Bolivia Edition
World Clean Hands Day leads today's complete edition for Bolivia.
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A day for the ordinary public health habit that travels across homes, schools, kitchens, clinics, workshops, and places of worship.
El Tio, the lord of the underground, owns the mines of Potosi and every miner pays respect. Cigarettes, alcohol, coca leaves, and sometimes llama blood are offered at his shrine inside the mountain. You do not enter a mine without greeting El Tio first because the mountain listens and the mountain remembers.
You witness Saharan fenec foxes, addax antelope, and Barbary macaques inhabiting Algeria's deserts and mountains. You see that people commonly keep dogs, cats, and budgerigars as beloved pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.