Beautiful La Maison Cassee Vaisselle or House of broken Crockery – tourist attraction located in the town of Louviers, France. The House of broken porcelain

The House of broken porcelain
La Maison Cassee Vaisselle or House of broken Crockery is a very interesting tourist attraction located in the town of Louviers, France. Robert Vasseur and his wife abandoned the traditional exterior walls, but instead painstakingly decorated the house with mosaics of broken crockery, shells, iridescent glass, porcelain. Robert Vasseur was born in 1908, he worked first at the milk factory, then at the textile factory. His passion for Mosaic ornaments began in 1952, when he first got the idea of making repairs in his kitchen. Then he decorated the old kitchen sink with mosaics from broken pieces of old crockery, gluing it with cement.
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Cry of happiness. Kevin Balot, the Philippines. Miss International Queen 2012. Beauty contest among the transgenders and transsexuals

The eighth annual Beauty contest among the transgenders and transsexuals “Miss International Queen 2012” took place in Pattaya, Thailand. And this is not quite the usual beauty contest, since among the 21 participants from 15 countries of the world, was once a man. Meanwhile, the winner of the competition became a citizen of the Philippines Kevin Balot. She received a prize of 10 thousand United States dollars and Thai mobile phone. In addition, she is free to stay in an apartment in Pattaya for one year.
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Beautiful ballerina Keenan Kampa – the first American to graduate from the Vaganova, St. Petersburg, Russia. Keenan Kampa at the Mariinsky Ballet

Keenan Kampa at the Mariinsky Ballet. A year ago, she woke up to her dream: she was invited to be the first American dancer to join the Mariinsky. 23-year-old Keenan Kampa is the first American to graduate from the 274-year-old school that trained such legends of ballet as Anna Pavlova, Natalia Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Gift-giving superstitions

Gift-giving superstitions
There were many gift giving superstitions or signs, but after many years, most of them have been forgotten or lost, but some survived and kept as a treasured mystery. When we are invited for a particular holiday, be it a loved one, relative or friend, we naturally begin to search for appropriate gift. When choosing a gift we should listen to the signs, invented not in vain centuries ago. If the gift is not properly matched, it can hurt people mentally, physically or even fatal. No wonder our ancestors carefully approached to the choice of the gift. They believed in the sacred gift and therefore created a “list” of unwanted gifts.
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Painting. Magic beauty of Indian women

Magic beauty of Indian women
Long history of Indian culture can be traced in many things – including variety of jewelry. Every country has and boasts distinctive traditions and customs, the uniqueness of India manifested in everything – in peculiarities, diversity and beauty that mark Indian jewelry. The value of jewelry for the people of this wonderful country is extremely high. Indian Jewelry celebrates the human body, talks about its owner almost all: if she is married, belongs to any caste, whether she has any children. And it’s not the whole list. For the Indian woman jewelry is a kind of language communicated from the wearer to the viewer, along with speech and gestures. Such jewelry is a reserve of symbols, the meaning of some of them is forgotten.
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“Flying balalaika brothers” group. Balalaika 70 years ban in the U S A

Balalaika 70 years ban in the U S A. On the second October 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama extended the ban on the sale of balalaika in the U.S. until 2020. Background goes back to the pre-war time, when the then head of the administration in Washington, Franklin Roosevelt signed a secret decree banning the balalaika in the country for 10 years. It happened in 1940 and since then has regularly renewed the decree. Since 2000, the decree of Clinton extended ban to Alaska. Balalaika – one of the tools that have become, along with an accordion, a symbol of the Russian people.
The earliest known reference to the Balalaika is in 1688 in a book speaking of a people called Skomorokhi. According to Russian history, these were minstrels who traveled around the country and performed at weddings, fairs and other events.
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Creator of the artificial language Dr. Zamenhof. The wave of Esperanto 125 years of history

The wave of Esperanto 125 years of history.

First of all, “The wave of Esperanto” was the name of the pre-revolutionary Russian society magazine Esperanto. Editorial placed in a house in Lubyanskiy Passage, near the Polytechnic Museum, Moscow. Esperanto club had a portrait of Dr. Zamenhof, Warsaw Ophthalmologist, creator of the artificial language, whose own mother tongue was Russian. Meanwhile, about 10 years ago, a philatelist from Moscow reported about his collection of labels, stickers and brands of Esperanto of early 20th century.
According to Zamenhof, the primary reason for hatred between peoples – their inability to understand each other languages. In fact, he began constructing a new language, when he was a schoolboy of 15. Besides, he believed that it could serve the cause of peace and understanding in the whole world. However, dead languages are too difficult, and impossible to become an international language. That’s why the young man began creating Esperanto. And his first book he published under the pseudonym of Dr. Esperanto, which means a person who hopes.
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Creative Blackboard blog by Alfred Sirleaf

Blackboard blog by Alfred Sirleaf

The Liberian capital Monrovia resident, Alfred Sirleaf has been publishing his own “offline blog» «Daily Talk» for 12 years. In fact, his “Blog” is a common board on the side of the road, and the “blogger” daily writes with chalk major news from newspapers and information gathered by reporters-volunteers. In 2000, at the height of the Civil War, Alfred realized that society needs truthful information, because many residents even to this day can not afford electricity, and even newspapers. However, for criticism of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, Alfred even went to jail. Meanwhile, every day hundreds of people in the capital go to read news on the board, and the number of unique visitors to «Daily Talk» – more than 10 000 people. In addition, for illiterate readers the columnist duplicates the most important news, using pictures and symbols. Also, this project does not bring profit to its creator and is supported by donations. Although there is space for advertising in the lower right corner, but unfortunately, it always remains unclaimed.
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One-of-a-kind Vintage Halloween costumes

Vintage Halloween costumes
So, Halloween is coming, and excited costume enthusiasts queue at party stores. Meanwhile, these retro photographs of bizarre Halloween costumes prove they could well do without commercialism. Originally European harvest festival and festivals of the dead, Halloween has pagan roots. In fact, the history of Halloween goes back more than 2,000 years to Celtic people. However, the word “Halloween” was first used in the 16th century. And it represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows’-Even (‘evening’), that is, the night before All Hallows’ Day. Fans of the pagan holiday dressed in a mixture of ghostly, scary-mongering garb and bizarre, inventive outfits. Also, disguising the face has always been a popular choice among fans of Halloween, playing with the idea of false identities.
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