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Why do we celebrate...
by Rogier and Louise
Have you ever asked yourself why do we celebrate Carnaval every year? Who invented the Easter bunny? How do people celebrate Ramadan differently around the world? What's the tea about Kwanza? If you have, then you're in the right place! Join us as we share the gossip behind the biggest holidays we celebrate every year and discover some new ones we will definitely start celebrating pronto. Welcome to our podcast: Rogier and Louise celebrate.Produced by @esistbaum and groovy music by @majusbeats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Why do we celebrate the Berlin Marathon
This event doesn't celebrate any gods or follow the faces of the moon, but it happens every year, gathers thousands of - we'll say it - absolute fanatics, and literally stops traffic in some of the busiest cities around the globe. What might have started as a delulu military task is today a...
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Why do we celebrate the Paralympics?
Just like Emily, this month's celebration takes us to Paris, France. It's time to celebrate the younger, less flashy sibling of the Olympics—the Paralympics. Join us as we dive into the history of the games, dating back to WWII, its evolution, and the scandals of teams who tried to outsmart the...
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Why do we celebrate Tanabata?
Get ready to step into our spaceship and blast off straight for the stars as we dive into this month's celebration of Tanabata, happening on the 7th day of the 7th month. Think of it as the Asian Valentine's Day—because who says love should be confined to February? Buckle up, make some matcha…
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Why do we celebrate Nowruz?
Why celebrate Nowruz or Persian New Year? Because who needs resolutions when you can jump over bonfires and set fire to negativity? Yes, we know the name might be a bit difficult to pronounce but we will take any excuse to party like it is 3000 BCE! Plus, where else can you find a New Year's…
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Why do we celebrate Carnaval
It's the celebration of all celebrations, the mother of all parties, the wild festa which is well worth sacrificing 40 days of well behaved Lent: it is Carnaval! Celebrated from the beaches of the Caribbean to the cold streets of Cologne, one thing that unites all of those who celebrate this...
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Why do we celebrate Día de Los muertos
When it comes to Aztec culture: death is just the beginning! According to the ancient and rich culture of Día de los muertos, there's not only love after life, as grandma Cher would have it, but four years of mental and physical challenges our souls need to go through just to reach RIP status.…
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Why do we celebrate the Guérewold festival
This episode is so edutaining we created a side chat to talk about it because someone needs to stop it from being this GOOD! Why is it so good, you ask? It's about a male beauty contest! Do we really need to say more? Sit down with us as we put on our National Geographic outfits to learn all…
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Why do we celebrate the International day against nuclear testing?
Hold onto your hashtags, because we're joining the Barbieheimer frenzy and adding our own explosive twist! 💥🔥 Mark your calendars for August 29th as its International Day Against Nuclear Testing. As UN holiday hype maestros, we're uncovering the wild origins of nuclear chaos and the…
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Why do we celebrate San Juan
¡Hola! Time to brush off that conversational level de Español and come celebrate San Juan with us in Barcccelona! This month's celebracíon might be one of our all time favorites: we're talking midnight sun, free coca and unlimited wishes that are GUARANTEED to come true! To help us make you feel...
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Why do we celebrate Buddha's birthday
Hey Buddha, it´s your birthday, we´re gonna party like...we´re monks? That´s right, many of the over 400 million buddhists all over the world put a heart on their calendar between April and May every year to mark the birth of baby Siddhartha. Who dat, you might ask? Only the first ever millennial...
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Why do we celebrate King´s day
One might argue that using taxpayers money to support a family of priviledged individuals with a history of colonialism might not make sense in 2023 (if it ever did). But did you know that, in the Netherlands, taxpayers get a national holiday out of this deal? What´s a few million euros a year…
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Why do we celebrate Saint Patrick´s day
Top of the mornin’ to you! It´s time to put on a green top hat and get all the Irish clichés out of the closet to celebrate the 4th drunkest holiday of the year: Saint Patrick´s day! What started as a religious date in honor of the man credited with getting rid of all of the non-existent snakes…
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Why do we celebrate Black history month
It might be the shortest of them all, but if you ask us, February is the Beyoncé of the year! Picked by visionary, educator, leader and all round amazing individual Dr. Carter G. Woodson to honor black achievements, elevate black stories, and promote black recognition and much needed respect in…
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Why do we celebrate the Chinese lunar new year
Some stories are just classics: boy meets girl, enemies become lovers, evil monster scares vilagers so they team up and create a world wide holiday that is still celebrated by over a 1 billion people to this day. Tale as old as time! Quite literally, actually: the legends behind the lunar new…
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Why do we celebrate Christmas
It might be one of the most cinematographic holidays of all time, but it´s not the most popular! Pour yourself a glass of gluhwein and listen in to find out the history behing Christianity´s second (!) most celebrated day of the year: it´s all about Christmas! Why do we decorate our living rooms...
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Bonus episode: Diwali in Berlin
It´s not because you´re not in India that you can´t celebrate Diwali! The welcoming Indian community of Berlin got together in the city to celebrate the festival of lights in style, even if away from home. We, of course, couldn´t miss out on this action! There was bright lights shinning…
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Why do we celebrate Diwali
Multiple headed demons, power hungry family intrigue, Gods in human form, female patience and empowerment - no, we´re not talking about Star Wars 283824th spin off. Trust us, this story has a lot more unique characters, complex relationships, and more twist plots than anything Hollywood has ever...
