Category: Manga

Halloween!

Belarus
Young children seem to have started enjoying Halloween lately, but they don’t to go around to different houses requesting candy.

Latvia
They’ve had the custom of dressing up in animal and mythological costumes for centuries in order to drive away evil spirits. They go around to lots of houses, dancing. It sounds kind of fun.

Lithuania
November 1st is a day to celebrate saints and ancestors. It seems that this holiday provided a one-month break for everyone way back when, but it’s been shortened to just November first. In recent years, it seems like many young people have started celebrating it like American Halloween.

Estonia
There are lots of real ghosts there so there was an article in Time about how they don’t feel the need to celebrate Halloween. Winters in Tallinn must be scary…

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Translation: hikari_kaitou
LJ | Original

Grandpa Rome and Spartacus

Rome, 73 B.C.

【 Mount Vesuvius 】

The volcano that Spartacus settled onto after his grand victory and escape from the gladiator school.
It’s well-known in Japan because of Pompeii.
The amusing thing I found from the Pompeii excavation findings is that everyone in Pompeii, from the rich to the slaves, had excellent nutrition.
The inquiries they had towards the grand things in Roman Cultural Sphere seemed to be out of jealousy.

【 Trivial Trivia 】
·Romans loved to drink alcohol after a bath.
The bath → drink combo is simple Roman taste.

Translation: spaceinvaderdud
LJ | Original