Algeria Edition
World Safe Crossing Day leads today's complete edition for Algeria.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for roads, crosswalks, signals, ferry landings, station platforms, and the care people owe one another in motion.
Canadian Halloween is American Halloween with colder weather. The costumes are the same but the coats go over them. The little ninja who spent an hour on his mask is now a ninja in a parka and nobody can tell who he is. The pillowcase full of candy will last until November 10. The candy tax levied by parents is real and it is not optional.
Three glasses: the first is bitter like life, the second is strong like love, the third is sweet like death. The desert's philosophy served in a cup. Mint tea in Algeria is not a drink, it is a ceremony, a negotiation, a welcome, and a test of the host's skill. The tea is brewed in a teapot over charcoal, poured from height into small glasses to create foam, and foam is mandatory. No foam means the tea is not ready. The mint is fresh, the sugar is generous, and the preparation takes longer than the drinking. In the Sahara, tea is the first thing offered to a guest and the last thing before departure. Refusing tea is refusing friendship. Rushing tea is insulting the host. The ceremony is the conversation.
You find that seabirds including frigatebirds and boobies are the most distinctive wildlife native to Wallis and Futuna's islands. You notice that residents commonly keep pigs, chickens, and dogs as working and companion animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
