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A Palo priest and his ritual objects Palo is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th or early 20th century. It draws heavily upon the traditional Kongo religion of Central Africa, and from Catholicism and from Spiritism. Central to Palo is the nganga, usually made from an iron cauldron. Many nganga are regarded as material manifestations of ancestral or nature deities known as mpungu. The nganga may contain a wide range of objects, among the most important being sticks and human remains, the latter called nfumbe. In Palo, the presence of the nfumbe means that the spirit of that dead person inhabits the nganga and serves the possessor. The nganga is "fed" with the blood of sacrificed animals and other offerings. Palo is most heavily practiced in eastern Cuba although it is found throughout the island and abroad, including in other parts of the Americas such as Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States. Palo adherents have faced problems with police for grave robbery to procure human bones. (Full article...) Recently featured: 1984–85 Gillingham F.C. season A Very Trainor Christmas 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing
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2011 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Peter and Wendy (maintenance), Soviet war in Afghanistan (already appears on February 15, date of Soviet withdrawal), Gaza War (maintenance)
• Swapped out: Hagia Sophia, Flushing Remonstrance (ineligible), Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō, Indonesian National Revolution, Spanish Constitution of 1978
• Swapped in: Second voyage of HMS Beagle (5th appearance, last in 2009), Jana Gana Mana (first appearance), Show Boat (first appearance), Billy Wright (loyalist) (first appearance), 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis (first appearance)

--howcheng {chat} 01:07, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: Second voyage of HMS Beagle; Jana Gana Mana; Show Boat; Billy Wright (loyalist); SGR 1806-20 (ineligible—maintenance); 2007–08 Kenyan crisis
• Included: Hagia Sophia (5th appearance, last in 2010); Ignacy Jan Paderewski (5th appearance, last in 2009); Cave of Swallows (first appearance); Hafizullah Amin (2nd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (2nd appearance, last in 2009)

—howcheng {chat} 06:59, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Spanish Constitution of 1978 (maintenance)
• Omitted: Hagia Sophia; Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Cave of Swallows; Hafizullah Amin; Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
• Included: Manifest destiny (first appearance); Peter and Wendy (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Billy Wright (loyalist) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Ashura protests (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:59, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Manifest destiny; Peter and Wendy; Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō; Billy Wright (loyalist); Ashura protests
• Included: Hagia Sophia (6th appearance, last in 2012); Second voyage of HMS Beagle (6th appearance, last in 2011); Jana Gana Mana (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Hafizullah Amin (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Clonaid (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:38, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Show Boat (maintenance)
• Omitted: Hagia Sophia; Second voyage of HMS Beagle; Jana Gana Mana; Clonaid
• Included: Flushing Remonstrance (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Manifest destiny (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Ignacy Jan Paderewski (6th appearance, last in 2012); Gaza War (2008–09) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Hafizullah Amin (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 22:50, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Manifest destiny; Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Hafizullah Amin; Gaza War (2008–09)
• Included: Second voyage of HMS Beagle (7th appearance, last in 2014); Togoland (4th appearance, last in 2014; 100th anniversary; normally appears on July 20); Cave of Swallows (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Flushing Remonstrance (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:32, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Hagia Sophia (maintenance); Manifest destiny (maintenance); Peter and Wendy (maintenance); Jana Gana Mana (maintenance); Ignacy Jan Paderewski (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Dian Fossey
• Omitted: Flushing Remonstrance; Togoland; Cave of Swallows; Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
• Included: Zwickau prophets (first appearance); Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Billy Wright (loyalist) (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); 2007–08 Kenyan crisis (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary); Bertha of Savoy (first appearance); Hayley Williams (first appearance); Carrie Fisher (first appearance)
• Repeats: Second voyage of HMS Beagle (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:07, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Ashura protests (maintenance)
• Omitted: Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō; Billy Wright (loyalist); 2007–08 Kenyan crisis; Hayley Williams (ineligible—POTD for 2018); Carrie Fisher
• Included: Radio City Music Hall (first appearance); Dian Fossey (first appearance); Gaza War (2008–09) (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Agda Meyerson (first appearance); Chyna (first appearance)
• Repeats: Zwickau prophets (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Second voyage of HMS Beagle (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Bertha of Savoy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Hayley Williams
• Omitted: Zwickau prophets; Second voyage of HMS Beagle; Radio City Music Hall; Dian Fossey; Gaza War (2008–09); Bertha of Savoy; Agda Meyerson
• Included: Flushing Remonstrance (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Manifest destiny (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Peter and Wendy (4th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Cave of Swallows (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Clonaid (2nd appearance, last in 2014); George Whitefield (first appearance); George Cayley (first appearance)
• Repeats: Chyna (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 18:14, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: Manifest destiny; Peter and Wendy; Cave of Swallows; Clonaid; George Whitefield; Chyna
• Included: Zwickau prophets (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Second voyage of HMS Beagle (10th appearance, last in 2018); Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō (4th appearance, last in 2017); Dian Fossey (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (4th appearance, last in 2016); Sviatoslav II of Kiev (first appearance); Hayley Williams (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
• Repeats: Flushing Remonstrance (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); George Cayley (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:17, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Jana Gana Mana
• Omitted: Flushing Remonstrance; Second voyage of HMS Beagle; Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō; Dian Fossey; Assassination of Benazir Bhutto; Sviatoslav II of Kiev; George Cayley; Hayley Williams
• Included: Manifest destiny (4th appearance, last in 2019); Peter and Wendy (5th appearance, last in 2019); Dekulakization (first appearance); 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Anne de Mortimer (first appearance); Ghalib (first appearance); Amy Vanderbilt (first appearance)
• Repeats: Zwickau prophets (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 500th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:49, 28 December 2021 (UTC)