#festivities

[daily-art-academy]

Nocturne in Black and Gold - The Falling Rocket

James Whistler, 1877

Oil on canvas, 60,3 × 46,6 cm, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA

[nocternalrandomness]

"Bourbon Street" by artist Fiona Stephenson

[givingthanks]

[catucino]

we visited a christmas shop! 🎄🎅🏻🎁

[blizzardofjj]

[o-craven-canto]

So we have:

We Don't Have to Be Confined In the Situation We Were Born Forever Day (Yuri's Night, April 12, and Moon Landing, July 20)

Think About It for Five Minutes Before Killing Everyone Day (Stanislav Petrov Day, September 26)

Don't Kill Everyone Even if Your Friends Want You To and You're Making It Really Awkward Day (Vasily Arkhipov Day, October 27)

We Don't Actually Need to Murder Each Other When You Think About It Day (Christmas Truce, December 24-26)

And When We Already Are We Can Still Stop Day (Armistice Day, November 11)

Just Because Something That Sucks Has Been Around Forever Doesn't It Mean It Always Will Day (Smallpox Eradication Day(s), December 9 and May 8)

What else?

[useless-catalanfacts]

One of the groups that take part in València's traditional procession on the festivity of Corpus Christi is the "Cirialots". These 26 kings dressed in a tunic, long white wigs and beards, and a crown represent the elderly men of the Apocalypse as narrated in Saint John's gospel. The procession candles they carry are 2,65 meters tall and weight 15 kilos!

Video and information from A Punt. More information from Festes de València.