Archive for the ‘Country & Culture’ Category

Oksana Dehtiarova from the Ukraine wrote a comment about the Christmas traditions in the Ukraine, such as the 12 courses Holy Supper and the unique Ukrainian Christmas customs. For the Ukrainian people Christmas is the most important family holiday of the whole year…Read more.

Since it’s almost Christmas it should be nice to share your unique local or national Christmas traditions with us. So send your video, picture or story to anita@noborders.eu and we will publish it on our blog.

Sinterklaas is a traditional winter holiday figure in the Netherlands. It’s celebrated on 5 December on Saint Nicholas‘ Eve, when children receive their presents. The children put their shoe in front of the fireplace in the evening, then go to bed, and find the presents in their shoes the next morning.

Sinterklaas for grown-ups means a party of giving and receiving presents called ’surprises’. A ’surprise’ is a gift hidden in the appearance of something completely different accompanied with a poem about some funny (or embarrassing) moments in the past year.

Sinterklaas is dressed like a bishop and holds a golden staff in his hand. He also carries a big book which tells whether each individual child has been good or naughty in the past year. He traditionally rides a white horse called Amerigo and his helping hand is Black Pete.

In this new blog category we will give special country information such as traditional recipes and liquids, unique local (christmas) traditions, traditional dances or other unique information about a particular country. Tell us what makes your country special and we will publish your story, video or picture on our blog. (mail:anita@noborders.eu)