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World Borrowed Tool Day leads today's complete edition for Syria.
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A day for the neighborly economy of ladders, pans, cords, books, advice, and returning things better than you found them.
The Syrian Christian community celebrates the Exaltation of the Cross with processions, liturgies, and the lighting of bonfires on the hilltops. In the Wadi al-Nasara (Valley of the Christians), the bonfires are visible for miles, and the villages celebrate with dancing (dabkeh), food, and the traditional cross-shaped bread (ka'ak al-salib). The festival is especially important in Saidnaya and Maaloula, where the Christian communities are among the oldest in the world.