Posts Tagged ‘celebrations’

MELBOURNE CELEBRATIONS. CANADIAN DISASTER. JEFF TAYLOR, RUSSELL BRAND AND THE HATE BRIGADE

https://www.bitchute.com/video/XU2g-quIk60 from David Source

Mothers’ Lives in Ancient Greece Were Not Easy – But Celebrations of Their Love Have Survived Across the Centuries

As a father of three and the husband of an amazing woman, I know that one day a year is far too little to recognize everything mothers do. Read more Section:  News History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

GALLERY: Russia celebrations, Ukraine fighting and the Eurovision Song Contest

The best photos from across the continent this week: Moscow celebrations, Ukraine fighting, and the Eurovision Song Contest. Source

Easter around the world: Nicaragua celebrations limited by government

Roman Catholics in Nicaragua had to hold traditional “Stations of the Cross” and other Holy Week processions on church grounds or inside churches Friday amid a ban on public demonstrations. Source

UN calls for calm in Middle East as Ramadan celebrations begin

Against the backdrop of Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Ramadan has often been a period of heightened conflict. Source

Watch: Nowruz celebrations in Azerbaijan

Updated: 17/03/2023 – 16:30 Nowruz, the herald of spring, is bringing joy to many communities from Balkans to South Asia, from the Caucasus, to the Black Sea Basin. Nowruz, the herald of spring, is bringing joy to many communities from Balkans to South Asia, from the Caucasus, to the Black Sea Basin. In Azerbaijan, the […]

Ireland To Promote Diversity & Drag Queens During St Patrick’s Day Celebrations

This years St Patrick’s Day celebration in Dublin will be used to promote “diversity” and drag queens, according to an official announcement. Progressive-leaning Arts Minister, Catherine Martin, announced on Monday that alongside a number of […] The post Ireland To Promote Diversity & Drag Queens During St Patrick’s Day Celebrations appeared first on News Punch. […]

Official Bans Christmas Celebrations in District in Indonesia

Performance at culinary festival in Serang, capital of Banten Province, in March 2017. (Banten tourism office, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A high-level official in western Indonesia on Saturday (Dec. 17) announced an agreement with a multi-faith body that prohibits Christmas celebrations in a district at sites without… Source

Hindus in India’s Kolkata kick off Durga Puja festival celebrations

Hindus in India’s Kolkata kick off the festive season with Durga Puja. Crowds flocked colourful “pandals”, temporary structures where idols of the Hindu goddess Durga are installed during the festivities. Source

Serbia Cancels EuroPride Celebrations Following Protests

ROME — Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic has cancelled EuroPride events scheduled to be celebrated in Belgrade in September, following massive street protests.

Memorials, Not Celebrations!

You turn on any recent professional sport competition and you see the obscene propaganda. Before the game starts they call out the honor guard ( many times dressed in camouflage) carrying the flag, as they have the singer belt out our anthem. Where is this ‘ War’ that we apparently are in? To this writer […]

Gaza police force secures 2 celebrations for Fatah anniversary

The Palestinian police force on Friday secured two separate celebrations in the Gaza Strip for the 57th anniversary of the Fatah movement, Spokesperson Iyad Al-Bozom announced in a statement. The first celebration was organised in Al-Jundi Al-Majhoul park between 4.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. According to the statement, the second celebration was organised in the […]

The Ancient Origins of New Year’s Celebrations

On January 1st of every year, many countries around the world celebrate the beginning of a new year. But there is nothing new about New Year’s. In fact, festivals and celebrations marking the beginning of a new calendar year have been around for millennia. While some festivities were simply a chance to drink and be merry, many […]

Omicron Spreads Global Gloom Over New Year’s Celebrations

BRUSSELS (AP) — After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium’s word of the year, “knaldrang!” — the urge to party, the need to let loose. Yet as New Year celebrations approach, the omicron variant is casting more gloom. Dire warnings abound, caseloads are rising alarmingly fast, […]

Iranian celebrations, music festival one step closer to UNESCO register 

Iranian celebrations, music festival one step closer to UNESCO register  – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian celebrations and festivities of Yalda, Chaharshanbeh-Suri, Mehregan, and Sadeh as well Regional Music Festival of the country are closer to being inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list, ISNA reported on Wednesday.  The reason behind this is their recent registration on […]

Bastille Day: What are the July 14 celebrations all about?

