Chile Edition
Asunción de la Virgen leads today's complete edition for Chile.
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Asunción de la Virgen is listed as a public holiday in Chile. English reference name: Assumption of Mary.
A day for printed pictures, old phones, albums, names written on backs, and the people a household remembers together.
National holiday. A significant day for Burkina's Catholic community. Churches fill, choirs sing, and afterward everyone gathers for a meal that always includes riz gras. The faith runs deep in the Centre-Ouest and the processions through Koudougou and Ouaga are a sight that stays with you.
National holiday. The Virgin is taken up to heaven and Chileans get a day off in the middle of August, which is the kindest thing August has ever done. Families gather, the asado comes out, and winter feels a little shorter.
Also a national holiday, noted here for its dual identity. While the Church celebrates the Virgin's assumption, ordinary Chileans celebrate with a long weekend at the coast or the country. Faith and leisure are not contradictory in Chile. They coexist like marraqueta and avocado.
A day for trust, conversation, mirrors, clippers, scissors, and leaving a little sharper than you arrived.
A day for turning yesterday into something good enough to look forward to.
You spot the resplendent quetzal, three-toed sloths, scarlet macaws, and jaguars throughout Costa Rica's diverse ecosystems and cloud forests. You notice that Costa Ricans predominantly keep dogs, cats, and occasionally exotic birds like macaws and toucans as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
