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Other Esperanto "holidays"?

by patrik, December 15, 2010

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Miland (User's profile) December 15, 2010, 6:41:25 PM

They're all important dates, but tradition has Esperantists celebrate the 15th December, so bonan Zamenhof-tagon!

That said, I haven't done anything to celebrate it, but here's an idea: I recently got interested in Tangrams. Perhaps an Esperanto set could be designed by using green coloured pieces, like the attached pic I just made using Windows Paint. Readers may like to suggest E-o symbols to go on some of the pieces and submit suggested revisions of the design, like a lighter green verda stelo on the square and la melono on the parallelogram, or perhaps straddling the boundary of the two large triangles..

erinja (User's profile) December 15, 2010, 7:26:21 PM

jan aleksan: It make sense, but note that july the 26th can occur during a summer esperanto event. Next year it will be during UK. Doesnt it a great occasion too?
I don't know anyone who celebrates summer holidays on the same scale as Christmas. Most offices have a holiday party in December. Not so many offices seem to have a party for a summer holiday, at least here in the US. Some companies do have a summer picnic but it's not nearly as many as the companies who have a holiday party in the winter, and it's not nearly as formal.

robbkvasnak (User's profile) December 15, 2010, 11:46:13 PM

We can celebrate both days! I'll toast to that! Sanon!

rusto (User's profile) December 15, 2010, 11:59:44 PM

On this subject, I tend to agree with erinja. I think it is largely due to the fortuitous timing of Zamenhof's birthday and not any desire to fetishize him. This is a season where a lot of people want to feel a sense of togetherness. Summer holidays are more about fun, but winter holidays are about being together with friends and family.

3rdblade (User's profile) December 16, 2010, 12:51:08 AM

I agree with robbkvasnak. Por somero vino, varmmedo en vintro!

(Wine for summer, warm mead in winter)

Brajchjo (User's profile) December 16, 2010, 1:10:02 AM

In Britain we have already started to celebrate 26th July with lots of positive external publicity. See http://www.esperantolobby.net There's also an Esperanto Week in the lead up to our national conference.

The outside world still looks on Esperanto speakers as some sort of sect. It's a shame that many Esperanto speakers do not realise this negative aspect and still try to deify Zamenhof to the general public and portray us as an inward-looking sect.

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