Ukraine Edition
Dia de Reyes leads today's complete edition for Ukraine.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
Kids leave their shoes out the night before and wake up hoping for a gift from the Reyes Magos. The panaderias sell roscon de reyes, the ring-shaped sweet bread with a plastic baby hidden inside. Whoever finds the baby hosts the next gathering, though everyone forgets by February.
The most important night of the Ukrainian Christmas, with a meal of twelve meatless dishes symbolizing the twelve apostles. The table is set with a didukh, a sheaf of wheat representing ancestors, and a candle in the bread representing Christ. Kutia, a sweet grain pudding of wheat, honey, and poppy seeds, is the first and last dish, and the family throws a spoonful to the ceiling: if it sticks, the year will be prosperous.
You spot the solenodon and the Hispaniolan hutia as distinctive small mammals endemic to this Caribbean island. You see that Dominican households most commonly keep dogs, cats, and fighting roosters. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.