Religion
Video: The Karaites – A Small Minority in Lithuania
Trakai, near Vilnius in Lithuania, has been the home of a small community of Turkic Karaites for centuries. In contrast to the Karaites in Israel, the Lithuanian Karaites don’t view themselves as Jews, but as an independent religious community, and that is also how they are seen by the Jewish commun...
- Date | 26.10.09
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Video: Never Without A Turban – The Sikhs Of Novellara
The Sikhs have their origins in the border areas between India and Pakistan. For the average European they are likely to represent the „typical Indian“: long beard, dark eyes and the traditional colourful turban. In Novellara, a small provincial town in Emilia Romagna, they built their largest templ...
- Date | 28.05.09
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Video: Arbëreshë - An Albanian Minority in Southern Italy
During the Easter celebrations in 2009, minet met some members of the Arbëresh community in Calabria. In many villages throughout southern Italy and Sicily, this long-established Albanian minority, which counts about 100 000 speakers, was able to preserve its Albanian traditions and its Byzantine li...
- Date | 27.04.09
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