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Why do we celebrate Sexual health month
They say sex sells, and we´ve got bills to pay, honey! Also, we all have the social responsibility to raise awareness to the important causes of our time. 2 + 2 put together and we´ve got: an episode about SEXUAL HEALTH! But before we get started, what is sex even? The answer to this question is...
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Why do we celebrate Nelson Mandela day
We are HUMBLED to be able to talk about one of the most inspirational people to ever walk this earth: Nelson Mandela. Down in South Africa, the 18th of July , aka Nelson Mandela´s birthday, is already a holiday, and the rest of the world needs to catch up! Listen to this episode of our podcast to...
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Why do we celebrate Festa junina
Question: how does a celebration move from pagan Roman times to Christian Portugal and then to Brazil and stays exatly the same throughout the years? Trick question: it doesn´t! Festa Junina might have started as a midsummer party back in the olden days, and the Christians might have tried to...
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Why do we celebrate Birthdays
Picture this: you´re getting older, so you get yourself a cake, you gather all your friends, you throw a party to celebrate...and now you´re being hunted by evil spirits, you´re broke because that cake of yours costed a fortune, and you´re not even sure how old you are because no one even knows...
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Why do we celebrate Easter
A passover gone wrong, forbidden eggs, the Australian Bilby, and Julia Fox - so many different elements are part of our Easter tale and we swear it´s all connected and explained in this newest episode of the podcast. For those who are curious even before pressing play, we found out the answers to…
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Why do we celebrate the Holi festival
When was the last time you actually read the fineprint before signing up to something? That´s a mistake people make every day, and thousands and thousands of years ago, in India, boy, did this mistake cause trouble. We´re talking broken families, power games, fire, murder, and the birth of...
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Why do we celebrate weddings
On this "twosday" 22nd of February 2022 we look into Weddings, a celebration when two become one. Interestingly enough we find out that the background of weddings is less about love, and more about wealth, kidnapping, and scaring away those who want to do evil. Join us in understanding the…
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Should we stop celebrating Australia day
On our most traumatizing and brutal episode yet, we discuss the seemlingly innocent yet highly controversial Australia day! Created to honor the day the British invaded Australia (oh, sorry, discovered, yeah, right...), we break down what the date really means not only for Australia today, but…
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Bonus: New Year’s ( with special guest: Emma)
Did you wear a pair of brand new undies yesterday, take a salt bath, or put some jewelry in your champagne while ringing in New Year's? In our extra special Bonus episode for the year 2020, we look at how New Year is celebrated around the world with our first guest ever all the way from India:...
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Why do we celebrate Sinterklaas
Nothing say Christmas like an old man who owns slaves, monsters who are half goat, half demon from the underworld, and kids running around in black face, am I right? Wait, What? Yeah, you read it right - black face. You might never have heard of the celebration of Saint Nicholas, or you might be...
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Why do we celebrate Hanukkah
Can you believe we thought Hanukkah was the Jewish Christmas? How dare we be so clueless about one of the most popular Jewish holidays out there! Shame on us. Scratch that, no shame, because we are here to learn and did we ever. In case you also have some misconceptions about this ancient…
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Why do we celebrate Halloween
Some might say October is the time of light jackets, Apple picking and colorful fall leaves but those people would be LYING, since as we found out during this episode, FALL DOESNT EXIST. What does exist are Celtic ghosts that come back to earth to...give us all the gossip on agriculture? Press…
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Why do we celebrate the Gion Matsuri Festival
A parade that stopped a pandemic? WHAT!? Drop everything and listen to the gossip we have to share on Gion Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals - which means a lot considering the country celebrates 200k festivals every year. This one is basically a matter of public safety, so get comfy…
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Why do we celebrate Pride month
Fashionably late but in time to celebrate PRIDE! Follow our parade as we discover together more about the history of one of the most colorful and joyful months of the year: why do we celebrate pride, why in June, what does the Mafia have to do with it, and to whom should we pay mind (trick…
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Why do we celebrate Mother's day
Have you given your mom flowers today? Well, ask for them back because Mother's day is CANCELLED! No, just kidding: more calls will go out today than in any other day of the year. So the holiday is still very much trending. Should it be though? Because given what found out about its history…
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Why do we celebrate Ramadan
We might be a little late, but it´s still Ramadan! Find out with us why it`s always celebrated on different dates (tip: it has to do with the faces of the moon if you ask us), how and why over 1.8 billion Muslims celebrate it every year, and if we´ll be celebrating it too - but maybe look into…
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Why do we celebrate International women's day
Hop on our celebration bus for a three stops journey on this month's holiday. Find out with us how this date has its roots in New York, Copenhagen, and Saint Petersburg; and what does bread, the Russian revolution, and champagne have to do with it. Spoiler alert: it's all about that sweet, sweet...
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Why do we celebrate Valentine's day
Who was even this Valentine Saint person? What did he do for us to celebrate the holiday of love every year using his names? Why is it celebrated in February, arguably the least sexy month? What do dead dogs and SNM have to do with all that? The answers to those questions and more you find on…
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Have you ever asked yourself why do we celebrate Carnaval every year? Who invented the Easter bunny? How do people celebrate Ramadan differently around the world? What's the tea about Kwanza? If you have, then you're in the right place! Join us as we share the gossip behind the biggest holidays we celebrate every year and discover some new ones we will definitely start celebrating pronto. Welcome to our podcast: Rogier and Louise celebrate.Produced by @esistbaum and groovy music by @majusbeats.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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