Iraqi
Army Day is celebrated on 6 January, and marks the anniversary of the
activation of the Iraqi Army on 6 January 1921. Soldiers typically hold
military parades in the Green Zone of Baghdad to mark the holiday, although it
is not celebrated in the, Kurdistan Region. due to many Kurds accusing the
Iraqi Army of genocide. The 2021 Army Day celebrations honoured the Army's
100th anniversary.
She opened the first Montessori school—the
Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome on January 6, 1907.
Subsequently, she travelled the world and wrote extensively about her approach
to education, attracting many devotees. There are now thousands of Montessori
schools in countries worldwide.
Montessori
is a method of education that is based on self-directed
activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play. In Montessori classrooms children make creative choices in
their learning, while the classroom and the highly trained teacher offer
age-appropriate activities to guide the process.
The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6. On this
day it also celebrates the Epiphany (which means the revelation that Jesus was
God's son). Epiphany is now mainly the time Churches remember the Visit of the
Three Wise Men to Jesus; but some Churches, like the Armenian Apostolic Church,
also celebrate the Baptism of Jesus (when he started his adult ministry) on
Epiphany.
Some Armenians fast (don't eat certain foods) in the week before
Christmas. The Christmas Eve meal is called khetum. It includes dishes
such as rice, fish, nevik (green chard and chick peas) and yogurt/wheat
soup called tanabur. Desserts include dried fruits and nuts, rojik
(whole shelled walnuts threaded on a string and encased in grape jelly), bastukh
(a paper-like dessert made of grape jelly cornstarch and flour). This lighter
menu is designed to ease the stomach off the week-long fast and prepare it for
the larger Christmas Day dinner. Children take presents of fruits, nuts and
other candies to older relatives.
In Armenia, Santa Claus can be known as Gaghant Baba/Kaghand Papa
(a traditional figure who's associated with the New Year) or Dzmer Pap
(which translates as 'Winter Father/Grandfather' and is the Armenian version of
Ded Moroz). He traditionally comes on New Year's Eve (December 31) because
Christmas Day itself is thought of as more of a religious holiday in Armenia.
In Armenian, Happy/Merry Christmas is Shnorhavor Amanor
yev Surb Tznund (which means 'Congratulations for the Holy Birth').
Writing under the pen name "Rasa",
Harishchandra picked themes that demonstrated the agonies
of the people. For instance, the country's poverty, dependency, inhuman
exploitation, the unrest of the middle class and the urgent need for
progression of the country. Referred as a fearless journalist, Harishchandra
refuted the prevailing orthodoxy of the time and revealed the machination
of the mahants, pandas and priests. He was an He was an influential
Hindu "traditionalist", using Vaishnava devotionalism to define
a coherent Hindu religion.
A discussion on Carnatic music, perhaps, can never
be complete without the mention of Tyagaraja, who along with his contemporaries
Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri comprise the trinity of Carnatic music
composers. He is regarded as the most legendary among the Carnatic music
composers and is also said to have played a prominent role in the development
of this musical genre. Tyagaraja created numerous devotional songs, most of
which are devoted to the Hindu god Rama and are popular even today.
British actor, Rowan Atkinson, best known for his
role as Mr. Bean, who was born on January 6, 1955.
Thanks to his physical and black
humor, and astounding performances, Rowan Atkinson established his name as
one of the most iconic comedians. He first appeared on television, in popular
British comedy series called Not the Nine O’Clock News. From there on his
journey continued, which led to the creation of his most successful character
Mr. Bean. This character ended up finding its way into the hearts of millions
all around the world and led to Atkinson being called "the man with the
rubber face".
Who's Mr. Bean? Mr. Bean lives alone. He has a small flat in Highbury,
North London. He's practically always seen in his trademark tweed jacket, white
shirt, and skinny red tie. Mr. Bean infrequently speaks, and when he does, it's
commonly only several murmured words.
Mr. Bean
oftentimes seems uninformed of basic aspects of the way the world works. The
humor mostly comes from his unique (and often absurd) answers to problems and
his total disregard for others when resolving them.
P.C. Sorcar was the stage name of the Indian magician,
Protul Chandra Sorcar, who passed away on 6 January 1971. Sorcar was an internationally active magician throughout the
1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on
television. The original family name was "Sarcar", but was changed to
Sorcar to more closely match the word "Sorcery."
Sorcar’s publicity design was
relentless and steeped in Indianness. His extravagant magic shows began with a
ritualistic drawing of a mandala pattern on stage and lighting of an oil lamp
before the portrait for Goddess Durga. Dressed as the Rajput royalty, Sorcar
presented his magic tricks.
He was the master of grand stage acts like the famous “Water
of India” where an earthen pot would always be filled with water up to the
brim. Sorcar would throw away the water from time to time and yet the pot would
be filled to the brim. His X-Ray vision, drum illusion and the floating lady
took him to higher echelons of fame.
Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in
Ashaikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, where he was performing.
Kapil Dev, born on 6 January
1959, is a former Indian cricketer. He is arguably
India's best fast bowler, and certainly India's best all-rounder, who will
always be remembered for leading the country to the title that changed Indian
cricket into phenomenon it is today: the 1983 World Cup triumph.
Kapil
Dev was known for his energetic curved run-up and lethal outswingers as a
result of that open-chested action. He would take
the world-record aggregate of Test wickets from Hadlee. It was the stamina of
the marathon runner that took him finally to 431 wickets and only a yard
beyond.
With
the bat, Kapil was an aggressive lower-middle order batsman who could cause
carnage with uncomplicated flair. At the 1983 World Cup, he played one of the
best ODI innings of all time in a must-win match against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge
Wells, where India was reeling at 17 for 5. Kapil strode out and tore apart the
Zimbabwean bowling to hammer 175* off 138 balls - a lesson in counter-attacking
cricket, and a lesson decades ahead of its time.
He was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the
Century in 2002.
Epiphany is celebrated 12 days
after Christmas on January 6 (or January 19th for some Orthodox
Church who have Christmas on January 7) and is the time when Christians
remember the Wise Men (also sometimes called the Three Kings) who visited
Jesus.
Epiphany, (from Greek epiphaneia, “manifestation”), commemorates the
first manifestation of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, represented by the Magi, and
the manifestation of his divinity, as it occurred at his baptism in the
Jordan River and at his first miracle, at Cana in Galilee. Epiphany, is
one of the three principal and oldest festival days of the Christian church
(the other two are Easter and Christmas), Roman Catholics, Lutherans,
Anglicans, and other Western churches observe the feast on January 6, while
some Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Epiphany on January 19, since
their Christmas Eve falls on January 6.
