Traditional first rice harvest celebration
Ancient festival giving thanks for the year's first rice harvest. Celebrations include traditional music, dance, feasting, and local customs that vary by region.
Regional
Santabary Festival
Traditional first rice harvest celebration
On this day in African history
- 1859 Construction of the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, begins.
- 1944 The United Negro College Fund is incorporated in the United States. · United States
- 1954 British raid Nairobi, Kenya, arresting 25,000 Mau Mau suspects. · Kenya
- 1961 France conducted its fourth nuclear bomb test in the Sahara Desert. · Algeria
- 1961 Holden Roberto meets with United States President John F. Kennedy to coordinate support and discuss plans for the Angolan resistance. · United States
- 1986 Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland. · Eswatini