Anton Pann
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Anton Pann was an Ottoman-born Wallachian composer, musicologist, and Romanian-language poet, also noted for his activities as a printer, translator, and schoolteacher. Pann was an influential folklor
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Lăutari in mid-19th-century Bucharest, as drawn by Carol Popp de Szathmary
The 1847 fire in Bucharest
Cover of Noul Erotocrit, published in Romanian Cyrillic (Sibiu, 1837)
Nasreddin
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Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja is a character commonly found in the folklores of the Muslim world, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical anecdotes. There are frequent statements about his e
Anton Pann
…that his wife Catinca would become a nun). After a series of other satirical works, Pann produced a collection of writings centered on the figure of Nastratin Hogea and owing inspiration to Balkan folklore at large (first published in 1853). In autumn 1854, Pann fell ill with typhus and the common cold during a…
A 17th-century miniature of Nasruddin, from the collection of the Topkapı Palace Museum
A Goha story cloth by Ahmed Yossery (2007) depicting a version of The miller, his son and the donkey, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Statue of Afanti in Xinjiang, China
Nasreddin Hodja in Bukhara