Happy Setsubun!

Happy Setsubun, everyone! :)

I just found out about this, I find it kinda neat. Wikipedia is a great source of info on obscure holidays by date. *giggles* It's basically the Japanese Imbolc.

I bet every day is a holiday of something or other... tomorrow's the ancient Latvian holiday of Biezputras Diena... Porridge Day!

"On this day, uneaten porridge is supposedly taken into the hills to feed the shepherds all summer. The porridge is actually replaced with water. A new shepherd is initiated by bringing the crock of "porridge" to the hills, then being doused in the water."

And my birthday on the sixth is a public holiday in New Zealand to celebrate the treaty of Waitangi, their founding document :)