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25 Feb 2023 00:35

Simone Segouin fighting in Paris (Robert Capa, 1944). The famous French Resistance fighter, known for her bravery during the war, died this week.

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559). Mardi Gras (French: Fat Tuesday) are carnivals and parties centred around the day in some countries.

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

Mob football is also practiced today, especially in England. Communities have their own traditions concerning these matches: pictured is Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

Many countries have their own Shrove Tuesday traditions. In Commonwealth countries, 'pancake races' are common, where contestants flip pancakes whilst running. (Image: Olney, UK, 1957.)

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

Today in the Christian calendar is Shrove Tuesday. 'Shrove,' the past tense of 'shrive,' means 'absolve' (i.e. of sin).
(Image: The Pancake Bakery, Pieter Aertsen, 1560.)

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19 Feb 2023 01:13

An aerial photograph and cuneiform tablet from The Lord Palace of the Kings, in Girsu, modern-day Iraq. The Sumerian palace was uncovered by archaeologists last year and is about 4,500 years old.

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14 Feb 2023 18:11

A Yorkshire folk tradition for Valentines Day;

https://youtu.be/SFkMumLCurw

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12 Feb 2023 02:18

Aisyt (Айыыһыт), mother goddess of the Yakut people of Siberia. She helps women through labour, and gives babies their souls. She writes the destiny of every newborn in her golden book.

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09 Feb 2023 00:10

With sadness the death is announced of Onur Ercan Erdoğan, an archaeologist and restorer, who perished along with his family and thousands others in the recent earthquakes affecting Turkey and Syria. As well as a great loss of life, homes, and livelihoods, many archaeological sites have been damaged in the earthquakes.

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06 Feb 2023 23:21

February 6th is Sámi National Day. The Sámi are a people in northern Europe who have historically been marginalised. Their flag features a sun-moon symbol. The green symbolises nature, blue water, red fire and yellow the sun.

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03 Feb 2023 00:50

https://theconversation.com/from-paraguay-a-history-lesson-on-racial-equality-68655

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01 Feb 2023 00:17

https://mythopedia.com/topics/amaterasu

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30 Jan 2023 00:20

JSTOR Daily on women in polar expeditions:

https://daily.jstor.org/women-in-the-age-of-polar-exploration

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28 Jan 2023 00:48

Also interesting article I read this year:

https://apnews.com/0f519aea5a75c540ccc839d408635737

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28 Jan 2023 00:48

It is worth highlighting the extent of the camp, there were indeed not one Auschwitz but several. Therefore it took several days to fully bring the whole complex under control.
The first picture is a visualisation of plans for the site.

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23 Feb 2023 01:34

Aschermittwoch (Ash Wednesday) (Carl Spitzweg, Germany, 1860).
In this painting, the carnival reveller sobers in a cell as Lent begins. Ash Wednesday is so-called because of the Christian tradition of marking the sign of the cross on the head in ashes on the first day of Lent.

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

The goals are approximately three miles apart. The ball must be tapped three times against a designated post to score a 'goal.' It usually travels by a series of 'hugs,' a mass of tens or hundred of people using their hands. The matches are a maximum of eight and minimum of three and a half hours long. The main other rules are that the ball is not allowed to be concealed or carried in a motorised vehicle, and murder is explicitly forbidden.

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

(This tradition is alleged to date back to the 15th century as well.)

Today, even government ministers have a pancake race amongst them by the Houses of Parliament.

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22 Feb 2023 02:28

Christians reflect on their own sin on the last day before Lent. In a tradition dating back to the 15th century, it is common to eat pancakes. It is thought they symbolise "four pillars of the Christian faith -eggs for creation, flour as the mainstay of the human diet, salt for wholesomeness and milk for purity." Eggs and butter would also be avoided during Lent, and the last household provisions would be used up.

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19 Feb 2023 01:13

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/discovery-of-4500-year-old-palace-in-iraq-may-hold-key-to-ancient-civilisation

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17 Feb 2023 23:36

Lace-makers in Brittany, France, 1920.

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14 Feb 2023 00:55

Don't mix 'em (Robert Lachenman, US, 1936).
This was part of the Federal Art Project. With the Great Depression, many artists faced destitution, so they were given money to work by the government. Around 10,000 took part in the programme.

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12 Feb 2023 02:05

https://twitter.com/ActionAid/status/1623626721231527936

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06 Feb 2023 23:23

A Sami family at home in Finnmark, Norway (undated)

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06 Feb 2023 01:32

"Researchers working in the ancient city of Lagash discovered that the pub, hidden just 19 inches below the surface, was split into an open-air dining area and a room containing benches, an oven, ancient food remains and even a 5,000-year-old fridge."

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/5000-year-old-tavern-iraq-archaeology-intl-scli-scn/index.html

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03 Feb 2023 00:50

José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia was dictator of Paraguay from 1814 until his death in 1840.
A ruthless dictator who sought to guide Paraguay through independence, he is nonetheless one of his most curious policies; in 1814 he outlawed marriage between the powerful Europeans, essentially meaning they would have to marry indigenous or mixed-race people. The exact motivation for this is disputed, but it likely had to do with lessening the power of the European oligarchy.
His policy did work to some extent, but Paraguay was already majority mestizo and the European minority still continued to exist after his death.

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01 Feb 2023 00:16

Shinwa-zu (Kobayashi Eitaku, Japan, 19th century)

In Shinto mythology the storm god Susano'o no Mikoto challenged the sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikam (his sister) to create deities. He lost, and went on a terrible rampage.

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30 Jan 2023 00:19

The 1921 Wrangel Island Expedition team: Ada Blackjack, Allan Crawford, Lorne Knight, Fred Maurer, Milton Galle, and Victoria the cat (1921).

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28 Jan 2023 00:48

https://www.hmd.org.uk/

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28 Jan 2023 00:48

27 January 1945: Auschwitz death camp is liberated by the Red Army. This date is now observed as Holocaust Memorial Day.