Bhutan Edition
International Day of Charity leads today's complete edition for Bhutan.
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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 United Nations observance recognizing charity, voluntary service, and help given across communities.
A day for mending, sharpening, tightening, patching, cleaning, and giving useful things another round of life.
National holiday, dates vary. The largest tshechu in the country, held at the Tashichho Dzong in Thimphu. The whole city empties into the dzong courtyard and the crowd is a sea of the finest kiras and ghos. The highlight is the unfurling of the massive thangka at 3 AM, and people line up all night for a glimpse. The atsaras are ruthless with their teasing and no one, not even the Prime Minister, is safe.
A day for the quick meal, the regular customer, the busy cook, and the food people rely on between obligations.
A day for making room at the table when one more person shows up.
You observe the Fiji banded iguana, Pacific flying fox, and colorful parrotfish in the coral reefs surrounding the Fijian islands. You find that locals primarily keep pigs, chickens, and coconut crabs alongside dogs and cats. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
