Sentences with phrase «of local folklore»

Plainspoken and witty, it qualifies as social history, film theory, personal reverie, architectural history and criticism, a bittersweet meditation on automotive transport, a critical history of mass transit in southern California, a wisecracking compilation of local folklore, «a city symphony in reverse,» and a song of nostalgia for lost neighborhoods such as Bunker Hill and unchronicled lifestyles such as those of locals who walk or take buses.

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We understand the book is a cobbling together of myths, folklore, local legend and possibly some decent home cleaning tips, fraudulently claimed as the word of your god.

He makes friends at school (played by Jack Gleeson and Tara Alice Scully), overcomes his fear of the local sea creatures and some cave - dwelling bats, and embraces the island folklore Marie shares with him.

How does Marie use the local folklore to assist Thomas in dealing with his sense of loneliness and fear?

Sometimes referred to as the Sacred Sea, the lake represents the unspoilt beauty of Russia and is the central part of many local myths and folklore.

Meanwhile, the local Catholic culture was suspicious of literature but flush with storytelling and the old poetry and folklore of the Irish past.

Local folklore tells of a «wandering island» in the North Pacific that drifts and disappears, but has been spotted by various ship's crews over the years.

Paolicelli lived in Italy while researching his family storia, and his narrative is made more compelling by his skillful interpolation of local history and folklore.

A victim of a violent post-apartheid attack narrates from beyond the grave Miranda Sherry's unnerving debut novel Black Dog Summer, named for the «black dog» as an ill omen in local folklore.

Firework displays, communal cook - offs, international folklore performances and local entertainers are mainstays of this festival.

She begins her journey in Nendaz where she takes part in the annual Alphorn Festival — a festival devoted to local folklore with the largest gathering of alphorns in the world.

We introduce you to local folklore, such as legends of mythological creatures like the Lusca (half shark and half octopus), reputed to inhabit the blue holes.

You could also take in the charming Lignos Folklore Museum in Fira, the capital of Santorini, which has a reproduction of a 19th - century cave house and displays of local crafts.

Get a taste of traditional music as you enjoy a Hungarian dinner with drinks in a local restaurant, while folk musicians serenade you at your table and reveal real gypsy folklore.

Our friendly and professional crew provide the inside story on some of our colourful local residents, folklore and history, while catering for your every comfort.

Join experienced guides on a scenic cruise of the Terranora Inlet featuring Mount Warning, core of the largest shield volcano in the Southern Hemisphere and surrounded by world heritage listed rainforests; fish and bird breeding habitat; waterfront lifestyles; interpretive talks; local history; geographical points of interest; Aboriginal folklore; morning tea; and bird feeding.

His sinister subject is drawn variously from local Caribbean folklore and carnival characters, Francesco Goya's equestrian portrait of the Duke of Wellington in Apsley House — and the artist's own features.

The remedies offered at this «art apothecary» take inspiration from the local community and so the project is imbued with a kind of modern folklore.

Idris will show a series of vibrant paintings representing a dialogue of self - inspiration, local folklore and regional myths.

While lurid tales are often recounted in local folklore of other outrageous rituals enacted, very little remaining information or evidence exists of the activities of the Askeaton Hellfire.

Tanavoli is widely recognized as the father of Iran's modern sculpture movement and a founder of the Saqqakhaneh movement, a form of modern Iranian art that borrows from local folklore and religious iconography.

With different expressive media, references and semiotics, they create artworks in full dialogue between them, negotiating this trend that has emerged in recent years in the international art scene, in which handicraft, folklore, history, the folk, and the local culture, stand shoulder to shoulder and coexist, from the 90s in New British Scene, but also later through individual cases of artists who originated form the periphery of the Globe.

It is important to remember that, while some programs of abstraction were imagined as a universal language of form, the broader artistic climate in America up to and during the war was marked by sentimental and nationalistic clamor for representations of «local scene,» national history and folklore.