Mauritius Edition
World Home Threshold Day leads today's complete edition for Mauritius.
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 the doors, mats, shoes, keys, steps, and greetings that mark the passage between the world and home.
The second day of Pongal is dedicated to cows, and the celebration includes the decoration of the cows with flowers, the feeding of the cows with sweet rice, and the thanking of the cows for their milk, their labor, and their companionship. The cow is sacred in Hinduism, and the Mattu Pongal is a day of gratitude. In rural areas of Mauritius, families that keep cattle wash and decorate their animals with paint and bells.
You marvel at the Ethiopian wolf, Hamadryas baboon, and Walia ibex that inhabit Ethiopia's unique highlands and rift valleys. You observe that Ethiopians typically keep goats, sheep, and donkeys for both companionship and labor purposes. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.