«Думи мої, думи мої» — вірш Тараса Шевченка, написаний 1840 року, ліричний вступ до «Кобзаря», літературний маніфест молодого автора, який представляє загалові свою першу книжку, а з нею — свій голос як національного поета України. == Історія написання та публікації == Вірш датується орієнтовно за часом підготовки рукопису «Кобзаря» 1840 року та подання його до цензури: січень — початок березня 1840 року, С.-Петербург. Автограф не відомий. Написаний, очевидно, пізніше від інших творів, що увійшли до «Кобзаря» 1840 року, рукопис якого подано до Петербурзького цензурного комітету 7 березня 1840 року...

A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations. Hoodoos range in size from the height of an average human to heights exceeding a 10-story building. Hoodoo shapes are affected by the erosional patterns of alternating hard and softer rock layers. Minerals deposited within different rock types can cause hoodoos to hav...

Hoodoo is a set of spiritual practices, traditions, and beliefs that were created by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities, Christianity and elements of indigenous botanical knowledge. Practitioners of Hoodoo are called rootworkers, conjure doctors, conjure man or conjure woman, and root doctors. Regional synonyms for Hoodoo include rootwork and conjure. As a syncretic spiritual system, it also incorporates beliefs from Islam brought over by enslaved West African Muslims, and Spiritualism. Scholars define Hoodoo as a folk religion...

Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The square is famous for its influence on the history of African American music, especially jazz. == History == In Louisiana's French and Spanish colonial era of the 18th century, enslaved Africans were commonly allowed Sundays off from their work. Although Code Noir was implemented in 1724, giving enslaved Africans the day off on Sundays, there were no laws in place giving them the right...

La Madonna del manganello (in Calabria nota come Madonna della mazza) è una rappresentazione iconografica della figura cristiana della Madonna, diffusasi inizialmente a Monteleone (la futura Vibo Valentia) e a Nicastro (oggi quartiere di Lamezia Terme) durante il ventennio fascista e caduta in disuso con la fine del regime. Una statua con tale rappresentazione, da cui vennero tratti dei santini, era presente a Monteleone, ma scomparve alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale. == Iconografia == La Madonna del manganello, che mai ricevette un riconoscimento ecclesiastico ufficiale, rientrò i...

Boletus is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus Boletus was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with hymenial pores instead of gills. Since then, other genera have been defined gradually, such as Tylopilus by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881, and old names such as Leccinum have been resurrected or redefined. Some mushrooms listed in older books as members of the genus have now been placed in separate genera. These include such as Boletus scaber, now Leccinum scabrum, Tylopilus felleus, Chalciporus...

Boletus edulis (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus Boletus. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occur naturally in the Southern Hemisphere, although it has been introduced to southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil. Several closely related European mushrooms formerly thought to be varieties or forms of B. edulis have been shown using molecular phylogenetic analysis to be distinct species, and others previously classed as separate species are conspecific...

The shiitake (alternate form shitake) (; Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. == Taxonomy == The fungus was first described scientifically as Agaricus edodes by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1877. It was placed in the genus Lentinula by David Pegler in 1976. The fungus has acquired an extensive synonymy in its taxonomic history: Agaricus edodes Berk. (1878) Armillaria edodes (Berk.) Sacc. (1887) Mastoleucomychelloes edodes (Berk...