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Jan 1, 2012, 9:31 am
I wish a blissful and happy 2012 full of inspiration and beauty!
If you want to be in an oriental fairy tale scroll down the pictures.
And if you want to be a princess for a day - all these beautifu gowns are for sale here and here!
Pictures: Laroyal.
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Dec 21, 2011, 4:47 am
There is nothing new under the sun. No, really.
When couple of years ago a new trend swept through the Oriental dance scene - "Bollywood Dance" - everybody was enchanted by the sweet, romatic songs of Indian cinema and the combination of sparkling costumes and exotic dance movements. But it ... Comment - Like
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Dec 4, 2011, 9:00 am
As the festivities come nearer I like to browse beautiful gift shops. Here is one of my favourite: Hadeel: fair traded crafts from the West Banks, Gaza and Lebanon.
Palestinian textile art is amazing in its skillfulness; with it's mostly red-on-back stitchings it gets never boring and it provides ... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2011, 3:39 am
The idea had been in my head quite a long time but it was finally realized only a couple of weeks ago: We founded a Women Group in the refugees' hostel.
To be a refugee in Germany is hard. The government provides what is prescibed by the law: accomodation, medical assistance, food and scooling... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2011, 2:41 am
Picture credits: here.
We all have seen them.
People fighting for freedom and a country without oppression from a military govenement.
People risking their lives for a better future for them and their families.
Armed forces the attack protesters.
I... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2011, 9:31 am
My new passion regarding Japanese (Folk) Art is a technique to recycle and to reuse tattered cloth. The aspect that, in my eyes, makes these pieces for everyday-use so singular is the combination of extremely simple material and the wide range of possibilities experienced in the u... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2011, 10:41 am
Picture by H. Kreutzmann
Today I finally managed to see this wonderful exhibition on Afghanistan in a small but very beautiful museum of natural history in Altenburg, in eastern Thuringia.
The exhibition features three aspects of the daily life from different tribes in different living sp... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2011, 9:00 am
Autumn, falling leaves, and time to listen to new music:
The new album of Amira Medunjanin features the tradition of Bosnian romantic songs in modern arrangements. Her angelic voice creeps immediately under your skin, leaving you with a pleasa... Comment - Like
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Aug 8, 2011, 6:24 am
Absolutely stunning artwork found via the beautiful blog inkling prints! Have a look:
Graphic Art mixed with Ethnic handicraft: Handpainted cabinet by Lucas Risé (Sansparapluie) side by side with a Central Asian Suzani wallcarpet.
Abstract painting and handpainted vase: Au... Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2011, 12:13 pm
Oh happy day! We were all prepared, waiting for the great moment, watching happy dances...
... the offerings were ready...
... and so were auspicious signs on feet ...
... and hands.
We all partecipated from the depth of our hearts, showering blessings...
... petals and hoorays on the newly-married... Comment - Like
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Jun 20, 2011, 1:56 pm
In those very busy days we enjoyed shopping, driving to the market in those very cosy rikshaws...
... mingling with all those busy ladies...
... neither minding the torrid sun, nor polluted air nor crowded alleys and shops.
Choosing from the brightest colours...
... and all kind of goods.
Where th... Comment - Like
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Jun 12, 2011, 3:52 am
The most important day for a woman needs a lot of preparations!
Concentration...
And even more concentration...
... is needed to accomplish the masterpiece.
But also the laughter...
... and joy!
And of course readymade food! Who wants to cook with mehndi on her hands?
Hungry after a long day...
An... Comment - Like
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Jun 10, 2011, 1:53 pm
Everything, yes, everything had it's very own magic...
The offerings...
The altar...
The accurately arranged food...
The most wonderful smiles...
And even the vans, yes, even the vans were beautiful.
Who said, that a traveller never comes back as the same person she was?? Back in Frankfurt Airport ... Comment - Like
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Jun 10, 2011, 11:43 am
...may vanish, but not the memories of an unforgettable trip to India.
My dearest friend got married - in the next days I will share colouful pictures full of joy.
Stay tuned!
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Apr 14, 2011, 3:47 am
When I feel a little bit blue or simply tired my best medicine is to treasure-hunting in charity shops. A few days ago I was miraculously rewarded with a whole pile of beauty and I picked up half a dozen of very well preserved children's books with fairy tales from the communist times. A lot of tran... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2011, 5:03 am
Pallavi Goenka is a young designer and she presents a fascinating blend of traditional indian textile tradition and innovation.
