French Language Day

Journee de la langue Francaise March 20th is UN French Language Day, the international recognition and celebration of the French language. The French language is one of the most spoken languages in the world, spoken by nearly 80 million people in France, and nearly 300 million worldwide. French is an official language in 29 countries…
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March 19-25 World Folktales and fables week

Folktales generally consist of stories passed down from generation to generation. These stories go by many names throughout the years such as fairy tales, fables, old wives’ tales, and oral tradition. While folktales are normally attributed to the stories passed through oral tradition, fables are considered the written literary counterpart. These stories vary wildly in…
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Happy MARIO Day

Wahoo, it's Mario Day! Today marks 41 years since the premier of the world famous plumber as Jumpman in Donkey Kong. All this time later, and Mario is still the face of the video game industry. Donkey Kong was not the first video game made by Nintendo, but it still became a phenomenal hit for…
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Rainmaking

Rainmaking is an old ritual during which a person or group of people attempt to induce rain in periods of dryness and drought. For the Rio Grande Pueblo and Bantu to name but two groups, these rituals were part of their cultural practices. It was customary for the Bantu people of Iron Age Africa to…
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