“cultura” meaning “processing, care, agriculture”
The term culture comes from the Latin "cultura" meaning "processing, care, agriculture" and, in the broadest sense, describes everything that humans create themselves, in contrast to nature that they have not created or changed. Cultural achievements are all formative transformations of a given material, as in technology or the fine arts, but also intellectual structures such as languages, morals, religion, law, economics and science.
Adnan Maral - Turkish for Beginners
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A few years ago, the film for the series "Turkish for Beginners" was shown on television, so it's no wonder that the German-Turkish actor Adnan Maral is on everyone's lips. Born on July 1, 1968 in Çıldır in the province of Ardahan, Adnan Maral grew up in Frankfurt am Main, where he ended up at the age of two.
Watchtower - Just a film about decline of patriarchy in Turkey?
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The internationally highly acclaimed and award-winning film "Watchtower" by Pelin and Tolga Esmer is now coming to German cinemas from April 17th, 2014.
Film Type: Turkish Drama Film “Benim Dünyam”
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In the Turkish drama film "Benim Dünyam - My World", a blind and deaf woman and her teacher, who is suffering from dementia, lead each other out of the darkness into the light.
Director Göksel Gülensoy - Diving Hagia Sophia
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With his team which is composed of divers and speleologists; director Göksel Gülensoy, who is passionate about Hagia Sofia that impresses people with its dimensions and architecture, brought the secrets which are hidden in the depths of Hagia Sofia to light.
The Simpsons – Fined for insulting religious values
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Regardless of whether you like one of the most well-known US sitcom series or not, now the yellow characters of the cult show "The Simpsons" have penetrated to the top of Turkish politics.
Following the footsteps of Horst Schimanski in Duisburg
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Probably no fictitious person became a cult figure as it was the case with Horst Schimanski from the ARD television series Tatort, in which he served from June 28, 1981 in 29 episodes as criminal detective Schimanski in Duisburg.
The best press photos in the world - exhibition in Kitzingen
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Until March 11, 2018, the exhibition "The best press photos in the world", which is open daily between 10:00 am and 07:00 pm, takes place in Kitzingen in the Rathaushalle.
Osman Okkan - From Ataturk to Erdogan - Ferides Traveling
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It has been quite a while since we met Osman Okkan, personally, maybe the last meeting was even the one at the multi-day seminar in Adrasan, where we met at a seminar about the documentary cinematic presentation of various Turkish authors and their works.
Mike & The Mechanics "Looking Back Tour" in Erfurt
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In addition to his activities with Phil Collins and the band Genesis, guitarist Mike Rutherford and his band Mike & The Mechanics scored several world-famous hits, especially in the 80s and 90s.
Saicur's debut album, "Live or Die '' is available now
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She is the first artist who created an anthem for her project. Saicur's debut album, "Live or Die '' is available now , just six months after the start of her project.
International Street Art Music Festival at Residential Palace
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The Residential Palace in Ludwigsburg is a truly impressive exclusive baroque building probably surrounded by one of the largest baroque palace complexes in Germany, built between 1704 and 1733 under the rule of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg in the Baroque style.
Busking – a little stopover at the port of Marseille
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As in many cities, street music in Marseille re-established itself as a form of cabaret for the general public in the last decades of the 20th century.
Saicur - a soundtrack against the absurd behaviour
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SAICUR presents a soundtrack against the absurd behavior of modern people! "For Fun" is a track by a Ukrainian artist with a unique sound.
Strange Kind Of Women – visiting Meiningen
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Meiningen is located on the Werra in southern Thuringia, has extensive parks in the city centre and numerous classicist buildings, where the concert by the band “Strange Kind Of Women” took place a few days ago in the Volkshaus, a classicist building complex.
Evening cabaret at the Rino campsite
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Some people are really spontaneous and willing to do something for the greater good. And even if it was only a small audience - an audience could hardly have been more international than Judith turned her 2CV around in the evening and gave a small concert on the piano.
Jon Davis – singer of Korn and fan of HR Giger
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Jonathan Howsmon Davis was one of the founders of the nu-metal band Korn in Los Angeles in 1993, which was a reboot of the two bands Sexart and L.A.P.D. Davis, who ultimately gave the group the name “Korn”, was the last to join the band.
Floh de Cologne – Mumien-cover by HR Giger
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Who still remembers the political cabaret and later rock music from “Floh de Cologne”? It was a long, long time ago and there were so many special features that would suit many an artist today.
Beginning 70s - Emerson, Lake and Palmer and HR Giger
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Time flies - it's sometimes frightening, because how strong the memory of 1969 is still present and with it our first ever concert with the progressive rock band "The Nice" with Keith Emerson on the keyboards and first synthesizers more than 50 years ago now - as if it were yesterday.
Cultural asset tango - classical Argentine national dance
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These are not good times for culture in general and cultural events in Turkey in particular, when even the traditional Argentine national dance is now coming into the focus of religious fanatics.
Loreena McKennitt – A moving musical festival
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With the first leg of "The Visit Revisited Anniversary Tour" behind her, dates lined up in the US and Canada, and the tour's spring leg in Europe firmly in sight, we thought it was time to let you know remember what a tour entails.