Cultural events in 2009

"Long live the King"

Madonna played 85 shows, drawn over 3.5 million fans and grossed 408 millions dollars. This 50-year-old icon got excellent critics for her appearance and ability of dancing and singing all the time of her show. On the other hand, the most shocking news in 2009 was death of 50-year-old singer, dancer and entertainer Michael Jackson... full story


By LJILJANA SAMARDŽIĆ
from Sombor, SERBIA

Latin American soap operas as a cultural phenomenon

TV instead the home fireside

The number of viewers of telenovelas, of those who lead the parallel life through misfortune of Kassandra, Lovisna and Esmeralda is bewildering. At the recently held out panel at the Student Culture Center in Belgrade, PhD Maja Volk and MA Katarina Šmakić talked about the reasons for the great popularity and the cultural phenomenon of Latin American soap operas. The platform was held out within the series of lectures "The Contemporary Culture of Latin America", as a part of the project The Rhythm Culture... full story


By IVANA JOVANOVIĆ
Cooperation with the magazine "REFLEJO"