Soul

Bulgaria Honors Departed Souls: All Souls' Day

In a solemn tribute to the dearly departed, Bulgarians observe All Souls' Day, or "Zadushnitsa," a day dedicated to remembering and praying for the souls of lost loved ones. This sacred tradition, deeply rooted in the Orthodox Christian faith, brings families together in a day of remembrance, reflection, and respect for those who have passed.

Meet Jon Batiste, new Grammy winner with plenty going on

Jon Batiste wears so many hats he may need a closet for them all; recording artist, bandleader, musical director, film composer, museum creative director, and scion of New Orleans musical royalty. The multi-instrumentalist won five Grammys on April 4 and despite being on TV all week, not many people may know fully.

Dorel Visan: We, artists, are not tools to make others laugh, we do apostolate

Actor Dorel Visan declared, on Wednesday, in northeastern Iasi in the opening conference of the Romanian Film Evenings Festival (SFR), an event in its twelfth edition, that artists are not instruments and that they must not forget that no effort is too much for art. "The effort for art is never too great. That's what the artists forgot, I'm sorry.

Exploring art as healer and alchemy

Nazlı Gürlek Hodder's creative process is an instinctive and unconditioned path. Her urge to create is like a primitive instinct coming from her soul and her body. That's how her works reflect primitive and sentient drawings and installations. She reflects onto body and soul connection depicting how both the body and mind are a collaboration of sentiments, through creativity.

Death, dying and martyrdoom

In Islam the concept of death is not the end, but a transition to paradise for believers and a sentence to hellfire and doom for the wicked “Every soul will taste of death. And you will be paid your reward fully only on the day of resurrection.” (Quran 3:184).