Her origins are in the colourful region of Rajasthan from where she gets always new inspiration and bright notes for her very special urban outfits.
She works with renowned... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2011, 6:32 am
These cuties arrived some days ago; just in time for my performance of Rajasthani Dance at the Interkulturelles Neujahrsfest in Weimar. Impressions are here; you can see a snippet of my performance at min 13.13) with these bangles.
These are traditional Rajasthani bangles, I purchased them fro... Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2011, 1:15 pm
I am not the patient kind of girl.I have too many ideas.
I want too many things.
I want to write a book.
I want to translate Greek poems.
I want to learn Turkish.
I want to develop my dancing skills.
I want to spend more time making art.
I want to take care of my kids.
I want to do yoga.
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Jan 4, 2011, 5:40 am
I should have written about her long ago.
Because everything started when I discoverded her art.
My passion for traditional women dances.
Helene Eriksen is a teacher and choreographer of traditional dances of the Balkans and Islamic Orient with decades of teaching experience.
But - what makes her tr... Comment - Like
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Jan 2, 2011, 11:40 am
Thankful
for Art strepping into my Life
for unexpected Happiness just around the Corner
for Adorable Persons around me
Thankful
for New Lessons taught
Thankful
for Beauty Everywhere
Thank you 2010
Welcome 2011
When all our Wishes
May come True...
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Nov 27, 2010, 3:16 pm
I didn't go there on purpose. It was a few hour's stop on a long bus ride in 2006. Walking around I noticed construction works all over the place, activities like in a beehive. My head and stomach still numb from a hilarious wedding I looked for a place to sit down. A newly opened fast-food res... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2010, 4:52 am
I had heard about Gudrun Märtins, one of the leading artists of the classical Indian dance form Odissi in the western world, but when I saw her performance a few weeks ago, I was completely smitten. Her entrance on stage, accompanied by the sound of conch shell trumpets, reveales her exquisite ... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2010, 11:02 am
She is one of my favourite singers: Souad Massi from Algiers. And now she has published a new album, the perfect companion when you have a few precious moments for yourself, when you curl up on your couch with a cup of hot ginger tea and contemplate the raindrops falling from the november clouds.
S... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2010, 3:39 am
One exciting week in Thessaloniki... a lot of work during an International Study Week, but also time for other things, e.g. fabric shopping ....
... and girly chit-chat over a cup of coffee ....
... and, of course, the coffee ground had to be read ;-)
... a spiral ... symbol for fertility and growth... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2010, 5:30 am
Pears are my beloved fruits. I could eat them endlessly. But I am reluctant to buy fresh goods from oversea just to eat fruits outside their season. So I found my solution in preserving all kind of fruits I get my hands on. Mixing them. Spicing them up.
Preserves are so easy to make. Clean & cut ... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2010, 10:58 am
Tatar she used to speak with her grandmother, Zulya recalls in an interview. Her last release (Tales of Subliming) echoes childhood dreams in three languages, English, Russian and Tatar.
A haunting voice blends with soft yet sometimes irritationg sounds far beyond being just "World Music".
Zulya Ka... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2010, 12:59 am
I have been following Selyas' wonderful blog "Chaikhana" quita a long time. So as usual I hopped across her and was left breathless by these pictures - how could I not share that!
Company founder Kenzo Takada, a Japanese born designer, coined an ethno oriented look with flat patterns like those used... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2010, 4:44 am
I haven't been blogging for an eternity... After a very short and busy summer now I realize that the fall is at its peak, and a lot of ideas are still waiting to be written. For today I want to start with a few impressions from my cousin's wedding in Italy that I attended last week before I had to r... Comment - Like
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Aug 26, 2010, 1:00 pm
In these last days of august we start thinking of fall... And befor everything will change colours to yellow, orange and red I wanted to use as much as possible of the wonderful green herbs from my tiny garden.
So today not a really "oriental" recipe, it became more a "symphony in green"!
