Timor-Leste Edition
World Street Corner Music Day leads today's complete edition for Timor-Leste.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for songs heard from passing cars, markets, radios, festivals, windows, workplaces, and family gatherings.
Commemorating the 1975 founding of Fretilin, the political party that led the independence movement. The day is observed with ceremonies and the singing of resistance songs. The name "Fretilin" stands for Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente : Revolutionary Front for an Independent Timor-Leste. Founded in 1974, it became both a political party and a guerrilla army. In Timor, your political party was literally your army, your government-in-waiting, and your social network. Party membership was a life-or-death choice.
A day for checking the remote, the toy, the flashlight, the clock, and the one drawer everyone opens first.
A day for the drawer that has three almost-right screws, old batteries, tape, string, and the answer to a small emergency.
You observe the giant panda in bamboo forests, the Yangtze finless porpoise in rivers, and the Chinese alligator in wetlands across this vast country. You notice that dogs and cats are increasingly popular as pets in urban areas, though many rural families keep chickens, pigs, and ducks. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You enjoy Laško beer and Radenska mineral water, which are iconic Slovenian beverages found in homes and restaurants throughout the country. You understand that these brands represent Slovenia's tradition of quality production and its small nation's ability to create products that define everyday Slovenian life.