Stories about Arts & Culture from October, 2007
Trinidad & Tobago: Cultural Legacies
Cultural Literacy features an excerpt of an interview with Dr. Eric Doumerc in which he talks about West Indian legacies that ought to be cherished.
Jamaica: Art & Emancipation
Geoffrey Philp focuses on Jewish, Jamaican-born artist Isaac Mendes Belisario, whose lithographic series is part of an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art commemorating the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade.
Japan: Language and Culture
Is it possible to learn a language while remain clueless in its culture? Ampontan has some interesting discussion.
Bangladesh: No Exhibition
Unheard Voices on a rather murky matter of an exhibition of Bangladeshi artifacts that were to be shown in Paris.
Poland: Katyn
Kinuk writes that Katyń, a new film by Andrzej Wajda, wasn't as good as the famous director's other work: “Towards the end of the film, we see the efficient (if one can call mass murder efficient) and organised methods by which these 20,000 officers were killed. Over and over, men...
Serbia: BlogOpen
Belgrade 2.0 writes about BlogOpen, “a historical, traditional, second bloggers’ and readers’ meeting in Serbia in Serbia’s short history”: “Help create a buzz in the English speaking world, because the Serbo-Croato-Bosniako-Montenegro-Macedono-Sloveno speaking world is already buzzing!“
Slovenia: “S'LOVELY”
Slovenia is “S'LOVELY” – or is it? A discussion on “rebranding” the country took place at The Glory of Carniola.
Trinidad & Tobago: Indigenous Celebration
Now is Wow attends a celebration of indigenous people in Trinidad.
Israel: New Jewish Music
Israeli blogger Chaim sheds light on new Jewish music in this post.
Iraq: Women Artists
Iraqi blogger Emad Khadduri sheds light on women artists from his country in this post.
Czech Rebublic: Redubbing the Old Dubs
The Czech Daily Word reports on the need to re-dub English-language shows dubbed for the Czech TV back in the early 1990s.
Ukraine: Solomiya Krushelnytska
Ukraine Musical Matters writes about Solomiya Krushelnytska, a great Ukrainian opera singer.
Palestine: Eid's New Clothes
Deborah of Palestine shows Palestinian children dressed in new clothes to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan for Muslims. The photographs show children crossing Israeli checkpoints.
Ukraine: Kyiv Arts Venues for October
Olechko posts a very quick review of the “interesting art to see in October” in Kyiv.
Ukraine: Leninesque Bandera Monument
Foreign Notes reports: “Last weekend a statue of Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera was unveiled in Lviv. Rather embarrassingly, some observers say the statue resembles those of Lenin, erected in many Ukrainian cities in the latter half of the last century.”
Russia: Sokolov vs Kissing Policemen
Siberian Light reports on the Kissing Policemen and Russia's “prudish Culture Minister Alexander Sokolov.”
Russia: Racism
MoscowThroughBrownEyes writes about the`a “fear of a black Russia.”
Russia: Birch Bark Letters To Be Translated
De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis reports that the online collection of ancient Russian birch bark letters will be translated into English.
Arabeyes: Eid Al Fitr Celebrations (Part 3)
The Holy month of Ramadan culminated with Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations throughout the Muslim world. Here's what bloggers are saying about the occasion in the last of a three-part series. Today's tour takes us to Iraq, Libya, Jordan, Iran and Palestine.
Pakistan: Showtime in India
Stand up comedy and music talent shows in India have had some Pakistani participants and they've met with great success. All Things Pakistan on the trend, with some interesting insights in the comments space.
Nepal: Politics of Music Videos
A fascinating insight into the workings of the Music Video industry in Nepal at the Wagle Street Journal.
