In Southern Mexico there is the festival of ancient goddess of the Mayan nation Ixchel and currently is celebrated with ceremonies, and rituals giving blessings to fields and boats.
In some legends, Ixchel is also known as Ruler of unusual surrounding darkness, Governor of night, All-Pervading Queen.
Her cult has been spread throughout the South of Mexico, peninsula Yucatan towards Salvador. One of the biggest Mexican islands is called Cozumel and it is situated twenty kilometers apart from the semi-island Yukatan.
The ancient Goddess Maya named Ixchel was considered as the Patroness of rainbow and moonlight. She was believed to be the empress of loom, medicine, childbearing, fertility, etc. She was worshiped by women. However, being in anger, the Goddess was able to send hurricane or flood.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
One of the most famous and investigated pyramids of Maya civilization Kukulkan in Mexican Chichén Itzá at the semi-island Yukatan gave a surprise to the researchers when they figured out the pyramid of less size inside the famous from 1930s inner pyramid what, in general, makes a structure similar to the triple nesting doll.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On the 14-th of August Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan. Firstly this national holiday happened in 1947, it was established in honour of anniversary of independence announcement in Pakistan.
The most important holiday in Peru is its Independence Day, it is celebrated on 28th July to commemorate the anniversary of Peru's independence from Spanish rule in the year 1821.
Every year on the fourth Sunday of July Peru celebrates the Day of Pisco Sour cocktail - a holiday of the country's most popular cocktail, prepared on the basis of grape vodka pisco enjoyed by the Peruvians since the 16th century.
On July 14 France celebrates the French National Day which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille fortress.
