A taste of culture

Mexico on a plate

The Mexican-style kitchen is made up of colourful patchwork tiles on the walls, hand-painted tiles on the floor, copper sinks and lamps. Mexican on the plate are multi-coloured dishes with different smells and flavours. The best known are taco, buritto, quesadilla, chili con carne or guacamole. A wonderful mix Mexican cuisine is an unusual […]

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Bathroom styles

Bathroom is a place where the residents spend relatively much time. It is worth paying attention to the selection of appropriate finishing and decorative elements that can determine the style of the bathroom. If the bathroom is used only by the household members, you can afford a finish that emphasizes the individualism of the hosts, […]

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Mexico's black hues - drug cartels

Mexico, like many other countries in the world, has a point in its constitution, dating back to 1917, which states that it is possible to ban the production and distribution of psychoactive substances. In these years, an agency has also been set up to comply with this point in the constitution. Since the 1930s, drug […]

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The work of Frida Kahlo

The Mexican painter Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón, called Frida Kahlo, born on 06.07.1907, is known for her work inspired by Mexican and Indian culture. She is best known for her self-portraits. The most important events in the life of the painter Frida had three sisters and two locals from her father's first relationship. […]

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Patterns of the Kociewie region

The cats were famous for their traditional embroidery patterns, but at one point, this design was almost completely blurred. The reason for this is the development of the textile industry and the supply of cheaper mechanically adorned fabrics to the market. Ethnographers and people researching Polish folk culture were closer to a more popular region […]

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Moroccan ceramic products

Moroccan ceramics is saturated with a conglomerate of different cultures, which with the passing of time have left their mark on the colours and patterns applied to porcelain. Romans, Vandals, Byzantine Greeks, together with their conquests, brought ways of production, colouring and design. However, Islam, to which the indigenous people of Barber went in the […]

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Talavera ceramics

Ceramic products under the general name of Talavera are products from the town of San Pablo del Monte. It is specified that the first Talavera articles started to be produced in Mexico in the 16th century. The name itself comes from the Spanish town of Talavera de la Reina, where it started to produce this […]

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Spanish utility ceramics

Historical outline of the creation of utility ceramics Coloured and glazed bricks, which were used to decorate the facades and interiors of old buildings, are considered to be the protoplasts of today's utility ceramics. In their studies, archaeologists write about tiles from around 1300 BC. Initially, the tiles had a decorative character, with time, practical […]

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