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THE MAIDEN FAIR OF MOUNT GAINA  – TRADITION AND LEGEND This month  Revista Atelierul  is celebrating one of the most important events in life – marriage. Revisita Atelierul contributor  ramsmade  investigates the famous Maiden Fair of Mount Gaina (Targul de Fete), and the legends and traditional rituals surrounding it. The Maiden Fair of Mount Gaina is held annually around the feast of St. Elijah for mountain families to arrange weddings for their unmarried children. The celebration can take many years of preparation for the girls, who must collect a dowry packed into beautiful carved chests. Tens of thousands of people meet at the borders of Hunedoara, Arad and Alba and Bihor to spend the night around fires enjoying music, dancing and other traditional festivities. Legend Because legends are stories that have passed through time as stories, they undergo changes during the process and we do not...

  This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors. Y bears the shortest place name in France, and one of the  shortest in the world .  The inhabitants call themselves  Ypsilonien(ne)s , from the Greek letter Upsilon  (Υ), which looks like the letter Y. Y is situated 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of  Amiens , at the junction of the D15 and D615 roads, in the far eastern side of the department. The district belonged to the Y family from Vermandois. The village was caught up in the First World War. It was decorated by Croix de guerre 1914-1918 on 15 December 1920. The Church of Saint-Médard, was rebuilt in 1921, after the destruction caused by the First World War. Since 2002, the commune has been part of the community of communes of the Pays Hamois, which succeeded the district of Ham, created in 1960. Then on 1 Jan 2017, Pays Hamois and that of the Pays Neslois...

 

 

  Steve Jobs’ Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish Speech at Stanford (2005) When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me. And since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. Th...

My Best Friend How long has the cry been coming I really would like to know The mewing has created a restless feeling Within my heart, you know.   The walls of my heart feel pity for it I feel there is a big pro… But can't reach upto it  'Cause it hid within the depth of the broken floor.   I tried and tried my level best But failed each time I tried The next best thing that I could think of  Was calling for help from someone nearby.   I fixed a meeting with a guy and the prob… And he managed to get it right When finally out, I found it out There was a spline on its side.   The power thing was crying for this I now could understand I quickly to it to the dock you see And got the problem fixed.   Now she is fine and so am I And so we both get along quite well The two of us go out and in  And now she is my best friend.   -          Hylton Upsho...