CULTURAL TOLERANCE IN MULTICULTURAL EUROPE MOROCCO - URUGUAY - ROMANIA - CATALONIA-Bulgaria-Greece
MOROCCO The Moroccan also takes advantage of being a country that is a major producer of fruits and vegetables. COUSCOUS The couscous is considered the national dish excellence. Cooked in the steam, you can accompany in many ways, with vegetables, legumes,meats, sweet... Each family has its own recipe. It is customary to eat it from second plate.
MOROCCO TEA Science again states that the benefits of antioxidants, such as tea, are good for health. New studies find that these elements could be the key to preventing and stopping Alzheimer's disease. The mint tea is the beverage par excellence and the way to take it is a ritual.
URUGUAY CARNIVAL: THE LONGEST IN THE WORLD The festivities of the Uruguayan carnival are the longest in the world: it lasts throughout the month of February and a good part of March. For 40 days, the streets are filled with street parades, color and joy. The two great events of the carnival are the Inaugural Parade and Call Parade, celebrated during two consecutive nights the first days of February of each year.
URUGUAY THE
MATE
Mate is a drink resulting from the infusion of 'yerba mate' and one of the most typical and traditional cultural elements of Uruguayan society. Unlike what happens in Argentina or Paraguay, in Uruguay it is customary to use a thermos to keep the hot water for the infusion, allowing this drink to be transferred to all areas. In this way, the mate is drunk in the most diverse public spaces, at any time of the day and throughout the year, a fact that characterizes one of the most typical and daily images of Uruguayan society.
ROMANIA The Sarmale is the protagonist of the Romanian celebrations. At Christmas, at Easter, at weddings and christenings. It is a preparation that is usually cooked in large quantities and for several diners. It is laborious to prepare but it is an exquisite dish. It is a leaf of cabbage or vine in brine in which it is rolled, like a pure one, a mixture of rice, onion and meat. Afterwards the rolls are put to boil in a large pot traditionally of mud or in the oven depending on the custom of each one. They are served with mămăligă and Smântână.
ROMANIA A Easter egg is an egg painted or decorated with drawings, especially in red, on the occasion of the celebration of Christian Easter. It's usually a hard-boiled chicken egg, which, according to tradition, is eaten or given. The Easter egg also has decorative purpose during the Easter period. Decorative Easter eggs may be hen eggs emptied of content, or may be made of cardboard, gypsum, wood, stone, plastic. There are also chocolate Easter eggs.
Bulgaria Banitsa is a traditional kind of Bulgarian breakfast. It is made with whisked eggs, pieces of cheese and filo pastry baked in the oven. Traditionally, people used to put lucky charms in it, but lately they have been writing wishes for health and success in them, after they have been wrapped in tin foil. Image downloaded from flickr.
CATALONIA
CASTELLERS
A castell is a human tower built traditionally at festivals in Catalonia and the Valencian Community. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (groups who construct towers) often succeed in building and dismantling a tower's structure. On November 16, 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
CATALONIA The Patum is a popular and traditional festival that is celebrated each year in the Catalan city of Berga (Barcelona) during Corpus Christi. It consists of a series of "dances" (balls) by townspeople dressed as mystical and symbolical figures, and accompanied either by the rhythm of a drum. The balls are marked by their solemnity and their ample use of fire and pyrotechnics.
LA PATUM It was declared a Traditional Festival of National Interest by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1983, and as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.
Greece Europe is not a melting pot. People still follow their traditions and customs, no matter which part of the world they are from. It could be said that all of them together resemble a Greek salad. All ingredients make up a delicious, filling meal, but they are not mashed so that they could lose their identity. You can still see the chopped onions, the bits of tomato, the olives and the peppers topped by feta cheese. They need each other to give the meal its unique flavour. Image downloaded from pixabay.