Kalyi Jag was a Hungarian Gypsy music group that was active during the 80s and the 90s. They have given concerts all over the world and they were highly appreciated for the authenticity of their music. They among the last ambassadors of the rich and little known music tradition, that of the authentic Roma music [...]
Well, it’s another election, and just as the posters of different candidates in the federal elections are disappearing, we got the new ones, from PLQ, ADQ and PQ.
Going to the train station, every day I pass by a sign of the PQ candidate for the Acadie circumscription. It’s Marc-André Nolet, an accounting student at the [...]
Last night the American people have elected Barack Obama, an African American as their next president. As the results were coming in, I could hardly believe my eyes, virtue has won over skin color and reason has defeated religious bigotry.
TV channels were streaming images of people celebrating on the street, cars were honking and a [...]
I found these guys on YouTube, and I think I’m not alone really enjoying what they do. They are the Goulasch Exotica, a group of three DJ from Hungary.
This song called Zöld Marci Nótája (the song of green Martin …) is about love and the hardships that come with it, comparing it to a whetstone.
Want [...]
I have the habit to go down every weekend to the video store and rent three movies, as the time passes it’s becoming a more and more difficult task, since there are less and less movies left that I’ve not seen or that I would spend time to watch.
This time after about 40 minutes of [...]
Just when the Canadians would really get emotionally involved with the the U.S. presidential campaign, when during lunch breaks in Toronto, Montreal or Edmonton, you would hear more and more Obama, McCain, see even Palin’s name mentioned in discussions, Stephen Harper has surprised us with the announcement of Parliamentary elections.
Now we care less if Palin [...]
Not too many people are aware of the beauty of Tadoussac, this hidden paradise where the Sagnuey river’s sweet water is entering the salty St-Laurent in the province of Quebec.
It is one of the best places on Earth to observ sea mammals. During the summer, you can find here blue, fin back, Minke, humpback, beluga and [...]
Murugan temple in D.D.O. Montreal, was holding the annual chariot festival.
Murugan or Murukaṇ is a popular Hindu deity among Tamil Hindus, and is worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influence, especially South India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
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