Month: December 2022

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Paul Hollywood Tastes the Best of Tokyo! | Paul Hollywood Eats Japan | Tonic

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Paul Hollywood Goes to Tokyo
Paul Hollywood Tastes the Best of Tokyo! | Paul Hollywood Eats Japan | Tonic from YouTube

Paul Hollywood begins his culinary and cultural road trip across Japan. In Tokyo, he experiences solo dining and karaoke, and goes on a karting tour dressed …

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hZBcCylzzQ&ab_channel=Tonic[/embed] Paul Hollywood takes a journey to Japan, a country not well-known for its baked goods, for the first time. Paul goes on a taste tour of specialities and regional delicacies from all over the country.

Who is at the manger? Nativity sets around the world show each culture’s take on the Christmas story

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Nativity
https://theconversation.com/who-is-at-the-manger-nativity-sets-around-the-world-show-each-cultures-take-on-the-christmas-story-195536

For many Christians around the world, celebrating the Nativity, or the birth of Jesus Christ, is the most important part of the Christmas season.Among the most common Christmas traditions are small sets of figures depicting Joseph, Mary and Jesus that are displayed in individual homes, and live reenactments of the manger scene in communities and…

HAITI CARNIVAL 2023

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Haiti Carnival
🏅 HAITI CARNIVAL 2023 | Dates, Parades, Events & More by Carnivaland (carnivaland.net)

⭐ Haiti Carnival ⭐ is the largest event in this Caribbean country. Three days full of joy, dances, parades, comparsas and very striking costumes.

Haitian Carnival is a pre-Lenten carnival celebration that takes place in the lead up to Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday. Mardi Gras is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which officially marks the start of Lenten season, a period of fasting that precedes Easter for Catholics. While the main carnival events occur in the…

Israel unveils finds from tomb of early Christian figure

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Salome Shrine
Israel unveils finds from tomb of early Christian figure (Yahoo News)

Israel on Tuesday unveiled pilgrims’ lamps and other finds from the so-called Tomb of Salome, a burial site named for a woman said to have assisted at the…

Israel on Tuesday unveiled pilgrims’ lamps and other finds from the so-called Tomb of Salome, a burial site named for a woman said to have assisted at the birth of Christ.The tomb was discovered by grave robbers in what is now Lachish national park, west of Jerusalem, in the 1980s.Subsequent excavations by archaeologists have uncovered…

What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people

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What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people (The Conversation)

For indigenous peoples, winter solstice has been a time to honor their ancient sun deity. Their rituals reveal a deep understanding of the natural world.

On the day of winter solstice, many Native American communities will hold religious ceremonies or community events.The winter solstice is the day of the year when the Northern Hemisphere has the fewest hours of sunlight and the Southern Hemisphere has the most. For indigenous peoples, it has been a time to honor their ancient sun…

Joumou soup: a reminder of Haiti’s freedom

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Joumou Soup
Joumou soup: a reminder of Haiti’s freedom (phnompenhpost.com)

A mix of meat, vegetables, pasta and the squash for which it is named, Haitians enjoy joumou soup every January 1 to celebrate the New Year and their country’s independence.

A mix of meat, vegetables, pasta and the squash for which it is named, Haitians enjoy joumou soup every January 1 to celebrate the New Year and their country’s independence. Source: Joumou soup: a reminder of Haiti’s freedom

The festivals of Benin, the land of Voodoo and masks

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The festivals of Benin, the land of Voodoo and masks by Redazione MoodMama (transafrica.biz)

The festivals of Benin are well known in the whole West Africa. Every year in January, the festivals’ season starts with the Voodoo festival. Voodoo rituals Voodoo is not simple black magic, as most of Western people think. In reality, it is a rich and complex religion which makes sense and gives order to the […]

Every year, on January 10th, Benin celebrates the ancestral cults that are the foundation of the various forms of traditional religion practiced in the country. On this day, all the voodoo adepts from the south of the country meet in Ouidah. A large procession of adepts, those on foot, those on motorbikes, those in taxi…

Boarding Up a Boarding School: The Abandoned Saint Katherine’s Academy*

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Saint Katherine Academy
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/saint-katherine-academy

“St. Katherine’s Academy was built in 1899 by a prominent citizen of the town and avid preservationist. It was originally a small country inn, a premiere destination for the elite from surrounding cities.In the 1950’s the inn was sold to the Sisters of St. Katherine who reopened the inn as a girls’ boarding school. After…

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