Belize Edition
World Safe Crossing Day leads today's complete edition for Belize.
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.
The night of masks, mystery, and dancing that marks the Garifuna and Creole tradition of Jankunu. Dancers in pink wire masks and ceremonial costumes move through the streets to drums and shell rattles. The origins are debated, the energy is not, and tonight the spirits walk with the living and everyone is watching.
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.