Duisburg and Oberhausen Become Centres for the Arts for Ruhr 2010
Duisburg was once Europe’s biggest inland port. Now part of its waterfront has become an attractive marina for leisure craft with an amphitheatre and lively bars and restaurants.
Innerhafen at Duisburg
Weisse Flotte (White Fleet) tourist boats offer tours around the Innerhafen (Inner Harbour).
The Innerhafen area is just a short stroll from the city centre where the broad Kongisstrasse is lined with shops. Overlooking it is the white Opera House, home of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
Europe’s First Atlas Created by Gerhard Mercator Read more…
Cultural anthropology of indigenous Nigeria is an interesting study in many ways. It brings forth an unusual blend of religious experience which till late has been quite cohesive and supportive to Nigerian social integration. Its failure under certain social, economic and religious stresses has lead society to tragically violent upheavals.
Nigerian Indigenous Religions are Pantheistic
Nigerian indigenous religions are usually pantheistic. There is a supreme god who runs the affairs through deities. Rituals and ceremonies in honor of deities are undertaken with great care, as they bring peace security and prosperity to people.
Before the arrival of Europeans, Nigerians taught their children informally about their culture, work, survival skills, and social activities etc. In Islamic communities, students studied the Quran and read other religious texts written in Arabic. Read more…
Conservatives Express Disdain for Arts and Literature
According to a poll by Innovative Research Group, only 40 percent of Canadians agreed in January 2008 that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is committed to defending the institutions and values that make us special as Canadians. A year earlier, 74 percent of Canadians said they thought “government investments in arts and culture are needed so we do not forget our past and national history.” Read more…