Benin Edition
World Useful Pocket Day leads today's complete edition for Benin.
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 the tiny things people carry because life becomes easier when string, coins, notes, keys, or a tool are close at hand.
The egun gun masquerade festival brings ancestral spirits back to the living world in a whirl of color and motion. The masked figures emerge from compound gates surrounded by drummers and singers, dancing through the streets with an authority that comes from beyond this world. When an egun gun mask reaches you, you bow your head. This is not a suggestion.
