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FF Shukke

#tradition #rituel #carnaval #occitan #sauvage
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L'étude des pratiques carnavalesques m'amène à découvrir de biens étranges rituels. Ainsi, depuis presque 700 ans, chaque année, le jour du mercredi des cendres, le village de Cournonterral, dans l'Hérault, est fermé de 15h à 18h à toute personne qui n'est pas du village, y compris les journalistes. La police interdit l'accès au village à tous les "estrangers" pour éviter que ceux-ci se fassent agresser par les paillasses.

Un paillasse, coiffé de son haut de forme orné de plumes de dindes et masqué par une peau de blaireau. Sur ces épaules des rameaux de buis, sa cuirasse de paille et de jute maculée de lie de vin. Photo n&b tirée du livre "les paillasses" de Charles Camberoque, éditions Viguier
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Assoc for Scottish Literature

Sorley MacLean: The Poet as Historian
24 April, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-eain, 1911–1996) is a giant of 20th-century Gaelic literature. Join Professor Hugh Cheape as he looks beyond MacLean’s poetry to his sources of inspiration in landscape & community, & to his inheritance of the traditions of the Hebrides.

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EventbriteSorley Maclean: The poet as historianProfessor Hugh Cheape explores Sorley Maclean’s archival essays.
#Scottish#literature#history
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CheekyMcB

These days I keep seeing certain interests, hobbies, traditions and skills and thinking “that’s going to die out soon”.

Depending on what the thing is, part of me then internally reacts “that’s a shame” and/or “these things naturally all have their time”.

The usual wider response always seems to be “we need to get the Young People interested” and in this context they often mean those still in education.

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#Tradition#Hobbies#Skills
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Nonilex

Many Americans still imagine #rural communities as bastions of #tradition, where #marriage is widespread & #families w/lots of children abound. 25yrs ago, that would have been largely correct. No longer.

Research shows over the past 3 decades, women ages 15–44, marriage rates have fallen much faster for rural #women than their urban counterparts [who already broke the habit😉]. 1988–2018, the proportion of rural women who were married fell from 55% to 33%.

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Danny Boling ☮️

The law is clear: flags shall be flown at half-staff for thirty days after the death of a President.

But, you know, fuck the law.
Right?
Fuck. The. Law.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j
Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s death

archives.gov/federal-register/
Proclamations | National Archives

(Screenshot of a web page from the National Archives) National Archives Office of the Federal Register (OFR) Proclamations Proclamation 3044--Display of the flag of the United States of America at half-staff upon the death of certain officials and former officials Source: The provisions of Proclamation 3044 of Mar. 1, 1954, appear at 19 FR 1235, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 4, unless otherwise noted. WHEREAS it is appropriate that the flag of the United States of America be flown at half-staff on Federal buildings, grounds, and facilities upon the death of principal officials and former officials of the Government of the United States and the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States as a mark of respect to their memory; and
(Screenshot of a web page from the National Archives) WHEREAS it is desirable that rules be prescribed for the uniform observance of this mark of respect by all executive departments and agencies of the Government, and as a guide to the people of the Nation generally on such occasions: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the following rules with respect to the display of the flag of the United States of America at half-staff upon the death of the officials hereinafter designated: 1. The flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions for the period indicated upon the death of any of the following-designated officials or former officials of the United States: (a) The President or a former President: for thirty days from the day of death. The flag shall also be flown at half-staff for such period at all United States embassies, legations, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations. (b) The Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives: for ten days from the day of death.
(Screenshot of the article from The Guardian titled "Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s death") President-elect complained about possibility of flags remaining at half-mast for swearing-in despite US tradition [by] Anna Betts American flags at the US Capitol will fly at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC on Monday, despite a White House order for flags to remain at half-staff for 30 days after the death of former president Jimmy Carter last month. The House speaker, Mike Johnson, first announced the change on Tuesday. In a post on social media he wrote: “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump.” He added: “The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.” Following the death of Carter on 29 December 2024, US flags have been flown at half-staff at federal properties, by tradition after the death of a former president, including at the Capitol. Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered for a period of 30 days, in accordance with the US flag code.
#USA#USpol#USFlag
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Charles Harper

A tradition. We go for a walk on New Year’s Day to the Coral Beach near Claigan. This is the third time we’ve done it. It’s usually fairly busy as it is a popular place to walk here on Skye, however we went early yesterday and had it to ourselves…

“The beach is made from crushed white coral like seaweed that makes the water look tropical blue when the sun comes out.” The sun was shy and the day cold and not like the tropics at all.

A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviours (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms and behaviours such as greetings, etc. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years— the word tradition itself derives from the Latin word tradere literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is reportedly assumed that traditions have an ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether it be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways. Or of course you can start a new one that means a lot to you. Ours celebrates this place and our years of living here on the Isle of Skye.
#tradition#newyearsday#CoralBeach
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Shantell Powell

In 1982, when I was in grade six, my parents were (and still are) Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs). I was not allowed to celebrate holidays. If I was caught doing so, I'd get a beating. At that time, we were friends with a huge family of JWs. While the grownups were downstairs talking on NYE, all us kids desperately wanted to celebrate new years. We needed to figure out an innocuous way of doing so such that if we were caught, it wouldn't look remiss.

We finally decided that at the stroke of midnight, we would all flush the toilets. Flush away the old year and all. We didn't get caught. We didn't get a beating.

I wonder if any of those other kids continued the tradition?

I haven't missed a year since. Want to join me in flushing away the old year?

#toilet#ExJW#NewYear
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Pepijn

Danish society is often oblivious to religious sensitivities. Apparently my kid will go to church today. No permission slip needed.

Message from our government run day-care:
"In addition to a lot of festive fun the children had cozy Christmas lunch with delicious food. Tomorrow the last event of the year awaits, a visit to the church, together with the other children institutions."

I hope the kids wear high-vis gear.

#aula #religion #secular #tradition #denmark #high-vis-for-jezus

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