When he was 13 years old, he rejected the Sacred Thread ceremony , which is the initiation ceremony that Hindu boys go through when they are initiated into the Hindu faith. Throughout his life, Guru Nanak experienced key events that led him to: reject the caste system within Hinduism. WasRead More →
Karnataka Sangitam or Karnataka Sangita also spelled as Carnatic Music is a commonly practiced system of music in South India. You will also find this form across the modern states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. When was Carnatic music performed? Carnatic music and Indian classical musicRead More →
Marguerite de Navarre, who was sister to the King of Sweden(!??), introduced the dance to the French court in 1565 and it was popular until the reign of Louis XIII (1601–1643) and opened many balls, but the bourrée took some time to appear in the early ballet dance notation ofRead More →
Numerous ancient cultures depended on beans, including the Egyptians and classical Greeks, with a history of legume consumption going back more than 20,000 years in some Eastern cultures. A couple of older favorites in Europe were smallish, flat lentils, which were eaten in Greece as long as 13,000 years ago.Read More →
Music from the northern part of Mexico, norteño, meaning “northern,” or música norteña, “northern music,” was influenced by German settlers in Texas around 1830. It is no coincidence that some types of Mexican music have the German polka “oom-pah-pah” influence. What is the Mexican music called? Mariachi. Mariachi is theRead More →
In Byzantine heraldry and vexillology, the double-headed eagle (or double-eagle) is a charge associated with the concept of Empire – the heads represent the dual sovereignty of the emperor both in secular and religious matters and/or dominance over both East and West. What flag has a two headed eagle? AlbaniaRead More →