Greece’s Carnival season, known as “Apokries”, is the festive season preceding Lent, a period of masquerading, eating, drinking and dancing, which reaches its peak with extravagant parades of giant floats and colorful street groups. Traditionally, ….
Η Παγκόσμια Ημέρα της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας ανακηρύχθηκε επίσημως από την UNESCO η 9η Φεβρουαρίου, ημέρα θανάτου του εθνικού ποιητή Διονύσιου Σολωμού (1857). «Η ελληνική γλώσσα έχει οικουμενική ακτινοβολία. Ομιλείται και γράφεται ακατάπαυστα, σχεδόν τέσσερις χιλιετίες, ….
World Braille Day is annually celebrated on January 4, the birthday of Braille inventor, Louis Braille. The day recognizes the contributions of Louis Braille in helping blind and visually impaired people to read and write. ….
Synopsis: Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice, secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court Portia. Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, recalls past insults from Antonio and, instead of ….
Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting and ….
