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Lana Del Rey in the legendary House of the Rising Sun

July 9, 1964 the group The Animals hit the first line of the British charts with the song “The House of the Rising Sun”. Simple plot of the song about the hard life of a poor boy and rhythmic strumming of British folk won the hearts of millions of people from around the world. What was the reason for such popularity? The paradox of the Legendary House of the Rising Sun was the fact that The Animals were not the first one who told the story of the fateful “House”. For several centuries prisoners, drunks, vagrants sang this song in UK and Ireland and, of course, there was no New Orleans yet. The British sailed to discover the the New World and took a simple motif with them, close to everyone story that they could sing, even without musical accompaniment.
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The Great Banyan – a tree with the world’s largest area of ​​the crown. Botanic Garden in Howrah, India

Symbol of India The Great Banyan – a tree with the world’s largest area of ​​the crown. Located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The Great Banyan, or as it is called, tree-forest, has not one, but thousands of trunks. Great Banyan Ficus is a Bengali, small and inedible fruit when ripe red. In the ancient times banyan tree was called the world tree, it is a symbol of human consciousness. It is quite possible that this tree grew in the Garden of Eden. And it was called the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Tree represents a constantly updated and resurgent world, an inexhaustible source of life. It appears from the seed, grows, creates its own world, its life. It is a symbol of order and harmony as opposed to Chaos.
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Alina Zalyalieva photo studio. Model Anna Koryukova, Beautiful fantasy by Margarita Kareva

Beautiful fantasy by Margarita Kareva.

Bright photo gallery of the novice Russian photographer Margarita Kareva represents an art project with a surreal, often Gothic world. Absolutely stunning, unique images, consist of fabulously beautiful Russian beauties. Their fantastic costumes, against either an urban background, or a magical nature landscape resemble the world similar to painting. In fact, Photography by Margarita Kareva and her creative team of models, stylists, accessories and costume designers, and makeup artists can be described as art. About Yekaterinburg based photographer Margarita Kareva is known that she graduated from photography school just a couple of years ago (2011). Despite her relatively short experience in photography, Kareva has become known both in Russia and abroad.
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Silver jewelry of Yemeni bride

If European bride can be immediately recognized by the white dress, the Yemeni – by the abundance of silver jewelry. Gold is considered by Muslims the metal of devil and can bring misfortune, but silver – blessed the prophet himself. Therefore, it is believed that the more silver jewelry a bride has, the more successful will be her marriage. The total weight of Silver jewelry of Yemeni bride can be a few pounds. Most of silver decorations are worn on the chest and around the neck – multiple rows (about 16) of massive necklaces with pendants of different shapes; oval, cylindrical, square, or in the form of fish charms with text from the evil eye; choker; on her hands – bracelets, sometimes up to the elbow; on each finger – at least one ring. Bride’s head covers Taj Cape, under which is put a special decoration – gorgush. It is like a headband with side pendants and can also be decorated with antique coins, pearls, beads.
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Mondrian Girl. Acrylic on Canvas. Painting by American artist Sherry Wolf

Painting by American artist Sherry Wolf can be easily mistaken for a photograph. Sherry Wolf was born January 27, 1949 in Pikesville, Baltimore. Sherry Wolf graduated from the Art History department of the University of Maryland. Her recent paintings are featured on the website Artsy.net. This series of paintings features a beautiful model dressed to evoke notable mod trends, standing before familiar allusions to modern art and characteristic motifs of mid-century modernism. They say talented people are talented in everything, Sherry Wolf has been successful at everything she’s tried. Alongside with her painting career, Sherry Wolf has designed jewelry and fashion accessories. The works of a talented artist and fashion designer can be found in the most prestigious collections and her “Artist in the Studio” painting is in the permanent collection at the Albright-Knox Museum.
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Lencois Maranhenses unique fresh water desert

Lencois Maranhenses fresh water desert. Brazil, with its tropical climate, has no real desert, but still, there is an amazing desert, where in the rainy season coming from the Amazon River basin, raise a lot of fresh water lakes. With the end of the rainy season, the lake is almost completely dry. It remains a mystery how in the rainy season there also appear a lot of fish, crabs and other animals in the lakes. There is a hypothesis that roe to this area is brought by birds arriving from the sea. There is an opinion that it remains in the sand and with the arrival of rains from this roe the aquatic inhabitants are born.
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Chatelaine with cameo decor. Gold, silver, diamonds, rose, emerald, amethyst, glass, enamel. Duke Jean Jacques. Great Britain, Russia. 1777

Chatelaine Jewelry was popular from the 17th to the early 20th century, among both – men and women. From the early Middle Ages plain rings with chains turned into extremely detailed jewelry masterpieces made of precious stones and enamels, carvings. They were worn on the belt (usually a tailcoat), by men from aristocratic circles.
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Native to southern Lankaran (Azerbaijan) and in Iran, beautiful pink silk tree Albizia julibrissin

beautiful tree Albizia julibrissin
First of all, this graceful and beautiful tree has different names. In particular, Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, Lankaran acacia, bastard tamarind, and sleeping tree. The tree is native to southern Lankaran (Azerbaijan) and in Iran. Cultivated in the Caucasus, on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and the South Coast of Crimea.
Subfamily of Mimosa – ornamental tree (shrub), widely planted as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens. Grown for its leaf texture and flowers it has a broad spreading crown in the shape of an umbrella. Interestingly, leaves of Albizia julibrissin close up at night. Traditionally, Lankaran acacia blooms in July and August.
Noteworthy, people use Albizia julibrissin as a folk remedy, which treats many diseases. Besides, the nectar of silk acacia flowers is the source of bright delicious honey. Also, extracts of Albizia julibrissin have antidepressant effects. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine uses Albizia julibrissin to nourish the heart and calm the spirit.
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British actress Emilia Clarke

Beautiful English actress Emilia Clarke was voted the most desirable woman in the world, according to the publication of AskMen in 2014. She became known in 2011 for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones, for which she has received an Emmy Award nomination. Born in London, Emilia Clarke spent her childhood in Berkshire. Her father worked as a sound engineer in the theater, and her mother worked in business. Emilia Clarke received theatrical education at the English Drama Center London, from which she graduated in 2009.
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