone in Medzilaborce, in the far north-east of the country. But his parents were, in a village nearby Medzilaborce, before they moved to America at the beginning of the 20th Century. [...]
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Bodruzal wooden church

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In the vicinity of Svidnik is the wooden church of Saint Nicholas in Bodruzal, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed church. Built in 1658, it is also Greek-Catholic, like the church of Dobroslava and so many others in the area. There is a complete iconostasis in the church, with four rows of paintings and a delicately decorated [...]
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Dobroslava wooden church

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North of Svidnik is the Greek-Catholic wooden church in Dobroslava, built in 1705, and dedicated to Saint Parasceve. Parasceve was a woman who inherited a great deal of money from her parents, which instead of using herself, she distributed amongst the poor. She never married, and was executed in prison after having been accused of [...]
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Hervartov wooden church

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The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Hervartov, not far from Bardejov, is a wooden gothic-style church, built at the end of the 15th Century. It is the oldest, and best preserved wooden church in Slovakia, the roof still covered with shingles. The inside is richly decorated, most notably with a painting of The [...]
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Saris Museum of Icons in Bardejov

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There are still lots of old wooden churches in the surroundings of Bardejov (and Svidnik, where we are going next), many of them decorated, not only with frescos, but also with rich iconostases. An iconostasis is a wall of icons, and sometimes other paintings depicting bible scenes, which separates the church nave from the sanctuary. [...]
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06. Danubiana

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What a fabulous modern art museum! After not the smoothest of starts, this trip, the Danubiana is the first thing that blows us away. Some 20 km outside Bratislava, on a small peninsula in the Danube, the Danubiana is perhaps one of the most exiting modern art museums of Europe. Established in 2000 by collaboration [...]
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the Brandberg rock paintings

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In addition to the White lady rock paintings in the Brandberg (of which I have posted the photos here), there are several other, more difficult to find rock shelters with San paintings – the San are commonly referred to as Bushmen. With a sketch map found in a travel guide at the time – this [...]
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Diana’s Vow

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The rock paintings at Diana’s Vow, some 170 km east of Harare on the way to the Eastern Highlands, are not in a cave, but merely under an overhanging rock. They are easily reached, and worth the detour. Although the painted area is quite small, the quality of the images, the detail and the colour [...]
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