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World Ocean Day
June 8th |
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Marine Day Japan
3rd Monday in July |
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| World Ocean Day highlights plight of whales |
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Ocean Policy Research Foundation:
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Hope for whales on World Ocean Day |
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The Ocean Project |
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Taking a Stand in the Sand |
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Marine Day |
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Umi No Hi |
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How Satellites Help Safeguard Our Waters |
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Japan Corner: Marine Day (scroll down to July 20th) |
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| June 8 is World Oceans Day |
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World Ocean Day |
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The Nature Conservancy: Ocean Day |
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March 20 - 21 |
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Clean Water Celebration - Illinois |
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In Brazil, on NEW YEAR'S EVE people celebrate THE FEAST OF YEMANJA on the beach by digging trenches in the sand and filling them with candles to create sacred space full of peace and serenity. At midnight they launch flowers and offerings into the sea and immerse themselves in the purifying and protective foamy mantle of the waves.
Here Yemanja, Goddess of the Ocean and Mother of Pearls, is shown standing on the waves offering her blessings for the families praying on the shore. She is the Orisha of procreation, gestation, and the family, and holds absolute reign over the hearth fire. Many in Brazil consider her to be the Mother of all Orishas. She is sometimes represented as a mermaid, a white seashell and the Virgin Mary. Mistress of the Line of Water Vibrations. STATUE AT SacredSource.com |
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Yemaya is celebrated on February 2 and December 31, when offerings are made to her. She is also honored on September 7, September 9, and on the eve of Summer Solstice, by casting flowers and votive boats into water. There is a Brazilian tradition of the candelaria on December 31, lighting candles on the beach at midnight for Yemanje. Votive boats made from flowers are cast into the sea. It is a good omen for the coming year if she accepts your boat, and carries it out to sea. It is a bad omen if your offering is refused, and your boat is washed back upon the shore. TEXT FROM |
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The three yearly festivals held in her honor are on the nineteenth day of the second month (celebrated as her birthday), of the sixth month (celebrated as her enlightenment) , and of the ninth month (celebrated as her renunciation) based on the Chinese lunar calendar. Go here for an ongoing calendar. |
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Quan Yin's Life Story - to understand her festivals. |
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Sacrifices to Kuan Yin consist of only fruit and vegetables, as it would be blasphemy to offer her meat or wine. Her birthday is celebrated without the continual explosion of firecrackers that accompanies the birthdays of other deities. This is due to the fact that Kuan Yin is so pure that it is unneccessary to ward off evil spirits, as none would dare to approach her. Her birthday is marked by chanting ceremonies to soothe the souls of the dead and by the release of wild animals (birds, turtles, and so on). Fishermen also hold celebrations at Kuan Yin temples near seaports. Exerpted from here. |
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Ochun (also spelled Oshun) is the Yoruban river goddess or Orisha. She is in charge of romance, flirtation, seduction, love and marriage, fertility, money, and gold. She is the archetype of joy and pleasure. More Here and Here and Here. |
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Most information about this African Rain Goddess is not available in written English. Two Resources are the painting "African Genesis" the children's book "Marriage of the Rain Goddess". |
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| "Mbaba Mwana Waresa is a beloved goddess of the Zulu people of Southern Africa, primarily because she gave them the gift of beer. She is the goddess of the rainbow, rain, harvest, and agriculture." Because of this I think of her when rain cools the desert I live in; I also think of her during harvest time in the fall. |
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Mazu |
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Mazu , Chinese Goddess
of the Sea
Mazu, or Mat-Su, Chinese Goddess of the Sea, is the story of an extraordinary girl who became a goddess.
The Goddess Mazu's stories even come to us in an unusual way. More Here and Here |
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