Saint Lucia Edition
World Family Photo Box Day leads today's complete edition for Saint Lucia.
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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 (about 60% of the population) observes the Assumption with a mass, and the tradition is to pray for the safety of the fishermen and the sailors. Saint Lucia is named after Saint Lucy (the patron saint of the blind), and the Catholic tradition is strong.