Colombia Edition

July 9, 2026

World Good Rain Day leads today's complete edition for Colombia.

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A street vendor rides a motorcycle loaded with goods through heavy rain in West Java, Indonesia.
World Calendar Day

World Good Rain Day

A day for the rain people hope for, prepare for, complain about, celebrate, and remember.

Actors in military uniforms reenacting historical events on a sunny day in Buenos Aires.
World Calendar Day

Dia de la Independencia

Argentina declared independence in Tucuman in 1816, and the Casa Historica stands there still. Families gather for locro, empanadas, and pastelitos, the fried pastry with sweet potato that appears on every independence table. The asado runs all afternoon and someone always plays folklore on guitar.

Top view of multiple blue water bottles arranged closely. Unique abstract pattern and bright colors.
Regional/Cultural Day

Colombia Clean Water Bottle Day

A day for washing the thing people refill every day and forget to clean often enough.

Market Bag Day — World Calendar Day
Regional/Cultural Day

Market Bag Day

A day for remembering the bag before leaving, then remembering what was supposed to go in it.

Playful kunekune pigs swimming in the clear turquoise waters of The Bahamas.
Regional/Cultural Day

Animals of Bahamas Day

You sail the Bahamas where you encounter dolphins, Nassau groupers, flamingos, and endemic rock iguanas. You discover that Bahamian households most often keep dogs, cats, and parrots as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.