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The trip to Ba Na Hills (Vietnam) was definitely one of the highlights of this summer vacation: it started with a cable car ride to the top of the mountain (Ba Na’s cable car system is the longest in the world, btw!), offered many vantage points at the top with gorgeous scenic views, and ended in the French Village, which is a replica of an old French town. During the last part of the trip the weather had worsened, and the village was surrounded with fog, but that allowed me to take some atmospheric shots :)

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What I love about Asia: lions and dragons everywhere *u*

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it’s so ironic that, even though I’ve been to Hong Kong and Vietnam this summer, the hottest part of it I still spent in Russia x))

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From Cantor Sarah Myerson: Arvoles, a Judeo-Spanish (sometimes called Ladino) song adapted from a Spanish Romanz (ballad), traditionally understood to be about a young man going off to war, bidding farewell to his home and especially, his beloved. The song was adopted as an anthem by the Jews of Salonika during the Nazi transports, and later sung at Auschwitz:

Trees weep for rain, And mountains for air So my eyes weep For you, my love.

Chorus: I cry out what will happen to me So far away from you I will surely die.

Draped in white, Your figure appears pure, White flowers fall forth Off your beauty.

Come and you will see, Come and we will see together With the love that we share Someday we will be united.

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Jews of the World

Let’s do to Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic and all the other Jewish languages from the Diaspora what Eliezer Ben-Yehuda did with Hebrew. Let’s bring them back. Let them be spoken by our people again. 

Don’t let these languages die.

Don’t let part of Jewish history, Jewish culture, Jewish identity die. These languages deserve to live, to flourish, to be spoken by eager tongues and felt in warm hearts. 

Yes, Hebrew is our unifying language. The language all of our people is connected by. But the languages of the Diaspora shaped us to who we are, as people and as Jews. 

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Here’s video of those Tat kids from Qırmızı Qəsəbə, Azerbaijan speaking Judeo-Tat, the endangered language of the Jewish diaspora of the Caucasus which is a special-blend of Farsi and Hebrew. At least I think it is. If it’s not, let me know. If you’re hipster who thinks Yiddish and Ladino are way too mainstream, this might be the language for you. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Tat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C4%B1rm%C4%B1z%C4%B1_Q%C9%99s%C9%99b%C9%99

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Some sayings in ladino

El komer i el arraskar todo es empesar Eating and scratching is the beginning It is necessary to make a first decision to start doing the rest.

Ninguno save lo ke ai dentro de la oia, si no la kuchara ke la menea. Nobody knows what is inside the pot but the spoon that moves it. You can not know from the outside what torments a person inside

El D.o ke no mos traiga May G.d not bring us that It’s mainly used when you hear someone in a bad situation and asking G.d not to involve you in a similar situation.

Ainaraj ke no te kaiga The evil eye don’t fall into you It’s a desire of protection from the evil eye

Ken dize la vedra, piedre la amistad Who says the truth loses a friendship Sometimes the direct truth can be thought to deal with.

Kuando el D.o esta kontigo, no te espantes del enemigo When G.d is by your side, don’t be afraid of the enemies

Berajá i salu ke se te aga Blessings and healthy wishes for you This is often used to wish prosperity to someone who started a new project, can also be used at the start of a meal

Kaminos de leche i miel Paths of milk and honey Good wishes when you say goodbye to someone

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a dnd campaign ft 5 chaotic neutral musicians out to fuck everything up

bards against humanity

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reblog if your url represents who you really are 

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This is happening now ya’ll.

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i skip the letter b when reciting the alphabet because i respect bees and just want them 2 be happy 

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Was doodling to cheer myself up! Tiny!Keeper Stan

Lighthouse Keeper AU.

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Prepare for trouble, and make it double!

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‘You look at her as if she hung the stars in the sky’ ✨

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Maybe it’d be easier if I .. just… zzzzz

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Boom 💥