Romania Edition
Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare leads today's complete edition for Romania.
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Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare is listed as a public holiday in Romania. English reference name: Dormition of the Theotokos.
A day for printed pictures, old phones, albums, names written on backs, and the people a household remembers together.
National holiday. A significant day for Burkina's Catholic community. Churches fill, choirs sing, and afterward everyone gathers for a meal that always includes riz gras. The faith runs deep in the Centre-Ouest and the processions through Koudougou and Ouaga are a sight that stays with you.
The Catholic community observes the Assumption with a mass, and the tradition is to bring bouquets of herbs and flowers to the church to be blessed. The Assumption is one of the most important Catholic holidays in Romania (which is 87% Orthodox), and the churches are packed. In Nicula, Transylvania, the Assumption is celebrated with a major pilgrimage to the Monastery of Nicula, where the faithful walk barefoot for kilometers to reach the shrine of the Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary. In the villages of Maramures, the day is marked with a procession through the fields, and the priest blesses the harvest with holy water.
A day for remembering the bag before leaving, then remembering what was supposed to go in it.
A day for reminders, photos, jokes, plans, corrections, and the tiny negotiations that keep families coordinated.
You spot the resplendent quetzal, three-toed sloths, scarlet macaws, and jaguars throughout Costa Rica's diverse ecosystems and cloud forests. You notice that Costa Ricans predominantly keep dogs, cats, and occasionally exotic birds like macaws and toucans as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
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