Bastille Day is celebrated with parades and fireworks across France every 14 July. But what is the history of this national holiday? It commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 by a mob of Parisians during the opening stages of the French Revolution. The political prison and military fortress was seen as a […]

Soccer-Israeli Hemed courts controversy with A-League goal celebrations

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Photography special: Mount Meron Celebrations in photos

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

Photography special: 40 years of Mount Meron Celebrations

News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source

US celebrations of Israeli independence that leave out Palestinian story are bigoted (this means you, Pelosi)

This ought to be a rule in American politics: Statements celebrating Israel’s independence are bigoted if they fail to address what happened to Palestinians when Israel was born. Today is the day Israel declared itself a state, and we are seeing the usual flood of U.S. politicians congratulating Israel. (Ritchie Torres, of course. Bob Menendez. […]

Flagship New Jersey yeshiva cancels Purim celebrations

Haredi Orthodox Jews in Lakewood, New Jersey, are curtailing Purim festivities because of COVID-19. For the first time in 80 years, Beth Medrash Govoha, the yeshiva at the center of the township’s 70,000-strong Orthodox community, won’t host festivities surrounding the holiday, the Asbury Park Press reports. Ocean County health authorities have reported 11,369 COVID-19 cases […]

New Year’s Celebrations Muted By Coronavirus As Curtain Draws On 2020

This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget. From the South Pacific to New York City, pandemic restrictions on open air gatherings saw people turning to made-for-TV fireworks displays or packing it in early since they could […]

Be Merrie All: Medieval Christmas Celebrations

Just as with the appropriation of Pagan sacred sites by Christian authorities, as recommended by Pope Gregory I to St Augustine in the late sixth century, there was a natural tendency in the late Antique and early medieval Christian world to convert previously well-observed Pagan festivals to newly designated religious observances. This usually took the […]

Burj Khalifa lights up for historic Dubai Hanukkah celebrations

Dubai’s legendary Burj Khalifa lit up on Thursday evening to mark the celebration of a very special first night of Hanukkah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first since the historic Abraham Accords. — Majid Al Sarrah מאג’ד אלסראח (@DrAlsarrah) December 10, 2020 “You are witnessing Jewish history,” Singer Yishai Lapidot said as he […]

Hanukkah celebrations in Georgia

During the past few weeks since the American elections, my home state of Georgia has been in the news because of the challenge to the “legitimacy” of the vote. Finally the count has ended and Joe Biden has triumphed. I don’t recall any recounts of votes in Georgia ever happening in my years living there […]

Kamala Harris Issues Reminder amid Mass Celebrations: ‘COVID-19 Is Still Here’

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) sent out a reminder to Twitter followers amid mass celebrations on the left with no social distancing: “COVID-19 is still here.” “Please continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing,” she added. COVID-19 is still here. Please continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing. — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) […]

CNN’s Lemon: Emotional Celebrations Because Trump Gave Marginalized People ‘PTSD’

CNN anchor Don Lemon said Saturday that the celebration in the streets of American cities after projections that former Vice President Joe Biden will be named the 46th American president was because “marginalized people” have PTSD from the four years under President Donald Trump. Lemon said, “I almost can’t talk right now because of the emotion. […]

Celebrations for the traditional Shoton Festival begin in Lhasa

China’s Tibet Autonomous Region marked the start of the Shoton festival on Wednesday with a traditional “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony. The days ahead will see Tibetan opera performances, horse riding events, a photography contest and a walking assembly, as well as a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha, which is displayed […]

Berlin To Segregate Women During New Year’s Eve Celebrations

Following last year’s string of sexual assaults and robberies committed by groups of male immigrants, Berlin authorities are to set up a “safe zone” for women during the New Year’s Eve celebrations this week.  The segregation of women for the Brandenburg Gate party is a desperate attempt by the German government to prevent their uncontrolled […]

Zombie riot? Clashes with police turn festive celebrations into Halloween horror in Germany

Eggs and fireworks were hurled at law-enforcement officers in Hamburg, where several hundred youths rioted in three districts, Zeit Online reported. Six young people were detained, with two criminal cases initiated. Police had to reinforce their presence outside Cologne Cathedral over reports of “heavily intoxicated and aggressive groups of men,” in the city center, who […]

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