Deep, Dark and Delicious — the Flavours of Africa in Salvador, Brazil
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In the dank heat the drumming starts, beating life into the dark night air. Three alabés (drummers) in brilliant red shirts and stark white pants are perched at the head of the room and belt out a rhythm on their tall, conga-style drums. They're calling the orixás (gods). In front of the alabés stands the babalorixá, the priest who leads the night. He begins chanting. He is answered by a chorus of women.
“Cin-Cin,” Under the Sea – The Drink’s in the Drink
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The northwest of Sardinia, the second largest island off the coast of Italy, is well-known to Italians who frequent its white sand beaches and clear blue waters, but not so well-known to the rest of the world. Its food, produced according to traditional techniques, and the quality wine made in the region are also known primarily
From Zeus’ Daughter to Jesus’ Mother, Ephesus Has Always Known How to Draw a Crowd
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Ephesus, in Turkey, is one of the most famous cities of antiquity. Dating back to the Neolithic Age, its heyday was the Hellenistic and Roman periods.