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World Open Window Day leads today's complete edition for India.
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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 fresh air, street sounds, weather changes, curtains, neighbors, and the way a room becomes part of a place.
In Goa, the Christmas season begins on December 7th with the feast of St. Francis Xavier, whose body is enshrined in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in a glass coffin. The body is 470 years old and has not decomposed, which the faithful consider a miracle and the scientists consider an ongoing mystery. The Christmas celebrations include konnknni carols, nativity scenes called khemps, and a feast that includes sorpotel, bebinka (a layered coconut cake), and dodol (a black coconut sweet).
You spot tropical birds like the bananaquit and magnificent frigatebird, along with iguanas and sea turtles in the British Virgin Islands. You notice that islanders favor dogs and cats as household pets, with some keeping tropical fish and parrots. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.