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Day of the Dead Barbie

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Bastille Day

The Rue Montorgueil in Paris, 1878, by Claude Monet. Source.

Saint Michael and the Dragon

St Michael by Raphael. Today is Michaelmas. Source.

Ólavsøka

Saint Olaf's Day is tomorrow, but the people of Tórshavn like to get things started the day before with a boat race. Source.

Lei Day

Lei Day has been an official holiday since 1929. On May 1st Hawaiians pause and reflect on how they would rather have control of the means of production. Source.

USS Enterprise Day

It's USS Enterprise Day (17/01). This is a picture of the builders with their model in 1965. Source.

Christmas Panto, 1942

Christmas panto performed by Wrens at the naval establishment in Greenock, December 1942. Source. See also.

Jólasveinarnir

Every Christmastime the Yule Lads sneak down, one a day, from the hills, to cause mischief in people's houses, until all thirteen are around, and then they sneak away, one a day, until they're all gone again and the season is over. I wonder if Tolkien had them in mind when he wrote about the dwarves at the beginning of The Hobbit. Source.

Sigrun Lindal, Fjallkona, 1924

It's the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba in Gimli this weekend. In addition to Vikings roaming the streets the fjallkona or Lady of the Mountain can be seen. Sigrun Lindal played the fjallkona in 1924. Source.

Morioka Sansa Odori

Drumming is the thing at Morioka Sansa Odori at the beginning of August each year. Source.