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Wednesdays Don't Exist (Spanish: Los miércoles no existen) [1] is a 2015 Spanish-Venezuelan romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Peris Romano which stars Eduardo Noriega, Inma Cuesta, Gorka Otxoa, Alexandra Jiménez, Andrea Duro, and William Miller alongside María León.
The "Burial of the Sardine” is celebrated on Ash Wednesday and is a symbolical burial of the past to allow society to be reborn, transformed and with new vigour. [ 1 ] Many Spanish festivals end with ceremonies in which a symbol representing the excesses of the festival is burned or destroyed — although some have been lost, others have been ...
1925 – Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer (d. 2024) [100] 1926 – Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2003) [101] 1929 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 2014) [102] 1930 – Walter Jacob, American Reform rabbi (d. 2024) [103]
Czech Republic: the day is traditionally called Ugly Wednesday, Soot-Sweeping Wednesday or Black Wednesday, because chimneys used to be swept on this day, to be clean for Easter. [26] Malta: this day is known as L-Erbgħa tat-Tniebri (Wednesday of Shadows), referring to the liturgical darkness (tenebrae). In the past children went to the parish ...
The Carnaval de Vejigantes, officially Carnaval de Vejigantes de La Playa de Ponce, [10] is an annual celebration held at Barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico.The celebration, which commonly lasts three to five days, [11] generally takes place in late January or early February. [12]
This year, Ash Wednesday takes place on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, coinciding with Valentine's Day this year. Those who plan to get ashes will go to a church service and receive the ash crosses ...
Wednesday is sometimes informally referred to as "hump day" in North America, a reference to the fact that Wednesday is the middle day—or "hump"—of a typical work week. [5] [6] Lillördag, or "little Saturday", is a Nordic tradition of turning Wednesday evening into a small weekend-like celebration. [7] Humpday is also a name of a 2009 film.
The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri (), which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire.