Belarus Edition
Maslenitsa leads today's complete edition for Belarus.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
Dates vary. The last week before Lent and the excuse to eat as many blini as humanly possible. Butter, sour cream, jam, caviar, meat, and cheese all rolled into thin pancakes that disappear faster than they are made. The straw effigy of winter gets burned and everyone watches because winter in Belarus is long and its departure deserves ceremony.
You discover Jamaica's distinctive hutias, the island's endangered native rodents, alongside colorful red-billed streamertail hummingbirds found nowhere else on Earth. You observe that Jamaican families typically keep dogs, cats, and fighting cocks as their most common pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.