1211·United Kingdom
The Rent Is Six Horseshoes
Every October the City of London pays the Crown six horseshoes, 61 nails and two blades, and a judge in a tricorn hat counts them.
Today’s Story·No. 2·Still Happening
Every June
The Bridge That Has to Be Made Again
Every June four Quechua communities braid a new bridge over the Apurímac out of grass. In 2020 they couldn't, and the river showed what the ritual is for.
HUINCHIRI, PERU
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