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Monday, December 9, 2024
Sunday, December 1, 2024
December 1, 2024: ROMANIA's NATIONAL Day
Each
year, on December 1st, Romanians throughout the world and in the
country, celebrate their National Day with a renewed sense of national pride.
Romania is an old country, with a rich culture and by honoring their roots, Romanians
always bring forward their beautiful traditions, songs or poems.
La mulţi ani, România! La mulți ani tuturor românilor de
pretutindeni!
● Brief historical background:
This
is one of the most important Romanian national holidays, and it is called the
“Great Union Day” or the “Unification Day” (Romanian: "Ziua Marii
Uniri") and in many parts of the world it is known as
“National Romania Day”. This special holiday marks the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia
and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918. According to ‘Alba Iulia
Proclamation’, all these Romanian regions joined Romania as a country.
The Union marked the country’s history
forever, but after that Romania had to pass through many other changes and
challenges and some of them included the World War II, the Communist regime and
the 1989 Revolution. Despite numerous hardships, it
is also appropriate to mention that Romania still looks ahead with sound
optimism, but it does not forget its past.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Group celebration – ROMANIA’s NATIONAL DAY 2024
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Friday, November 15, 2024
POEM: “Come, Little Leaves”
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Through
simple yet evocative language, Cooper invites his readers to embark on a
journey through the transition from summer to winter, told from the perspective
of the changing leaves.
A
classic poem that captures the autumn leaves' journey from the wind's call to
the winter sleep, as well as the joy, the farewell and the beauty of nature's
cycle in a simple yet suggestive manner.
🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
~ short video clip (this poem in audio
version) ~
Monday, November 11, 2024
November 11, 2024: REMEMBRANCE Day
The annual commemoration of the nation’s
heroes – “Remembrance Day” (also known as the “Veterans’ Day” or the “Memorial
Day”), each year on November 11th – The time of the
year to pay tribute, to reflect and to honor all those brave veterans who
risked their lives so we can live in peace today, which reminds us again that
in fact freedom does have an expensive price! Lest we forget!
● Basic background info:
ARTICLES: “Remembrance Day in
Canada” | “10 Quick Facts
on... Remembrance Day” (documentation offered by the Government of
Canada)
Remembrance Day: History and traditions (documentation
offered by the Government of Canada)
Remembrance Day being marked across Canada to honour veterans (coverage offered by “Global News”)