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St Martin's Day Kermis by Peeter Baltens (16th century), shows peasants celebrating by drinking the first wine of the season, and a horseman representing the saint. Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), [1] [2] and historically called Old Halloween [A] or All Hallows Eve, [B] [3] [4] is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November.
Laternelaufen pronounced [laˈtɛʁnəˌlaʊ̯fn̩] ('Walking with Lanterns') is a German tradition for the time around St. Martin's Day. On 11 November (or later/earlier for reasons of appointment) children (usually in kindergarten and elementary school age) walk along the streets holding colourful, often self-made lanterns while singing ...
The main festival that is celebrated is St Martin's day (Festa de São Martinho or Arraial de São Martinho in Portuguese) celebrated on the 10 and 11 November in the grounds of the church, where fires are made by locals and local food is made such as roasted chestnuts (Marking the beginning of the new chestnut harvest season), Espetada, Bolo do caco, and Bacalhau.
St. Martin de Clare, Nova Scotia; St Martin-in-the-Fields, an Anglican church in London; St. Martin's (disambiguation) St. Martin's Church (disambiguation) St. Martin's Day, a feast on November 11, of St Martin of Tours; Saint Martin Island (disambiguation) Saint-Martin-Vésubie in the Alpes Maritimes département; San Martín (disambiguation)
11 November, the 11th of the 11th, is an important date. 11 November is exactly 40 days before 21 December, the shortest day. This happens to be the feast day of sint Maarten (st. Martin's day). This day is celebrated in some parts of Groningen, North Holland and the southern part of Limburg and to a lesser extent in South Holland and Zeeland ...
Fundy-St. Martins, a village therein; St Martins, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand; St. Martin's Island, a coral reef island of Bangladesh in Bay of Bengal; Saint Martin's Island a small island at the mouth of Green Bay in Wisconsin; St. Martin's, Wisconsin, a former hamlet in the Town of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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