Earlier this week the mailman brought something wonderful to our doorstep. A book, and not just any book – one that brought a whiff of India to our home, one I could use to talk about Diwali with my little ones. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning. My husband and […]
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I have a frenetic week planned: I’m heading to the local Farmers Market to buy flowers and fresh ingredients for the four-course meal I’m cooking today, then heading to the bylanes of Bangalore to pick up clay lamps and festive lights. I’ll also be making a pit stop at my favorite jewellers to buy some
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Cloudy skies and candle lights, traffic jams and flowers, cemetery sadness and the happiness of family reunions. This is the Day of the Dead in Poland – a day of contradictions. Preparations for Day of the Dead start weeks before: graves must be cleaned, leaves taken away and flowers changed. There are wreaths to order
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Celebrate the Day of the Dead by strolling through cemeteries Most of us are familiar with the Mexican celebration of Day of the Dead, yet it is also celebrated in other parts of the world. In two weeks, the French cemeteries will have their yearly peak of visitors: All Saints Day and Day of
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In the last decade, the U.S. has embraced the Day of the Dead with enthusiasm. Brightly colored calaveras grin from T-shirts and coffee mugs. Day of the Dead festivals announce events ranging from 10k runs to concerts to art fairs. Children, however, do not always see that behind the beautiful icons and festive atmosphere the
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