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Sep
18
Thu
Imilchil Wedding Moussem
Sep 18 @ 12:44 am – Sep 25 @ 1:44 am
Imilchil Wedding Moussem

Like the Cure Salée, the festival held in the High Atlas town of Imilchil is all about livestock and finding a partner. The most famous example of 600-plus moussems, the event is a homecoming celebration for herders who have spent the summer taking advantage of grazing grounds. The cattle fair adds to the chaos created by souqs (markets) and nomadic campgrounds, which look as striking as the surrounding mountains.

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Sep
23
Tue
Autumnal Equinox
Sep 23 all-day

Hello Fall!

Hermanus Whale Festival
Sep 23 @ 12:54 am – Sep 30 @ 1:54 am
Hermanus Whale Festival

Situated near Africa’s southernmost tip, Hermanus has a front-row view of the Cape Whale Route. During migrating season, people flock to the clifftops to glimpse the endangered southern right whale. Given that it overlooks Walker Bay, into which 70 whales have squeezed, the town once took its blubber-related fortune for granted. In an attempt to formalise the clifftop viewing, it started its festival and introduced the Whale Crier. The world’s only such crier, his blasts on the kelp horn are coded to direct eager cetacean-spotters.

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Sep
26
Fri
World Environmental Health Day
Sep 26 @ 12:25 am – 1:25 am
World Environmental Health Day

World Environmental Health Day addresses environmental health inequalities. While environmental health may be concerned primarily with the impacts of environmental stressors on health, these in turn are heavily influenced by and frequently reflect economic and social factors.

Galway Oyster Festival
Sep 26 @ 12:50 am – Sep 28 @ 1:50 am
Galway Oyster Festival

The Galway Oyster Festival is dedicated to Ostrea edulis, the European flat oyster. The local molluscs are left to grow for three years in the clean waters of Brandon Bay and Clarenbridge, blooming into a juicy delicacy. Tens of thousands of the slippery critters are consumed on the Guinness Oyster Trail, on which 30 pubs give out free trays of the seafood with pints of the dark stuff.

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Sep
27
Sat
Ceres and the Moon
Sep 27 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Ceres and the Moon

The moon passes just south of the dwarf planet Ceres in the constellation Libra.

Sep
28
Sun
Saturn and the Moon
Sep 28 @ 12:00 am – 1:00 am
Saturn and the Moon

The moon passes just north of the Saturn in the constellation Libra.

World Rivers Day
Sep 28 @ 12:28 am – 1:28 am
World Rivers Day

World Rivers Day is a global celebration of the world’s waterways. WRD highlights the importance and value of rivers and strives to encourage increased stewardship of the world’s rivers. Go out there and adopt a river 🙂

Vesta and the Moon
Sep 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Vesta and the Moon

The moon passes just south of the asteroid Vesta in the constellation Libra.

Sep
29
Mon
Double shadow transit on Jupiter
Sep 29 @ 12:09 am – 1:09 am
Double shadow transit on Jupiter

The shadows of Europa and Callisto cross the face of Jupiter simultaneously, best seen from India and central Asia.