Benin Edition
World Public Clock Day leads today's complete edition for Benin.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for bells, watches, phones, station clocks, school clocks, prayer times, opening hours, and the agreements people make with time.
The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Ouidah stands in the same city as the Python Temple and the sacred forest, which is perfectly Beninese. Catholic and Vodun, side by side, sharing streets and holidays and neighbors. The basilica has stained glass and cool stone floors, and on any given Sunday, the Catholic hymns and Vodun drums are both audible from the same intersection.
You witness brown bears, Carpathian lynx, and gray wolves roaming Romania's forests and mountains. You notice that Romanian households most frequently keep dogs, cats, and sheep as pets and working animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.