Dozhinki (Harvest Thanksgiving) celebration in Belarus
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Today is American Thanksgiving… the rest of the world already had Thanksgiving… usually, it occurs around the Harvest (as it does in Canada, occurring in October). That’s so that events can take place outdoors; people set up tables in the yard and feast outside. It’s a festival of thanks for the harvest, so people take the first-fruits to the church for blessing (and distribution to the poor afterwards). Thanksgiving didn’t begin with the English Puritans… it’s an ancient and venerable holiday, known to all peoples.
Have a wonderful day with your family and friends…
BMD
1 December 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Free Popcorn!
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Free Popcorn!
Sergei Yolkin
2013
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US President Barack Obama maintained American tradition by “pardoning” a turkey as part of the Thanksgiving holiday celebration. He allowed the main turkey Popcorn and his “understudy” Caramel to live on. Sergei Yolkin gives us his POV…
28 November 2013
Sergei Yolkin
RIA-Novosti
http://ria.ru/caricature/20131128/980302248.html