Every year, in Tyrnavos, a small town in the centre of Greece, a tradition is revived, which comes from the ancient Dionysian rituals, the "Bourani" or the phallus festival! Thousands of visitors from...
Although I spent my childhood with my grandparents, in a village in the county of Vâlcea, and was lucky enough to grow up with home-cooked food, prepared with what was cultivated or grown...
In Thessaloniki’s "Upper Town", just before reaching the walls of the Heptapyrgion Castle, a beautiful little park is hiding one of the biggest and most interesting living mysteries of the city. Known as...
The cosmogonic concept of the enemy brothers is present is most of the significant Indo-European cultures, without though being limited to them. The topics of the enemy brothers, twins, is very popular in...
In the middle of the Romanian Dobrogea, on a high limestone hill, in an ancient area where many civilizations have come together during the centuries, there are the ruins of a mysterious citadel....
New Year’s Eve, the period before and after it, is a time strewn with traditions and customs deeply rooted in the history and culture of the Balkan countries. More than that, one can...