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Deutschlands Dunklelegenden The witches toward the Brocken strain – Goethe’s Faust, “Walpurgisnacht”
Exactly six months before Halloween, the Germans and Scandinavians celebrate Walpurgis Night, May-Eve, Beltane, or Hexennacht, aka Witches’ Night. According to legend, on the last night of April, [...] Today’s International Dance Day, which is celebrated on April 29, believe it or not, because of this guy.
Stuffy as he looks, Jean-Georges Noverre could apparently cut a rug in his day. He began dancing professionally at age 16 and wrote his first ballet at 20. He danced in Paris, London, Vienna and Strasbourg, and [...] Today is a National Day of Mourning in Canada and a dozen other countries. Not for those killed in wars or natural disasters, but for those who made the fatal mistake of showing up to work. A random sampling of Canadians found that most had never heard of the National Day of Mourning, an effort by [...] |
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