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Katerina Popova
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Comments

Очень эмоциональный рассказ и, в то же время, блестяще раскрыта научно-фантастическая идея повествования! Спасибо!
17.09.2025 Formica
К сожалению, японский язык не поддерживается в тексте публикаций, оставил только английкую оригинальную версию. Спасибо!
17.09.2025 Jaaj.Club
https://akitahaiku.com/2019/12/17/world-haiku-series-2019-12-haiku-by-andrey-shtyrkovsky/

Haiku by Andrey Shtyrkovsky



spring rain melodies

yellow plum in the window

tea ceremony



春雨のメロディー

窓辺の黄色いプラム

お茶会



bird cherry color

the nightingale solo rings

fusion unity



鳥の桜色

ナイチンゲールのソロの輪

融合の調和



these free-flying moths

my adorable horror

thrill of meeting you



これらの自由に飛んでいるガ

私のかわいい手に負えないもの

あなたに会うスリル



zigzag on a vase

i read the word syzygy

the book fell and crashed



花びんのジグザグ

私はsyzygy という言葉を読んだ

本が落ちて大きな音を立ててぶつかった



azure serene sea

inside the field of vision

flip-flops in the sand



空色の穏やかな海

視野の範囲内

砂地にピーチサンダル



sweet like ripe cherries

fragrance reflected in glass

traces of a kiss



熟したチェリーのように甘い

グラスに映る香り

キスの痕跡



twinkling lights afar

twenty-four hours on the watch

lonely avenue



遠くにきらめく光

見張りを24時間

人気の無い通り



lullaby waxwings

mellifluous aquiver

woke up in the wood



子守歌のレンジャク

甘美に揺れて

森で目覚めた



flash instant insight

moment of endless present

being and meaning



一瞬の即座の洞察

終わりのない現在の瞬間

存在と意義



ineffable silk

in the heart of haijin path

aurora blossom



言いようのないシルク

俳人の道の中心に

黎明の花



— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
17.09.2025 shtyrkovsky
Интересный сборник рассказов. Все рассказы очень разнообразные и не похожи друг на друга. Читаются быстро и легко.
17.09.2025 frolyagg
Спасибо большое!
16.09.2025 al.garanina

13,000 years old handprints

03.09.2019 Рубрика: History
Автор: Jaaj.Club
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One of these caves is located in southern Argentina near the Puntaras River. Archaeologists believe that ancient people – the descendants of the South American Indians - inhabited it for tens of thousands of years. Throughout the world, this cave is known as the "Cave of Hands".
13,000 years old handprints
фото: taringa.net
Living in the modern world, we rarely think about how long people have inhabited the Earth. It all began millions of years ago, when the first hominids stood on their hind limbs and found out how to create primitive tools. The modern era with writing, cities and states is just a moment compared to the times when the few tribes of our ancestors migrated across the continents.

And they did not live in houses or shacks – there simply was no need to build them: the primitive tribes involved in gathering had to constantly migrate depending on seasonal changes. However, rare lucky people managed to find places where there was plenty of food all year round, and shelter was at hand. We are, of course, talking about caves – natural shelters that extend tens of meters deep into the rocks. Here they are – the most ancient prototypes of human settlements. At times, such caves could serve as homes for tribes for thousands of years. During this time, numerous traces left by ancient people accumulated in them, and some of them managed to survive to this day.

One of these caves is located in southern Argentina near the Puntaras River. Archaeologists believe that ancient people – the descendants of the South American Indians - inhabited it for tens of thousands of years. Throughout the world, this cave is known as the "Cave of Hands".

Throughout the world, this cave is known as the
Фото: thevintagenews.com

Why did she get such a name, it becomes clear immediately at the entrance - the walls of the cave are strewn with imprints of people living in it. Our ancestors used natural dyes, which were sprayed on top of a propped palm using bone tubes. By the way, it was precisely from their remains that were found near one of the walls that scientists were able to discover the age of cave painting - 13,000-9,000 years.

If an adult man puts his palm on the prints of his distant ancestors, it will be surprising that their palms were much smaller. Is there such a big difference in physical development between the ancient man and the present? Actually, no - ancient people were physically more advanced than us, just most of these prints belong to adolescents. Most likely, leaving a picture of your palm on the wall of the cave was a kind of rite among the members of the tribe when young men and women entered a certain age.

Take a look at these prints. From an ancient stone, the hands of long dead people reach us. But this does not make us scared – the traces make us think about eternity, about how fleetingly one person’s life passes in the merciless passage of time.

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Комментарии

#67318 Автор: ka4ka написано 9/3/2019 9:12:52 AM
Una barraca argentina vieja, unos bancos, tres cartels de abecedario, pegados a la pared con pan mascado. En toda la barraca no habia mas que un objeto nuevo: la larga cana que el maestro tenia tras la puerto, y que renovaba cada tres dias pues se gastaba rapidamente sobre las duras testas de aquellos pequenos salvajes.
#67319 Автор: Jaaj.Club написано 9/3/2019 9:39:57 AM
très bien