Songs of a Wayfarer / آوازهای یک رهگذر: March 2012

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Spring at Stonehenge

From: About.com

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Happy Spring, Happy Norouz

Nowruz (Norouz) ("New Day", originally "New Light") is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. It is also widely referred to as the Persian New Year.

Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia,South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some groups in the Balkans.

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed.

The UN's General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of Nowruz, describing it a spring festival of Persian origin which has been celebrated for over 3,000 years. It was officially registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Friday, 16 March 2012

Take This Waltz - Leonard Cohen

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Next Destination: Moon!?

Photo: Earthrise, as seen from NASA Apollo 8 mission to the Moon,
24 December 1968

Saturday, 10 March 2012

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet concerto

A great series of scientific magazines and websites (in German):

Spektrum der Wissenschaft

Wissenschaft-online: wissenschaft-online.de
Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Verlagsübersicht: spektrumverlag.de
Spektrum der Wissenschaft: spektrum.de
Gehirn&Geist: gehirn-und-geist.de
Sterne und Weltraum: sterne-und-weltraum.de
epoc: epoc.de
SciLogs: scilogs.de
Science-Shop: science-shop.de
Wissenschaft in die Schulen!: wissenschaft-schulen.de
AcademiaNet: academia-net.de