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The Byzantine’s Hidden Impact on Education
The Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked. credit: Walters Art Museum / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons The Byzantines, also known as the ...
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Why does the haggis get its own entrance music? Inside the Burns Night tradition
In most cases, this tune is Burns’, ‘A Man’s A Man For A’ That’, played on the bagpipes. Watch a procession of the haggis, accompanied by Burns’ tune below. In the procession, the chef (whoever made ...
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Haggis, bagpipes and more this weekend at annual Robbie Burns celebration gala in Penticton
It's not quite too late to embrace everything Scottish at the annual Robbie Burns Night celebration gala this weekend. On Saturday, Jan. 25, from 4:45 p.m. onward into the evening, all are welcome ...
Greek Reporter29d
Women Who Shaped the Byzantine Empire as Leaders, Scholars and Saints
Empress Theodora at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. Credit: Louis Hector Leroux, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far ...
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The bagpipe-playing Japanese chef behind Tokyo's best-known Burns Supper - complete with deep-fried Mars Bars
They were playing a certain instrument [the bagpipes].” “I was instantly captivated by the melancholy sound. And then I thought, ‘I'm going to quit cooking and learn to play the bagpipes’.” ...