Shoutout to @camelliakyoto, who helped me to make my wife's birthday unforgettable. If you plan to have a #tea #ceremony and/or a #kimono rental, I can recommend their tea house. Also if you are interested in #japanese #culture it's a must to follow them

A new honorific for Trump? At what point will folks in the Fediverse honor Trump with the hashtag #FelonInChief ?

Greatest honor, New Year's Day I received a call from Toronto elder and he invited me to a ceremony.

These kinds of ceremonies, you need to be invited.
I'm so blessings in great honor. (cries)
I must have done something right for them to notice.
Today its confirmed with his direction of place and another texted me the address.

It's done....... amazing

New Canadians get citizenship, hockey jerseys at world juniors ceremony
At a special ceremony at the Canadian Tire Centre, 26 people from 14 countries received their citizenship on Monday.
#citizenship #ceremony #CanadianTireCentre #News #Canada #Ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/new-canadians-get-citizenship-hockey-jerseys-at-world-juniors-ceremony-1.7418473?cmp=rss

 
#African #Cosmology & #Planetary Alignment: Dr Zulumathabo Zulu

❛❛ a #naming #ceremony … if there are alignments, or even a #conjunction of #planets … a full moon … then they will show the #baby the full moon ❜❜

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4fgmII7X3A&t=419s 2023 Jan 01 ce
https://GlasgowsAfricanTales.co.uk/history/pregnancy-birth-and-naming-traditions/naming-ceremonies … #NamingCeremony
https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon … #FullMoon

#BillieJeanKing will be this year’s #RoseParade #grandmarshal, the 2nd #gay #athlete to have the #honor.

“It is such an #honor to serve in this role for the 136th #RoseParade, and to participate in the #pregame #ceremony at the #RoseBowl #Game. I’m truly thrilled to be part of the #TournamentofRoses family.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Football #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsports.com/2024/10/10/24102530/billie-jean-king-rose-parade-grand-marshal-2025/

The #USNavy have launched a ‘#gender-#neutral’ #submarine and #farright #bigots are losing their minds.

Dubbed the #USSNewJersey, it was announced during a #ceremony at the #NavalWeaponsStation in #Earle, #NewJersey

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Misogyny #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/09/16/gender-neutral-submarine-uss-new-jersey/

Vincent Moon is an independent filmmaker and sound explorer. He has been making films in the past twenty years, traveling around the world in quest of sounds. He is now exploring links between ancient and new forms of ceremonies.

#Music #Ritual #Ethnomusicology #Spiritual #Trance #Ceremony

https://www.vincentmoon.com/

Random photo of the day.

Dance of the hats during Ura Yakchoe festival, Bumthang, Ura, Bhutan by Eric Lafforgue

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxfxKdOKua00

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

An #exMormon #couple is #renewing their #vows 5 years after one came out as #transgender

After 18 years of #marriage, #ShayeScott and #AmandaScott are finally planning a #ceremony #authentic to them.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Family #Relationships #Representation #Culture #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/shaye-amanda-scott-renew-vows-mormon-trans#rebelltitem1