May 15, 2009, Newsletter Issue #239: November 15 Activities

Tip of the Week

•Brazil Republic Day - Commemorates the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889.
•Shichi-Go-San - Japan - An annual childrenŽs festival, the Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three) rite is "the most picturesque event in the autumn season." Parents take their three-year-old children of either sex, five-year-old boys and seven-year-old girls to the parish shrines dressed in their best clothes. There the guardian spirits are thanked for the healthy growth of the children and prayers are offered for their further development.
•Georgia OŽKeeffeŽs Birthday - (b 1887) Described as one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, OŽKeeffe painted desert landscapes and flower studies.

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