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The unusual tradition in Ukraine [Tradisi unik dari Ukraina]
Known as an ancient tradition, in central-European countries like Poland and the Czech Republic, Wet Monday appears to be very popular in Ukraine, as well. It takes place on the second day of Easter
Wet Monday started out, in Poland,as a pagan custom that symbolize cleansing, with the coming of Spring. When Christianity became the main religion, Wet Monday was adopted as a Christian ritual, related to cleansing souls of sins. The truth is people loved this tradition so much, they found a way to keep it, by associating it with religion.
The photos below were taken on Wet Monday, in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. They are copyright of Yurko Dyachyshyn.
On Wet Monday. boys and men armed with bottles and buckets of water, chase after girls and splash them from head to toe. According to the original custom, the most beautiful girl in a village would be the wettest, but nowadays, boys just splash any girl they see. At one point, the tradition got so out of hand that boys threw buckets of water, at girls, threw their car windows.
With the current water shortage the world is facing right now, some would say this is a terrible waste, but the boys with water bottles wouldnāt dream of abandoning this ancient tradition. just look at those happy faces.
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Beautiful and Elegant Steel Wire Sculptures [Kerajinan cantik dari kawat Baja]
Gavin Worth makes beautiful and elegant sculptures out of black steel wire.
By bending wire into freestanding line drawings, the artist creates unique sculptures that engage viewers by involving them in subtle changes:
– When the light in the room shifts, so does the mood of each piece.
– Soft breeze might gently move the sculpture.
Ben Heine Interview about Pencil Vs Camera [Kreatifitas unik, menggabungkan sketsa pensil dengan kamera]
āPencil Vs Cameraā mixes drawing and photography, imagination and reality. Itās a new visual concept invented and initiated by Ben Heine in 2010. Itās full of magic, illusion, poetry and surrealism. Ben published his first āPencil Vs Cameraā image in April 2010 but the series is the result of a long graphic exploration and a logic consequence of his personal artistic development.
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The Town Devoured By Rock [Kota diantara bebatuan]
Setenil de las Bodegas nama kotanya. Ada di daerah Andalusia, Spanyol. Kota berpenduduk sekitar 3000 jiwa ini, dibangun diantar bebatuan raksasa.
The 3,000-odd inhabitants of Setenil de las Bodegas, a city in Spainās beautiful Andalucia region, seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. When they enter their houses, they see rock face; when they stroll through their city, they walk on rocks. Has the city been hit by a meteor, and if not what caused its unusual construction?
The name Setenil developed from the the Latin septem nihil ā āseven times noā ā which refers back to the period of the Christian reconquest, when Catholic kings tried to win back territory from the Moors, who had come from Africa and ruled the Iberian peninsula since 711. In Setenilās case, only the seventh reconquest attempt was successful, in 1485, making the city one of the last bastions of the Moors until they were driven out of western Europe in 1492.
Regarding the second part of the name, “de las Bodegas,” at least two different stories circulate. According to one, Sentenil proudly added “de las Bodegas” to its name in the 15th century because of the many vineyards that had sprung up. Sadly, vine pests ended this tradition in the 1860s.
According to another story, since the early 16th century, “bodegas” referred to Sentenilās big storerooms under the rock, which kept all kinds of produce cool even in the hottest of summers. Regardless of which version is true, the fact is that even today, Setenil is famous for delicacies like chorizo, cerdo, olive oil, honey, jam and excellent Andalucian wine.
Other than being built into the rock, Setenil is also one of the typical White Villages of Andalucia ā villages that try to stay as cool as possible in this hottest region of Spain by whitewashing their houses every year, as white reflects sunlight best.
When looking at images like this, with a whole village literally living in the shadow of a huge rock, one wonders: why, isnāt it depressing, especially in the winter?
The reason people choose to live here is pragmatism, more or less. The natural caves at Setenil proved perfect living quarters, it is believed since pre-historic times. Instead of having to build a whole house and insulating it against heat in the summer and cold in the winter, many rock caves just needed a faƧade and, voila, there was a house in tune with nature!
One of Setenil’s oldest streets
Also, one shouldnāt forget that Setenil de las Bodegas is a city that is many centuries old and thus has seen its fair share of fighting. And which enemy would go for the city with rock solid defenses, literally, when the next town over has no such protection? After all, thatās why it took the Catholic kings seven attempts before they won Setenil back from the Moors…
Overall, a very minimally invasive building style. Rock on, Setenil!
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