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January - Carnivorous Plant Appreciation Month: January contains both Pitcher Plant Day (January 8th) and Sundew Plant Day (January 28th), so it seems only appropriate to give them the whole month. Especially on the 8th and 28th, try to cower fearfully whenever you get near a large plant. If others ask about your strange behavior, tell them that you fear the geraniums may be hungry. This will almost certainly increase your popularity. Source: Celebrate Something Bizzare
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Boxing Day in England
The history of Boxing Day in England and what happens on this special day, the day after Christmas Day.
Boxing Day informationplease
While the exact origins of the holiday are obscure, it is likely that Boxing Day began in England during the Middle Ages. Some historians say the holiday ...
How to Celebrate Boxing Day | eHow.com
Tradition has it that on Boxing Day in Victorian England, the poor went from house to house bearing boxes that were filled by compassionate home owners with ...
Boxing Day - Wikipedia
Boxing Day is a public holiday celebrated in the United Kingdom and most other Commonwealth countries on December 26, the day after Christmas Day;[1][2] or alternatively on the next weekday after Christmas.
BBC - Gloucestershire - Entertainment - Chasing the big cheese
Fine weather greeted competitors and spectators from across the globe at the 2004 Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling festival...
Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire ...
England the daredevil event of the year is the annual wacky race, the Cheese-Rolling on Cooper's
Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
This site explains the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla.
Holi: Hindu Festival of Colors - ReligionFacts
Guide to Holi, the joyful spring festival of colors in Hinduism.
About Holi . The Festival of Colors . Colors of India
The following morning begins with worshipping Krishna by lovingly smearing his idol with ‘gulal’ - the colours used to play Holi.
Holi The Festival of Colours - IndiaExpress.Com
Provides a short overview of the holiday, including its origins, cultural significance, and modern celebrations. Includes photographs and online greetings.
Holi - An Introduction to Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors!
On Holi - the festival of colors - get set to paint yourselves in the colors of joy. Learn about its history and legends, and how to get the most out of ...
Ivan Kupala Day - Wikipedia
the day of summer solstice celebrated in Russia and Ukraine on 7 July in the Gregorian or New Style calendar, which is currently 24 June in the Julian or Old Style calendar still used by many of the Orthodox Churches.
La Tomatina | Bunyol, Spain | Whatsonwhen
Every year the 9000 inhabitants of the tiny village of Bunyol find their population has quadrupled overnight as a multitude of ...
La Tomatina Tomato Fight in Bunyol
La Tomatina in Bunyol is one of the greatest Spanish Festivals and the ... Valencia are one of the top teams in Spain and the stadium often sells out ...They will ask you to sign up for an email notification just click it off
Maslenitsa: Information from Answers.com
Maslenitsa Derived from the word maslo, or "butter/oil," Maslenitsa was a pagan mythological being personifying death, gloom , and winter as well as a....
Maslenitsa: Russian Pancake Week - Maslenitsa Festival in Moscow
The ancient tradition of Maslenitsa lives on with the Moscow Maslenitsa festival.
Maslenitsa - Wikipedia
Maslenitsa has a dual ancestry: pagan and Christian. On the pagan side, Maslenitsa is a sun festival, celebrating the imminent end of the winter.
May Day - Wikipedia
In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the ... International Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is the ..
Monkey Feast Article
Every year, the town of Lopburi in Thailand hosts a special outdoor feast. ... Living or working in the monkey zone is both fun and trying. ...
Kids Web India-Lopburi Monkey Festival November 2005,Bangkok ...
Monkeys grab food during the Monkey Buffet Festival at at the Pra Prang Sam ... Located in the Lopburi province in Central Thailand, the city of Lopburi is ...
Lopburi Monkey Festival
Located in the Lopburi province in Central Thailand, the city of Lopburi is best ... Monkey Festival, where the local macaques feast on a buffet of fruits,
Running of Bulls Helps Kick Off Pamplona Festival
National Geographic site with information on the festival
Running of the Bulls - Wikipedia
The Running of the Bulls (in Basque, entzierro; in Spanish, el encierro - both literally, "the enclosing") involves running in front of bulls that have been let loose on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets.
Shetland's Viking Fire Festival: The largest fire festival in ...
Up-Helly-Aa is the largest fire festival in Europe, and is celebrated in Scotland's Shetland Islands every January. This part of Scotland is the most ...
Up Helly-Aa - Wikipedia
Up Helly Aa is any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland annually in the middle of winter. The festival involves a procession of guizers (or guisers) formed into squads processing through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes
Welcome to  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day On the Net
Site dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and the holiday set aside in his name.
 

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