Holidays Around the World
August 8th, 2009

Every day is a holiday somewhere in our world!
According to EarthCalendar.net the following holidays are being observed today:
Queen’s Name Day, Sweden
Father’s Day, Taiwan
Independence Day, Bhutan
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Australia
Peace Day (End of the Iran/Iraq war), Iraq
Peasants’ Day , Tanzania
Universal and International Affinity Day, International
Saint Mary MacKillop Day, Australia
No matter where you are on the globe, these holidays offer an occasion to begin an AgeEsteem inter-generational tradition.
- Choose a holiday for the coming month from a country other than your own.
- Research to discover as much as possible about how that particular holiday is celebrated.
- Find someone from that country to help you if possible.
- With children and friends reproduce that celebration: make costumes and props, cook food associated with that holiday…
- Invite friends of all ages to celebrate the holiday with you.

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