Category: Traditions and rituals
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Give blood, save lives: but who still gives blood?
Give blood, save lives. But who still donates blood? A lifetime of blood donation Recently we donated blood again. Four times a year, the Red Cross organises local blood collections in municipalities all over Belgium. Something my husband and I have been doing since our young adult lives. Sometimes interrupted by life itself, but always…
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Escapism in religion
Escapism in religion I wanted to write a text about escapism in pilgrimages and religion. Religion as an escape, so to speak. But when does religion become a search for meaning, and when does it become an escape from reality? Mystical experience at the Convento dos Capuchos When you walk around in the Convento dos…
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Baking Your Own Grandma Waffles for Three Kings Day
Why you should bake waffles yourself on this day. Epiphany. Time for waffles. It’s just part of it. No big hassle, no perfect table. Simply: baking your own waffles, the smell of waffles in the house and eating together. And honestly? That can be simple. That’s why I’m sharing a reliable waffle recipe today. One…
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New Year’s letters: a Flemish tradition full of memory and family
New Year’s letters: a Flemish tradition full of memory and family Did you know that the ritual in which children recite a New Year’s letter is a Flemish custom and tradition ? Even in the Netherlands it has fallen into disuse. Nowhere else are writing, reciting, family and emotion so strongly intertwined as in our…