UCLA and University of Oslo researchers define the sensations associated with the emotion of ‘kama muta’
Researchers from UCLA and the University of Oslo have documented a complex but universally felt emotion they call kama muta — a Sanskrit term that means “moved by love.” (more…)
Tod und Wiedergeburt von vier Göttern bringen Strukturwandel in indischen Bundesstaat Odisha ‒ Ethnologen des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1070 RessourcenKulturen erforschen das Nabakalebara-Fest, das alle 19 Jahre stattfindet (more…)
The International Roma, (Gypsy) Day was founded at the first World Gypsy Congress, which took place in London on April 8, 1971. The congress gathered representatives from 30 countries. The national symbols of the gypsies – the flag and the anthem – were approved at the congress. The gypsies of the whole world became one single nation.
There are six basic branches of gypsies in the world today: three western and three eastern branches. Roma, Sinti and Iberian gypsies are referred to the Western branch. The eastern group includes the Lom, the Dom and the Lyuli people. In addition, there are smaller groups of gypsies. There are several ethnographic groups of nomadic peoples in Europe. Their lifestyle is close to that of the gypsies, but their origin is different – the Irish Travellers, or the Yeniche people from Central Europe, for instance. Many specialists, who study nomadic nations, agree that the gypsy ethnos had been finally formed only by the 15th century, when the gypsies were traveling from Byzantium to Europe. (more…)
*WikiBhasha tool will help simplify and speed up the process of creating multilingual content in Wikipedias.*
REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 18, 2010 — Microsoft Research today announced the launch of the beta version of 
WikiBhasha, a multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia. The WikiBhasha tool enables contributors to Wikipedia to find content from other Wikipedia articles, translate the content into other languages, and then either compose new articles or enhance existing articles in multilingual Wikipedias. (more…)
