In Russia, people celebrate both the holy week (the week before Easter) and the Bright week (the week after Easter). During all of Bright Week the holy doors on the Iconostasis are kept open. This is the only time of the year when this occurs. There are some processions where the priest sprinkles pious women…
It is the end of the afternoon on Suomenlinna island. Two girls walk back from the beach in the beautiful nordic summer light. July 2006. C’est la fin d’après-midi sur l’île de Suomenlinna. Deux filles reviennent de la plage dans la belle lumière nordique d’été. Juillet 2006.
The Yonghe Temple (meaning Palace of Peace and Harmony in Chinese) is also known as the « Lama Temple ». It is a monastery of Tibetan Buddhism located in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. Tibetan monks have been living there since the early 18th century December and have survived the Cultural Revolution. December 2004. Le Temple Yonghe…
Inside the National Gallery of Scotland, a group of young students is taking an art class. They all wear the same uniform. November 2014. A l’intérieur de la Galerie nationale d’Écosse, un groupe de jeunes étudiants suit un cours d’histoire de l’art. Ils portent tous le même uniforme. Novembre 2014.
Temperatures rarely get high in Edinburgh while rainfalls are rather frequent. It seems the inhabitants are used to it. November 2014. Les températures sont rarement élevées à Edimbourg alors que les averses sont plutôt fréquentes. Il semble que les habitants n’y prêtent guère attention. Novembre 2014.
There were many representatives of the French Government and former Ministers of Culture at the opening party of the new Auditorium in the Maison de la Radio. Manuel Valls (born 1962), Prime Minister, seemed to be quite enthusiastic about the architecture of the hall and the acoustics. November 2014. Il y avait beaucoup de représentants…
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