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World Useful Bag Day leads today's complete edition for Togo.
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Fresh palm wine, tapped that morning from a palm tree and served in a calabash before noon. The sweetness fades by afternoon, so you drink it early or you miss it. In villages across southern Togo, the palm wine tapper climbs his tree before dawn, a dangerous ascent up a trunk tied with notches for footholds, and by mid-morning every compound has a full gourd ready for guests. Today honors the tappers who risk their necks so others can toast their blessings.