#Traditions

// Thread //...Carnival (in the Caribbean) What exactly is 'carnival'?The modern day English word carnival is believed to come from the Latin term 'Carne vale' which means 'farewell to meat'.
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Miss Chungha is officially kicked out of my stan list she literally used a pookalam which we mallus make for our auspicious onam festival and stepped & danced on it
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so during yet another sleepless night, my mind wandered to the many things and people I've truly missed during this time. This might take a few tweets, but here goes,
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One of the Lebanese Easter traditions is to visit 7 churches on Thursday of Mysteries (Maundy Thursday), since we're in quarantine and we are not supposed to go out, I'm
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Some MN Christians. Not all.https://twitter.com/davisense/status/1264038630147928074 At my church, we've been going out of our way to say why we are continuing to refrain from in-person gatherings for the foreseeable future.
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Ever wondered why and how did an ideology that came into being just 1400 years ago, which don't have any scientific basis, and the spread of which will only spread
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What if “take every thought captive” doesn’t mean repressing sexual attraction or refraining from saying the word “fuck.” What if it means examining your deeply ingrained racial prejudices, questioning harmful
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If you'll indulge me for a moment, I want to air a frustration about being hindu in the west that is going to be laughable for most of you When
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Thread: This is a useful thread that I happen to have serious disagreements with. Useful because it shows to me the fundamental flaw of the so-called “constitutional patriotism” conceptualisation of
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One thing I’m thinking about: Counting the Omer. A thread! I’m thinking about it because I’ve never been one to count the Omer – I lose track or forget to
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Beautiful photo. Reverence (for Armed forces) and respect (for the PM) communicated through different arm gestures. I stared at this photo, of the Army Chief bowing & touching the feet
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While it may be impossible to tell who exactly made up the populations of Ancient Egypt it is safe to say the modern consensus that they were West Africans or
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1/ An Easter thread if you’re angry or sad you can’t be in church on Resurrection DayMy most memorable Easter was nowhere near a church building. I was in communist
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The life and lies of Jyotirao Phule :Jotirao was born in an affluent family of flower merchants. In his childhood, he joined a missionary school founded by Major turned pastor
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Thread:Hollywood hates your traditions.Hollywood hates your values.Hollywood hates your family.Hollywood HATES YOU.Why are you watching their TV shows, again?https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/1331393388537470977 (J, this thread is fo
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Please stop reading White Fragility.Stop recommending it.Stop sharing it. Read Killing the Black Body or Fatal Invention by @DorothyERoberts Read Racecraft by Barbara and Karen FieldsRead Medical Apartheid by @haw95
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