Music from Azerbaijan

Last week I was at a concert of traditional Azerbaijani music. It took place at 'Cicha Kuna' in Poznań. I went there out of curiosity, without knowing anything about Azerbaijan and it's music. I guess I expected to hear some oriental sounds and see some unknown instruments, but most of the songs were played only on 3 instruments: violin, guitar and drums. In the end I was surprised how simple and beautiful the music was and I warmly recommend you to listen to some of the songs, although it was much more pleasant to listen to the music live :)

 

A woman from Australia makes dolls more child-friendly

Don't you think that Barbie dolls look unnatural? They usually are very slim and have vivid make-up. Apparently a lot of people, especially parents of girls who play with such dolls, are not fond of the provocative-looking Barbies. 

An Australian scientist and mother of a girl started to collect old dolls, remove their make-up and paint them natural-looking faces. She also made them new, more wearable clothes. One day the woman put a picture of her dolls on facebook and it went viral. Suddenly she got requests from people who wanted to buy such a doll, which was totally unexpected to her. Apparently a lot of girls would prefer to play with dolls which look more human.

I wish there were such 'girl next door' dolls when I was a child. Hopefully this initiative will be noticed by toy companies and future generations will have the opportunity to play with dolls which look like normal girls or women. What do you think of the remade dolls?

Alarming things going on in men's fashion...

... or more precisely on men's heads.
Some time ago one of my friends remarked that more and more young men are wearing a particular hairstyle. She called it the Genghis Khan look. We had a fervent discussion about it and I'm still wondering how this hairstyle could become so popular in our country. For those who don't know how the Genghis Khan style looks like: the lower part of the head is shaved and on the top of the head there's hair which is long enough to make a bun. 
After some research I found out that the mentioned hairstyle has been trendy for quite a long time and worn by celebrities like Colin Farrell or Jared Leto. It even has an official name: mun, which comes from 'man bun'. It is also known as top knot.
Some people love this style, others hate it. But one thing is sure: you can't have a neutral attitude towards the so called mun. 
If you want to know more about the man bun click here.