Putin's Way (PART 2)

 

Putin's Way (PART 2)

【Himiko's Monologue】


(himiko22.gif)

In any case, when you take a cup of green tea, be careful.

Someone might've laced the cup with some kind of poison.

By the way, a tea ceremony is a ritualized form of making tea practiced in Asian culture by the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese.

The tea ceremony, literally translated as "way of tea" in Japanese, is a cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of tea.


(cha03.jpg)

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gx59Y8VFse0?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The Japanese tea ceremony is better known, and was influenced by the Chinese tea culture during ancient and medieval times, starting in the 9th century when tea was first introduced to Japan from China.

One can also refer to the whole set of rituals, tools, gestures, etc. used in such ceremonies as tea culture.

All of these tea ceremonies and rituals contain "an adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life", as well as refinement, an inner spiritual content, humility, restraint and simplicity "as all arts that partake the extraordinary, an artistic artificiality, abstractness, symbolism and formalism" to one degree or another.

At a very basic level, tea ceremonies are a formalized way of making tea, in a process which has been refined to yield the best taste.

In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.

So please come back to see me.

Have a nice day!

Bye bye ...


(hand.gif)

(renge400.jpg)



If you've got some time,

Please read one of the following artciles:




(juneswim.jpg)

■"Sabina"

■"Happy New Year"

■"Merange & Sabina"

■"Beauty in Spa"

■"Love @ e-reading"

■"Troublesome Slang"


(biker302.jpg)

■"World Family"

■"Mari's Bagels"

■"Love & Loyalty"

■"Another Cinderella"

■"Amazing Two-legged Pooch"

■"Delusive Romance"

■"Royal Couple"

■"Life with Music"

■"Poutine@Canada"


(dianesun.jpg)

■"Glorious Summer"

■"Biker Babe & Granny"

■"Genetically Modified"

■"Tyrannosaur"

■"Love@Magic"

■"Yellow Ball"

■"Welcome Back"

■"Forbidden Love"

■"Merry X'Mas"

■"Heaven with Mochi"

■"Travel Expense Scandal"

■"Love@Redemption"


(cook002.jpg)

■"JAGEL"

■"JAGEL Again"

■"Say NO!"

■Happy Gal in Canada

■Roof of Vancouver

■Aftershock

■Whiplash

■Sex Appeal

■Better Off Without Senate

■Fire Festival

■Sweets@Paris

■Scary Quake

■MH370 Mystery



(surfin2.gif)


(bare02b.gif)

Hi, I'm June Adams.

Kato is a real movie lover, who tries to watch 1001 movies.

As a matter of fact, he has already accomplished his goal.


(lib50909a.png)

■『Actual List』


(june001.gif)

Kato watched "The Arabian Nights" or "One Thousand and One Nights" as his 1001th movie.

You might just as well want to view it.


(1001nite.jpg)

<iframe width="500" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LTXLK4qq5TU?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


(1001nite10.jpg)

<iframe width="500" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lzKrMfni29c?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>



The stories in "the Arabian Nights" were collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central, and South Asia and North Africa.

The tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian and Mesopotamian folklore and literature.

In particular, many tales were originally folk stories from the Caliphate era, while others, especially the frame story, are most probably drawn from the Pahlavi Persian work Hazār Afsān which in turn relied partly on Indian elements.

What is common throughout all the editions of the Nights is the initial frame story of the ruler Shahryār and his wife Scheherazade and the framing device incorporated throughout the tales themselves.

The stories proceed from this original tale.

Some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord.

Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include 1,001 or more.


(bellyan15.gif)



ところで、愛とロマンに満ちた

レンゲさんのお話をまとめて

『レンゲ物語』を作りました。

もし、レンゲさんの記事をまとめて読みたいならば、

次のリンクをクリックしてくださいね。

■『愛とロマンのレンゲ物語』


(renge730.jpg)

■『軽井沢タリアセン夫人 - 小百合物語』

とにかく、今日も一日楽しく愉快に

ネットサーフィンしましょうね。

じゃあね。



(bikini901b.jpg)


(dogs17.gif)


(girlxx.gif)