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Customs & Language

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Customs & Language
  1. What Happened to the 'Turkey'?Şalom · 6 May 2020We all know the turkey, which looks like a large hen. This bird has some interesting names in different languages and countries. In English it is…
  2. The Week of ChristmasŞalom · 29 December 2021Christmas is celebrated on 25 December. On the 24th, exactly at midnight, Christians go to church to commemorate the birth of Jesus, their prophet. This week…
  3. Women's DayEl Amaneser · no. 206 · 13 April 2022In high antiquity we see that woman was worshipped as a goddess because she gave birth to children, just as the earth gives what you sow.…
  4. The SacrificeŞalom · 20 July 2022The feast of the sacrifice in the Muslim religion follows the lunar calendar, a calendar very like ours, with the difference that no adjustment is made…
  5. The Evil EyeEl Amaneser · no. 212 · 12 October 2022We all know what the 'blue eye' is, which we call 'nazarlık': a piece of glass made like a wheel, in the middle a blue eye…
  6. DiwaliEl Amaneser · no. 214 · 14 December 2022The end of the month of October contains festivals not very well known in our country. Both the Christians and the Hindus celebrate festivals that resemble…
  7. The New Year's Pine TreeEl Amaneser · no. 215 · 11 January 2023In many Christian countries they celebrate the feast of Christmas by hanging little gifts on a small pine tree. The legend says that Father Christmas, or…
  8. EyebrowsŞalom · 29 March 20238 March was Women's Day. Speaking of women, it is impossible not to notice the change in women's fashion — change between regions, eras, different cultures;…
  9. The April FoolŞalom · 12 April 2023Where the April joke came from — which in Turkish we call 'the first of April' and in French 'April fish' — we still do not…
  10. Mothers' DayŞalom · 17 May 2023Mothers' Day is one day a year when we remember our mothers and honour them, or children remember their mothers. Sometimes grandchildren too remember their grandmothers,…
  11. Fathers' DayŞalom · 21 June 2023The 18th of June was an important day called 'Fathers' Day', a celebration that did not exist in antiquity. A commercial day, but it is the…
  12. On EsperantoEl Amaneser · no. 229 · 13 March 2024Towards the end of the 1800s the city of Białystok, which belonged to the states of Poland, Russia, Prussia and today again to Poland, was a…
  13. The MotherEl Amaneser · no. 232 · 12 June 2024Since always, the mythologies of all cultures have associated woman with the earth, with the moon, or sometimes with the serpent. The relation of woman to…
  14. Shaking HandsŞalom · 28 August 2024In the time of the pandemic we had forgotten about shaking hands to greet each other. It seems this custom of shaking hands is not a…