World Weather Window Day
A day for looking outside before deciding what to wear, carry, postpone, protect, harvest, or celebrate.
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World Weather Window Day leads today's complete edition for Venezuela.
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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.
A day for looking outside before deciding what to wear, carry, postpone, protect, harvest, or celebrate.
The 1821 battle where Simon Bolivar's forces crushed the Spanish royalists and effectively secured Venezuelan independence. Every schoolchild visits the Campo de Carabobo monument at least once, stands in the blazing heat, and tries to imagine a battle fought on these flat, sunbaked plains. The military parade is held here annually, and the president always gives a speech. Some years the speech is longer than the battle was.
The drums start at dawn and don't stop. In Barlovento, the Afro-Venezuelan heartland, the tambor de San Juan is a 400-year-old tradition that mixes Catholic saints with African rhythms so potent they make your chest vibrate. The drums are made from hollowed tree trunks and goat skin, and they're played with bare hands that bleed by midnight and keep playing anyway. This is not a performance. It is a possession : of the music, by the people, for the ancestors.
A practical celebration of the list that saves the day, even when one item is remembered only after reaching the door.
A day for herbs, flowers, seedlings, balcony pots, and every bit of green people manage to keep alive.
You witness Kenya's iconic African lions, African elephants, giraffes, and black rhinoceroses across its renowned savannas and game reserves. You find that Kenyans typically keep dogs, cats, and chickens in both urban and rural households. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.