Panama Edition
World Shared Toolbench Day leads today's complete edition for Panama.
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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 workshops, repairs, craft tables, garages, sheds, studios, and the satisfaction of making something work.
The feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated with mass and the tradition of setting up an altar to the Virgin Mary in every home. In some communities, the celebration is more elaborate than Christmas. In the town of Natá de los Caballeros, home to the oldest church on the American mainland, the fiesta is among the most important of the year. The blending of Catholic devotion and indigenous spiritual practice is especially visible in the comarcas.
You find proboscis monkeys with their distinctive long noses, clouded leopards, and saltwater crocodiles native to Brunei's rainforests. You see that Bruneians commonly keep dogs, cats, and colorful freshwater aquarium fish as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.