On October 31st, it’ll be time to dress up the kids in a spooky outfit and hit the streets in search of candy. Halloween is one of the most popular amd enduring traditions in North America, and while the risk of COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, it feels that bit more normal this year, and families […]
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Home for the Holidays The disruption caused by Coronavirus touches all aspects of our daily lives, including the ability to celebrate our key religious festivals. The month of April is chock-full of such holidays such as Passover, Easter, Vaisakhi and Ramadan. While the faithful usually congregate to celebrate and commemorate these holidays, the lockdown of […]
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There is no avoiding the fact that many of the major festivals of the world involve people coming together to celebrate – only a few months ago, we did a blog post on how the largest human migrations happen due to holidays. The current Coronavirus Pandemic and the global need for self-isolation and social distancing […]
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A popular home lighting solution is Philips Hue. They make a series of lights that are energy efficient and controllable via an app from home and beyond. You can set routines to switch the lights on and off and if they are the coloured lights, change the colours. Integrating this with the popular IFTTT service, […]
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Often attracting over 200 million attendees, this Hindu religious festival is the largest festival and gathering of humans in the world. The legend behind Kumbh Mela (the festival of the sacred Pitcher) is that Hindu gods and demons were fighting over a kumbh (pot or pitcher), carrying amrit, the nectar of immortality, created after the […]
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Friday January 24th 2020, the eve of the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) in China, sees the world’s largest human migration as, despite the spectre of coronavirus, hundreds of millions of people will leave cities across China to visit families and friends in rural parts of the country. Here are the top five festivals that […]
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On Saturday January 25th 2020, the new moon will herald the new year for about one-sixth of the world’s population. Though the event is commonly known as Chinese New Year in the west, it is observed in many countries across east Asia, not just China. In China, it’s known as the Spring Festival – it’s […]
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