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Iconic traditional outfits from different cultures, e.g., Japanese kimono, Scottish kilt, Indian sari, Maasai beadwork, Mexican sombrero, hungarian folkdress.

Title: “Love is Love – Rainbow Connections” 🌈 Several stylized figures holding hands or hugging, with different skin tones and hairstyles Each couple or group represents different orientations: gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, non-binary, etc. Background with soft rainbow gradients or abstract heart patterns Small details like stars, flowers, or music notes to symbolize joy and love

27.7 Finland, Sweden and Norway celebrate this day. It is also celebrated in some other countries in Europe 27.6. I am not sure, if every country has a similar kind of celebration, but in Finland every year some more or less well known / meretid person is thrown to the sea at the city Naantali at morning. I find it lovely and funny.

The Fiesta Grande de Chiapa de Corzo is a Chiapas celebration that includes the dance of the Parachicos, masked figures in colorful costumes who make offerings to venerated saints, such as Saint Anthony the Abbot, Saint Sebastian, and the Lord of Esquipulas. The festival, celebrated from January 8 to 23, is a melting pot of pre-Hispanic and colonial traditions, with music, amazing food, drinks, rituals and lots of dancing!

"Ennichi" means Japanese summer festival which is opened at shrine in all of Japan. It associate "朝顔(asagao)" and "ヨーヨー掬い(yoyo-sukui)", "浴衣(yukata)", "うちわ(uchiwa)" , "花火(fireworks)", "金魚掬い(kingyo-sukui)" ,お面(omen) and so on....... This is Japanese summer tradition.

Greece, a country steeped in history and rich in cultural heritage, hosts the Rebetiko Festival in July, a celebration that resonates deeply with the Greek population. The festival pays homage to rebetiko, a genre of music that originated in the early 20th century and holds a special place in Greek culture. The Rebetiko Festival is a vibrant gathering of musicians, artists, and enthusiasts who come together to celebrate the spirit of rebetiko music. It takes place in various cities across Greece, with Athens being a prominent venue. The festival showcases live performances of rebetiko music, featuring talented musicians who bring to life the soulful melodies and poignant lyrics that define this genre. Rebetiko holds great significance for the Greek people as it reflects the struggles, joys, and stories of everyday life. It emerged as a form of musical expression for marginalized communities and has since become an integral part of Greek identity. The festival serves as a platform to preserve and promote rebetiko music, fostering a sense of cultural pride and connecting generations through a shared musical heritage. As for symbols associated with the Rebetiko Festival, the bouzouki, a stringed musical instrument, holds a prominent place. It is often played during performances, adding its distinctive sound to the melodies of rebetiko. The bouzouki represents the essence of rebetiko music and its enduring appeal. https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/rebetiko-01291 https://skopelos.com/rebetiko-festival-skopelos-rebetiko-music-skopelos/

Tadau Kaamatan is a sacred tradition to honour the bond between the Creator and Creation. Kaamatan is not only to signify the beginning of harvest. In point of fact, there is an important significance as to why Tadau Kaamatan is celebrated; with this, a myth is to be told. The history of Kaamatan revolves around the Kadazan legend of Huminodun. According to this legend, Ponompuan or Huminodun was the daughter of Kinoingan (God) and Suminundu. She was an ever virtuous maiden well beyond her years with resplendent beauty to accompany her wisdom. The first ritual is the Kumogos ceremony. Before harvesting activities begin, a Bobohizan will select and tie seven stalks of the finest rice from a rice field plot. These stalks of rice will only be harvested once the particular plot is completely harvested and will be scattered all over the rice field. The gesture in this ceremony is to inform other spirits whomay be dwelling in the rice field to not cause disruption to working farmers. The spirits are also promised something after the harvest. The Kumotob ceremony follows after the Kumogos ceremony. A Bobohizan will select seven stalks of the finest rice from an area that has not been harvested. The rice stalks are then tied together and placed in a Tadang, a basket for keeping rice. These stalks will be turned into seeds for usage in the next harvesting season. The Posisip ceremony is the third ritual stage. A Bobohizan will go to a rice hut along with the seven stalks of rice that has been previously tied up and placed in the Tadang. She will insert the rice into a bamboo pole which will be kept in the Tangkob. As she does this, she recites chants to call for Bambaazon to stay in the rice hut until the next planting season arrives. The fourth stage is the Poiib ceremony. A Bobohizan will carefully pour rice into the Tangkob in the rice hut. This particular process is repeated until all the rice has been poured into the Tangkob. The Bobohizan will then recite chants to appeal to the rice spirits to watch over the rice stored in the Tangkob. The fifth and most important stage is known as the Magavau ceremony. Magavau involves the restoration of Bambaazon besides offering food to Bambaazon. Back in the day, this ritual was performed on the night of the first full moon of the harvest in the rice field. Nowadays, the Magavau ceremony is performed in the rice field owner’s house. The final stage of the ritual is known as the Humabot ceremony. This ceremony takes the form of merry-making and entertainment. Humabot is annually celebrated on the 30th to the 31st of May in various levels including village, district and state level. Entertainments include dances and sports. The climax of this ceremony is the selection of the Unduk Ngadau as the Unduk Ngadau symbolizes Huminodun. Thus, we can conclude that the main purposes of Kaamatan is to welcome Bambaazon to the Tangkob (a large rice storage container), to restore Bambaazon that was lost during careless harvesting as well as processing of rice through the Magavau ritual ceremony and to offer rice wine (Tapai or Lihing) to Bambaazon.

Malaysia have many traditional dance like zapin and many else. Can you make a stamps based on that. It's okay even it premium. I'll buy it.

Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October). It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to bhikkhus (Buddhist monks). Lay Buddhists bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks. The gift of the Eight Requisites (Attha Parikara) includes three yellow, orange or ochre robes (i.e., the lower loincloth, the upper inner robe and the large top robe), an alms bowl, a razor to shave the head, a needle for mending clothes, a water strainer, and a cloth girdle.

It's an anual national celebration with vibrant, colorful parades with dancers, dazzling costumes, musical bands, food, carriages, and fireworks. It's a celebration where our cities come alive with music and light.