Sinulog Festival 2024 staged in Vienna

Filipinos and Austrian devotees came in droves on Sunday, January 21, 2024, to the Filipino Catholic Chaplaincy church in Vienna’s 10th District to pay homage to the Sto. Niño and to celebrate the Sinulog Festival. The annual Feast of the Sto. Nino and Sinulog Festival is organized by the Filipino Catholic Chaplaincy and the Kapunongan ng mga Bisaya sa Austria (KBA), under the leadership of Ms. Sydney Wagner. The festival highlighted dances of the Filipinos’ pagan past and their embrace of Christianity. The Filipino Ambassador to Austria, Evangeline Arroyo-Bernas, and…

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“Midlife crisis” myth: people tend to become happier as they get older

Happiness in life tends to increase up to the age of 70. However, young people aged 9 to 16 are generally dissatisfied with their lives. The very term “midlife crisis” implies that during menopause, not only hormone levels but also moods start to slide. However, according to a German-Swiss study, life satisfaction rises slightly up to 70, with a slight dip well before menopause. The research team led by Susanne Bücker from Witten/Herdecke University analyzed 443 studies in which a total of over 460,000 female test subjects from a wide…

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Up to 15 degrees: Warm fronts bring mini spring to Austria

The coming week will be very warm in Austria, but also very windy. According to the experts at Geosphere Austria, several warm fronts will ensure temperatures of up to 15 degrees in the new week. However, it is also likely to rain again and again. Rain is expected to begin Monday afternoon.A warm front’s clouds will cross from the west throughout the day on Monday, bringing more dense clouds. Rain will fall later in the afternoon and evening, both in the far west and from the Inn to the Waldviertel.…

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