Across The Planet

The biggest house in the world is also one of the seats of the British monarchy, the Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is located in Berkshire, England. It is the oldest continuingly occupied castle. It has about 45.000 square meters occupied by the castles floor. It was first established in 1070 by William The Conqueror, so that means that it is almost a thousand years old! It was originally a wooden castle, standing on the site that is now occupied by the so called Round Tower. Most of the England Kings and Queens left their mark in continuous development of the castle. During the times of war, the currently reigning monarch would build more walls and try to fortify it more heavily. During the times of peace, king or queen would add to it more apartments and rooms for fun and entertainment. The famous college, Eton College is located just across the river Thames some 600 meters from the Windsor Castle.

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This guy is a hero!

It is a great privilege to welcome you to the Life Without Limbs.org website. My name is Nick Vujicic and I’m 26 years old. I was born without arms or legs and given no medical reason for this condition. Faced with countless challenges and obstacles, God has given me the strength to surmount what others might call impossible. Along with that, the Lord has placed within me an unquenchable passion to share this same hope and genuine love that I’ve personally experienced with more than two million people all over the globe.

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One of my online friends heard some Serbian ethno (folk) songs and he asked me can I suggest him more similar music, so I decided to compile Youtube small list here which will allow him (and any other who is interested) easy further research. Since I am no expert in the field I just posted those one I like very much.

1. Pavle Aksentijevic – Marijo Bela Kumrijo

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Carnival of Venice take it’s time every year two weeks before Ash Wednesday and it ends on Mardi Grass. It is the one of the most popular European festivals, attracting hundred of thousand tourists each year. History of the carnival goes back thousand years in history. Festival started to be held first time somewhere at middle of 1100’s with their best knowing symbol Venetian masks started wearing in 1268. The main carnival idea was to collectively celebrate forty time of Lent. After that, mentioned symbols “masks” are introduced to break barrier between rich and poor.

Masks were always central symbol of Venetian Carnival. Masks were usually made by leather and are kept very simple in design where now using gesso and various decorative plastics and other materials are. People who were mask-makers are called mascherari. Masks can be easily bought in many shops in Venice or even ordered over the internet. There are many types of masks like Bauta, Columbine, Medico Della Peste, Moretta, and Volto… In the movie Eyes Wide Open, Tom Cruise attends a secret party where people wear Venetian masks.

Even carnival has religious origin (and pagan influences) people mainly forget that and are coming to Venice to enjoy themselves, experience carnival atmosphere and be happy regardless of what religion they are.