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Piparkūkas, Latvian Gingerbread Cookies

29 Dec 202329 Dec 2023
I love making gingerbread cookies during the Christmas Season, and I decided to try making a Latvian version. Two things differed from my recipe at first glance, the use of pepper…
Culture…

Celebrating the Winter Solstice (Ziemas Saulgriezi) in Latvia and… in Boston!

21 Dec 202322 Dec 2023
As the Winter Solstice is near I was curious about the way Latvians celebrated it. I also thought I could do something they do even if in a small symbolic way. What…
History…

History of Latvia Part 2. Timeline

11 Nov 202311 Nov 2023
1905 Revolution It started with the shooting of demonstrators in Riga on January 13, progressed to mass strikes in October and armed uprising in December. The revolution was aimed not…
History…

History of Latvia Part 1. Timeline

4 Nov 2023
Prehistory The history of Latvia began around 9,000 BCE with the end of the last glacial period in northern Europe. Ancient Baltic peoples arrived in the area during the second millennium BCE. During the Middle…
Colombia…

Cartagena de Indias. A Photo Journey.

26 Mar 202327 Mar 2023
Hello! This is a photographic journey of Cartagena de Indias. Enjoy! Cartagena de Indias was originally the land of the Calamarí Indigenous people. LA CIUDAD AMULLARADA. The walled city. Cartagena…
Art…

El Dorado and the Art of Gold in Colombia

10 Feb 202310 Feb 2023
Have you ever heard of the legend of a city made of pure gold called "El Dorado" from South America? Well this myth made famous by Spaniards searching for gold…
Colombia…

History of Colombia: Timeline

30 Jan 202311 Feb 2023
Pre-Columbian Era 18,000 – 8000 BCE The oldest archaeological finds in Colombia are from the Pubenza and El Totumo sites in the Magdalena Valley 62 miles (100 km ) southwest of Bogotá. 5000 - 1000 BCE Hunter-gatherer…
History…

History of Myanmar: Timeline

5 Oct 20225 Oct 2022
Prehistory 11,000 BCE The earliest archaeological evidence suggests that cultures existed in Myanmar in scattered zones in the central dry zone close to the Irrawaddy River. 1,500 BCE People in…
Central African Republic…

History of the Central African Republic: Timeline

26 Jun 20221 Oct 2022
Early History 10,000 - 6,000 BCE Desertification forced hunter-gatherer societies south into the Sahel regions of northern Central Africa, where some groups settled. (1) 3500 - 2700 BCE The Bouar Megaliths in the western region…
History…

The History of Israel: Timeline.

22 Apr 202215 Oct 2023
The history of Israel, and more specifically the story of the Jewish people is not for the faint hearted and it is very... very! long. I will do my best…

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