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POPSOct 9, 2008: Yom Kippur (Jewish) Note: This is a sacred Jewish holiday. Jews do not work, and fast from sunset to sunset. Not a statutory holiday, but definitely a "schedule alert" day. /e Eric "Calendarwallah" Snyder CalendarWallah@Gmail.com
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POPSSep 30th: Rosh Hashanah - Culture trumps country Today is the first day of the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah, start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar. Members of the USA congress are taking the next two days off, despite the fragile condition of the US economy.
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POPSSep 29th: Navratri (Hindu) Another interesting event brought to you by Calendarwallah@Gmail.com. Navratri occurs on Sep 29th in 2008 (a lunar calendar event). /e
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POPSOktoberfest: The 14 BIG tents At Oktoberfest, they call them "tents". But each "tent" holds about 10,000 people. If you've never experienced it, Oktoberfest is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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POPSSep 15th: Keiro No Hi (Respect-for-the-Aged Day) Japan Respect-for-the-Aged Day (敬老の日, Keirō no hi?) is a Japanese holiday celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens. A national holiday since 1966, this used to be held on September 15. Beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September. In 2008, the holiday will be held on September 15, 2008. This national holiday traces its origins to 1947, when Nomatanimura (now Yachiyocho), Hyōgo Prefecture proclaimed September 15 Old Folks' Day (Toshiyori no Hi). Its popularity spread nationwide, and in 1966 it took its present name and status. Annually, Japanese media take the opportunity to feature the elderly, reporting on the population and highlighting the oldest people in the country.
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POPSAug 24: Notting Hill Festival (U.K.) an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, UK each August, over two days (Sunday and the following bank holiday). It has continuously taken place on the streets of Notting Hill since 1965. It is led by members of the Caribbean population, many of whom have lived in the area since the 1950s. Another event brought to you by Eric "Calendarwallah" Snyder - calendarwallah@gmail.com ========== /e
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POPSAug 15: Obon (Japan) / Chung Yuan (Taiwan) / Vu Lan (Vietnam) Festival In Christian cultures, All Saints Day, celebrated on November 1st, the day after Halloween, is the equivalent day. In Mexico, they mark Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos in Spanish) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead Eric "Calendarwallah" Snyder calendarwallah@gmail.com =======================
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POPSJuly 18 - Full Moon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon July Hay Moon Buck Moon Thunder Moon, Mead Moon Guru Poornima Folklore ======= Full Moons are traditionally associated with temporal insomnia, insanity (hence the terms lunacy and lunatic) and various "magical phenomena" such as lycanthropy. Psychologists, however, have found that there is no strong evidence for effects on human behavior around the time of a full moon. They find that studies are generally not consistent, with some showing a positive effect and others showing a negative effect. In one instance, the December 23, 2000 issue of the British Medical Journal published two studies on dog bite admission to hospitals in England and Australia. The study of the Bradford Royal Infirmary found that dog bites were twice as common during a full moon, whereas the study conducted by the public hospitals in Australia found that they were less likely. Many neopagans hold a monthly ritual called an Esbat at each full moon, while so
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POPSPERMAculture: Path to Sustainable gardens
Some of permaculture's key guidelines for designing a garden (or a lifestyle) include: * Honor the health of the system and of all components above their productivity; favor slow changes and low levels of work and input and output over the drive to maximize production, which pushes the system out of balance. * Maintain closed-loop cycles of all materials to keep the system in balance; what we might call waste is re-imagined as a surplus resource, to be used as an input into another process. * Designate zones of more intense and less intense energy use to maximize efficiency and minimize wasted labor and resources. * Build in redundancy -- each element has many functions, and each function is performed by many elements -- to ensure stability in the system. * Do not use stores of natural capital to sustain ongoing processes, but tap them for the extra energy needed when generating a structure or system or putting a process into action. * Use natural proces
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POPSEaster: 2008 Easter trivia. A few things we bet you didn't know about Easter 2008!
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POPSJan 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day MLK was actually born on Jan 15th. The US holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of January. Jan 21st is the latest date that the event can fall on. Another world "diversity" event brought to you by Calendarwallah@gmail.com.
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POPSDec 26: Boxing Day / The Feast of Stephen Good King Wenceslaus went out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about Deep and crisp and even. December 26 is a holiday in Canada; also Boxing Day Sale Day in Canada -- one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Another holiday brought to you by The Multicultural Calendar - http://snipurl.com/mcc_calendar
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POPSDay of Haj Another multicultural event brought to you by: STE's Multicultural Calendar - www.diversitynet.org
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