regional customs Chinese around the world welcome the Year of the Rabbit Rabbit pendants attached to Chinese lanterns are for sale at a shop in Bangkok's Chinatown. photo © Matt Hunt/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa The tiger is followed by the rabbit, which in Chinese mythology stands for harmony and longevity. How is the year in the mon calendar? Chinese around the world welcomed the new year according to the traditional lunar calendar. The Year of the Rabbit follows the Year of...
Dangerous New Year custom Again accidents with rice dumplings in Japan O-Mochi: Consuming them is a sometimes dangerous New Year's tradition. photo © Lars Nicolaysen/dpa Every Japanese knows the danger, but hardly anyone wants to do without it on New Year's Day: O-mochi are sticky dumplings made from mashed rice - with the unpleasant property of getting stuck in some people's throats. In Japan, several people have been taken to hospital with choking fits over the Lunar New Year holiday...
Sparkling lights and sweet scents: Many associate the upcoming holidays with spending time with family and friends. But even Christmas grouches have good arguments - typical holiday customs are often unhealthy or harm nature and the environment. The beautifully decorated Christmas tree, the delicious goose on the plate, colorful sparkles in the New Year's sky: many love the customs of the upcoming festive season. However, the following also applies: Hardly any customs have no potential negative effects. A selection: pre-Christmas...
If the Munich City Council decides on the merger next week, the company will become the fourth-largest municipal housing association in Germany. Only who should lead this remains open.Of Sebastian KrassThe city has taken a decisive step forward with the planned merger of its housing associations. The general meeting of the city council is to decide on a concept for the merger of GWG and Gewofag in the coming week. On January 1, 2024, the joint company is to start...
The housing construction problems will not disappear as a result of the planned merger of the Munich housing companies. However, it offers the opportunity to bundle strengths - although this also increases social responsibility.comment by Anna Hoben"Munich living" in other words. The name of the new municipal housing association is reminiscent of "Deutsche Wohnen" - the real estate company that recently became known in combination with a certain verb - through the Berlin initiative "Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Enteignen"https://www.sueddeutsche. de/muenchen/."Deutsche...
regional customs First Lady unveils Christmas decorations at the White House Jill Biden speaks at the unveiling of this year's White House Christmas theme in the East Room of the President's Office. photo © Andrew Harnik/AP/dpa It shines, sparkles and glitters in the White House: 77 Christmas trees were set up and more than 83,000 Christmas lights were installed. The decoration this year is under the motto "We the People". Christmas spirit in the White House: The First Lady of...
regional customs The Christ Child now also answers in Ukrainian The actress who plays the Christkind accepts wish lists from children in the Christkindpost branch of Deutsche Post. photo ©Oliver Berg/dpa The wish lists come from all over the world. And now the Christkind post office in Engelskirchen is in full swing. Because all letters received on time should receive a reply. The Christkind started work around six weeks before Christmas. It now also answers wish lists in Ukrainian, as...
The festival in honor of the city saint San Fermín in Pamplona took place for the first time since 2019. The spectacle is not entirely harmless. At the end of the traditional and controversial bull races of the "Sanfermines" festival, six runners were seriously injured in Spain.source site-1
First everything should stay the same, ergo: with the warm. Then the Stadtwerke (SWM) fought their way through - and lowered the water temperatures in the outdoor pools. That was at the end of June. In the swimming pools of all outdoor pools, the minimum temperature is now 22 degrees. In the warm water outdoor pools of the indoor pools, the temperature is 30 instead of 34 degrees. And in the currently only gas-supplied indoor pool, the Michaelibad, it is...
Boys' clubs in the district of Munich celebrate the summer solstice. source site
