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Halcyon / ˈ h æ l s i ə n / is an unincorporated community of about 125 acres (50 ha) in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, just south of Arroyo Grande.It was founded in 1903 as a Theosophical intentional community and is the home and headquarters of a religious organization, The Temple of the People (not to be confused with Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple).
The 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl will kick off at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 1. It will take place at the Ford Center, the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco, Texas.
HMS Halcyon, several ships of the British Royal Navy; USS Halcyon, more than one United States Navy ship; Halcyon-class minesweeper, a type of British Royal Navy minesweeper; USFS Halcyon, a research vessel in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1919 to 1927; Halcyon 23, a British sailboat design
The Halcyon Days Tour was the second tour by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, in support of her second studio album, Halcyon (2012). The tour visited venues with smaller capacity in North America and Europe. It began on 7 December 2012 in Bristol, England, and ended on 26 August 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan.
The Gion Festival (祇園祭, Gion Matsuri) is one of the largest and most famous festivals in Japan, taking place annually during the month of July in Kyoto. [1] Many events take place in central Kyoto and at the Yasaka Shrine, the festival's patron shrine, located in Kyoto's famous Gion district, which gives the festival its name. [1]
The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り, "Festival of the Steel Phallus") is an annual Japanese festival held each spring at the Kanayama Shrine (金山神社, Kanayama-jinja) in Kawasaki, Japan. The exact dates vary: the main festivities fall on the first Sunday in April.
Halcyon also debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 in the United States, while reaching number one in Ireland, the top five in New Zealand, and the top 10 in Canada, Germany and Switzerland. "Anything Could Happen" was released as the lead single from Halcyon on 17 August 2012, peaking at number five on the UK Singles Chart.
The buildings belong to two Shinto shrines (Futarasan Shrine and Tōshō-gū) and one Buddhist temple . Nine of the structures are designated National Treasures of Japan while the remaining 94 are Important Cultural Properties. UNESCO listed the site as World Heritage in 1999. [1] [2]