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Aug 26, 2010, 3:02 am
Very popular in it's region of origin, but quite unknown in the dance community in the West is the Maharashtrian folk dance Lavani. The word Lavani derives from Lavanya meaning beauty. Lavani is combination of dance and teasing lyrics with warm rhythm of Dholki, performed by women wearing nine-yard... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2010, 6:37 am
It's not the first time I feel disappointed by the lack of curiosity and the poor feeling for new literary tendencies on the German book market when it comes to the "minor" languages, as publishers call them, i.e. practically all foreign languages besides English and (maybe) french. Several years ag... Comment - Like
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Aug 20, 2010, 8:55 am
A radio interview caught my attention today and I had to share this with you immediately.
Héla Fattoumi is a dancer from Tunis, which is the capital of the probably most westernized Arabic country. But even there the advancing arabisation and islamisation of North Africa is palpable. The traditiona... Comment - Like
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Jul 12, 2010, 4:35 am
Received this cute package a few days ago...
... nicely decorated with "Hello Kitty" stamps, but much more cute the content...
Two pieces of Japanes fabric with Russian dolls, called Matroschka. They will serve me as applications for a new sewing project. Stay tuned!
If you like the fabric and want... Comment - Like
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Jul 12, 2010, 1:19 am
Look at these cute DIY ideas from the last issue of burda Style!
It is unusually hot now, even in the ealy morning hours and I long for the fresh blue of this Morocco inspired room... faux tiles with geometrical designs on a wooden plate are so versatile, use them wherever you like!
Easily made and... Comment - Like
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Jun 24, 2010, 11:30 am
My regular readers and blogging friends know about my passion for dancing, and my grieve that I had to stop aftre the first months of my pregnancy... Now my little one is four months old and my body is craving for beautiful movements with music! I have been a practicioner for fifteen years now of Fo... Comment - Like
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Jun 14, 2010, 12:46 pm
For centuries the Silk Road has been a channel for the diffusion of extremely skilled artisanate, converting everyday objects to beautiful art pieces. One of the most important branches is textile art. Unfortunately the free flow of goods has been interrupted nowadays and the difficult economic situ... Comment - Like
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May 28, 2010, 4:14 am
... the english version of the shop!
Up to now, offers are available on the German site.
Have a look on the side bar and enjoy!
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May 20, 2010, 5:40 am
(Au nom de la Rose: Earrings with Japanes Tensha Beads)
After long hesitation (will I really make it? do the pictures look good enough?), even longer preparations when the girls were sleeping, often long before dawn - now, finally, my new DaWanda shop will soon open its gates!
Zakuro - Jewellery f... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2010, 1:05 pm
"The blossom of the pear tree is quite awful. It should be spurned and on no account ever be attatched to a letter. From leaf to bloom, its lack of color reminds one of a plain woman, utterly charmless. Yes, this is what we usually think of the pear blossom. Yet, knowing that the Chinese admire it, ... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2010, 10:06 am
Browsing around looking for material to use in my post on Liza Dalby's books I noticed that she had published a new one in 2009. This time a novel. Of course I had to read it immediately and finished it in a few nights - a rare phenomenon right now; as a working mom I have only a few hours before da... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2010, 3:22 pm
They passed so quickly...
40 days after Naima's birth seemed to have passed in the twinkling of an eye, so we decided to celebrate those precious moments.
Following the islamic custom of "aqiqah" we should have slaughtered a sheep or a goat to feed friends, family and the poor. We adjusted this cust... Comment - Like
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Mar 29, 2010, 12:22 am
May I introduce?
Here she is, born five weeks ago, my second daughter Naima.
For this period all my days and nights have been hers.
Sweet slavery!
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Mar 24, 2010, 11:52 am
Everyone is talking about spring now, me too, but before we totally forget the passed season I wanted to share one of my favourite (end of) winter recipies: Sicilian Orange Salad.
A large part of my familiy used to live in Sicily before most of them moved north for studies or a better employment. Bu... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2010, 5:45 am
"International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It is an occasion for looking back on past struggles and accom... Comment - Like
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Feb 17, 2010, 9:12 am
Yesterday the DVD arrived... and I had to watch it immediately: Nritya Yoga - Yoga of Dance by Amrita Choudhury.
As a student of Classical Indian Dance "Kathak" and an eager Yoga practitioner I have always looked for a way to find a connection between the two disciplines, e.g. integrating Hatha-Y... Comment - Like
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