Archive for April, 2011
Wesak is the biggest festival in Sri Lanka after the Sinhalese new year festival. Not only Sri Lankan Buddhists, but Buddhists in all over the world celebrate it. Celebration customs can be different from one country to another, but the meaning of the festival is same everywhere. With this short article, I’m going to tell [...]
April 29th, 2011 | Posted in General | 1 Comment
I know many of you don’t like this topic including me, but I thought to share some information about these dog meat shops in China just to give you some knowledge about it. If you go to Asian countries like China, Korea, Philippines, or Vietnam, you can see lot of meat shops where they sell dog [...]
April 26th, 2011 | Posted in General | 1 Comment
Smoking is one of the biggest problems in China and more than 50% of Chinese males are smoking heavily. In year 2006, more than 600 000 people died in China because of smoking and I think now the number is increased nearly to 1 million. China with more than 1 billion people, is home to [...]
April 24th, 2011 | Posted in Exinkai News | 1 Comment
This railway station is the one and only railway station in Tambov. So if you travel to Tambov by train from anywhere, you should know something about this place. Today I’m going to tell you about it with some pics. Just before few hours we went there, because one of our friends traveled to Moscow [...]
April 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Travel | Comments Off
Spring festival is the biggest and the most widely celebrated festivals in people’s republic of China. Countries like Vietnam and Mongolia also celebrate this festival. So unarguably, it is the biggest celebration in Asia. More than 1 billion Asian people celebrate it every year and the celebrations continue for several days. I also celebrated Chinese spring festival [...]
April 19th, 2011 | Posted in General | 1 Comment
Рябина Ресторан (Ribena restaurant) is situated in Tambov, Russia; nearby the Tambov state technical university building “A”. If you wish to visit Tambov one day, it’s better for you to know about this restaurant. It’s not a big one, but it’s very popular among people here. Just before few hours I went nearby the restaurant and took the [...]
April 18th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off
Holi festival is primarily observed in India, Nepal and in some parts of Sri Lanka. But other countries with large Indian populations such as South Africa, UK, USA, Malaysia, Singapore and etc also celebrate it. Russia hasn’t a big Indian population, but still Indian people live in Russia celebrate the festival. From this article, I’m [...]
April 17th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off
As we all know, moon is the most beautiful sky object. So I thought to share something about it with you today. Every culture has their own stories about moon, some honor the moon as a god, some people think there’s a rabbit in the moon, some think there’s a goddess in the moon and [...]
April 15th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off
Sinhalese new year is one of the biggest traditional festivals in Sri Lanka. Bangladesh, Cambodia, some parts of India and Thailand also celebrate this new year on April 14th. They call this festival as Thai new year, Bengali new year, Sankranthi festival and etc. Without any doubt, this time of the year is the most [...]
April 13th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off
In Russia, there are lot of churches with this name in different cities. But today with my article, I’m going to tell you about the “church of the Kazan mother of god” situated in the center of Tambov city nearby the famous Tambov state technical university building “A”. So it’s very easy to find this [...]
April 12th, 2011 | Posted in Places to Travel | Comments Off