Celebrating The New Year – German style
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Celebrating The New Year – German style

"Germans are well known for being party people. Majestic parties are thrown all over Germany in pubs, clubs, restaurants as well as discotheques, initiated on New Year’s Eve and it goes on the entire night to end on the next morning. "
Feliz Ano Novo! from Brazil!
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Feliz Ano Novo! from Brazil!

"If you have picked up the language before, you would have noticed that the title to this article is in Portuguese; if you haven’t, can you guess what it says? Well, Feliz Ano Novo, is in fact Happy New Year in Brazilian Portuguese!"
Celebrating the New Year – Italian Style
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Celebrating the New Year – Italian Style

"The Romans, and simply Italians in general, prepare for the New Year celebrations with great excitement and joy. Italians call the New Year’s Day “capodanno” which translates as “head of the year, while New Year’s Eve is called ‘notte di capodanno,’ or ‘sera di capodanno,’ for night or evening of capodanno, despite New Year’s Eve having its own distinctive name. "
Celebrating the New Year- Spanish Style
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Celebrating the New Year- Spanish Style

"Fireworks shoot across the dark, night sky. The loud noise of them breathe life into what would usually be a quiet night and the accompanying sound of the bursting crackers chase away the evil spirits and leave space for holiness and prosperity to come in. "
Ghosts: Are they real?
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Ghosts: Are they real?

Ghosts; this word alone would create a heated debate, and spark up interesting conversations about stories that has been passed down from different people about these so-called “ghosts”. Now the big question is: do they really exist or not?
The Disturbing Truths about Classic Fairy Tales
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The Disturbing Truths about Classic Fairy Tales

If you are a fan of Disney’s works of classic fairy tales, I’m sure you can easily name a handful of their timeless masterpieces. Have you ever wondered though, why they all seem to have perfectly simple and favourable solutions to diabolical schemes plotted by the evil antagonists? That’s because Disney tales all end in lies!
Treat and Treat
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Treat and Treat

“Trick or Treat!!” - the infallible sales pitch used by children all over the world to obtain their beloved teeth-corroding treasure that is candy. Note how the phrase has evolved from a question to a straight-up statement. The ancient tradition of trick-or-treating goes way back to the invention of Halloween.
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A Girl’s Life- A World Without Technicolour

We all have a little bit of Technicolor in our lives; at least I hope all of you have. I am lucky to have been born into a family and to a society where girls are valued, where I am treated equally, where my opinions matter, and where I grew up knowing that pretty much anything is possible.
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Freedom of Speech

What, exactly, is freedom of speech? Is it the right to speak out loud? Is it the right to express our opinions and thoughts without fear of reprisal? Without reprisal itself? In all honesty, it is all of them. However, though many of us believe in it, do we live it? Understand it?