Honduras Edition
World Public Clock Day leads today's complete edition for Honduras.
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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 Lenca are the largest indigenous group in Honduras, and their new year follows the maize cycle, not the Gregorian calendar. The ceremony includes the offering of the first corn to the earth, traditional dance, and the Lenca language, which is spoken by fewer people every year. Each elder who speaks it is a library, and every library that closes is a loss the culture cannot afford.
You marvel at the jaguar, ocelot, vaquita, and axolotl that represent Mexico's extraordinary biodiversity. You notice that dogs, cats, and colorful parrots like macaws are the beloved pets in Mexican homes. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.