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Carnival
Carnival is a western Christian festive,celebrated just before the beginning of the liturgical season of lent, usually during the month of February/ March. It is a public celebration, combining some elements from circus, mask and a public street party. The people are allowed to lose their everyday individuality and there is a sense of social…
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Whirling Dervishes
In April 2015 I was in Istanbul, amegalopolis at the Western geographical boarders where 14 milion people live. The city extends itself on two sides, one belongs to the European continent and the other one belongsto the Asian continent. Istanbul is an amazing city: you can walk in the central streets and you can lose…
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Vilnius
Vilnius is the biggest city and the capital of Lithuania, one of the Baltic states in northern Europe. Vilnius is not only the capital, but truly the heart of Lithuania. It is modern, has astonishing architecture, beautiful landscapes and wonderful people of varied ethnicities. Vilnius Historic Center is even in the list of UNESCO protected…
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The Monastery of St. Andrea
This monastery of St. Andrea is located in the gorge Matka. This place fascinates with its beautiful landscape and the artificial lake with the dam that is one of the tallest in the region. Its designer when it was built, almost 100 years ago, was largely criticized that it will fall down. But he…
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South Africa The Garden Route
Happy New Year and all the best! Many of us have many intentions for the New Year, for example meeting new people, losing weight or saving money for something important. But one of the most common intentions is travelling. That’s why you can read in this new episode of VOICES my suggestion to go to…
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SOMETHING HAPPENED IN ROMANIA
Every project of the Erasmus+ program that I have realized for my Volunteers Centre Skopje had a certain challenge for me, to push the boundaries even more. And every participant I met had influenced my life so far, not only professionally, to learn about different culture but to discover something new about myself. That`s why…
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Selinunte
This article may be present in an imaginary column called “Sicily is not only Mafia”. It’s important to note that I didn’t write: in Sicily there is no Mafia, I wrote that there is, but fortunately there’s something else. For example there are wonderful places, such as Selinunte, perhaps one of the best summary of…
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Marrakesh
Nicknamed the red city, Marrakech is a colorful place where the rampant encircling the Medina are the reminder of its past imperial city.I will tell you about 8 things to do if you go to Marrakech one day. Hoping that this article will bring you a bit of heat in those frigid days. 8 things…
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Music without borders
“Khorakhané – by dint to be wind” by Fabrizio De André The music is a fundamental instrument and a vehicle to share ideas, opinions and images. Where words divide people, music joins people from all over the world and permits to share every kind of feeling. Today I want to tell you about an italian…
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The story of Sedat: halfway between Italy and Macedonia
1982 was not a common year for Italy: the national football team won the third World Cup, the first since 1938. All Italians, old and young, keep in mind this date. Simultaneously, in the summer of 1982 another story began: the Italian adventure of a Macedonian man who left home to seek his fortune. His…
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A Macedonian boy became a top-player in Sicily: Ilija Nestorovski
Macedonia and Sicily have never been so close like this year. The reasons of this proximity are not connected to political decisions, twinning among cities or cultural exchanges, they exclusively have a protagonist: Ilija Nestorovski. In fact, this young Macedonian football player, born in Prilep in 1990, is one of the revelations of the Italian…
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