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Karagöz and Hacivat

**Karagöz and Hacivat** is an exclusive single stamp in SLOWLY. This can be purchased in the shop when you visit Turkey.

## Information

**Karagöz** (lit. 'Blackeye' in Turkish) and **Hacivat** (shortened in time from "Hacı İvaz" meaning "İvaz the Pilgrim", and also sometimes written as **Hacivad**) are the lead characters of the traditional Turkish shadow play, popularized during the Ottoman period and then spread to most nation states of the Ottoman Empire. It is most prominent in Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Adjara (autonomous republic of Georgia). In Greece, Karagöz is known by his local name Karagiozis; in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he is known by his local name **Karađoz**.

The central theme of the plays is the contrasting interaction between the two main characters. These are perfect foils of each other: in the Turkish version, Karagöz represents the illiterate but straightforward public, whereas Hacivat belongs to the educated class, speaking Ottoman Turkish and using a poetical and literary language. Although Karagöz is the more popular character with the Turkish peasantry, Hacivat is the one with a level head. Though Karagöz always outmatches Hacivat's superior education with his "native wit," he is also very impulsive and his never-ending deluge of get-rich-quick schemes always results in failure.

Hacivat continually attempts to "domesticate” Karagöz, without much progress. According to the Turkish dramaturge Kırlı, Hacivat emphasizes the upper body with his refined manners and aloof disposition, while Karagöz is more representational of "the lower body with eating, cursing, defecation and the phallus." Other characters in the plays are different ethnic characters living under Ottoman domain such as (in the Turkish version) Armenians, Albanians, Greeks, French, and Arabs, each with their unique, stereotypical traits.

Karagöz–Hacivat plays are especially associated with Ramadan in Turkey, whereas they are associated with the whole year in Greece. Until the rise of radio and film, it was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Turkey, while in Greece it continues to be popular and televised.

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## Method

This stamp could be purchased on the shop when you log into your account while inside the country.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Polo

**Polo** is a Limited edition, regional premium stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit United Arab Emirates or certain other locations during their special days, coinciding with a local tournament or event in this sport.

## Information

***Polo*** is a horseback ball game, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called chukkas or "chukkers".

Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The concept of the game and its variants date back from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, originated from equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. The sport was at first a training game for Persian cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular around the world, with well over 100 member countries in the Federation of International Polo, played professionally in 16 countries, and was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1936.

Polo is played professionally in many countries, notably Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Iran, India, New Zealand, Mexico, Pakistan, Jamaica, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and is now an active sport in 77 countries.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

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Melon Day

**Melon Day** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Turkmenistan during this special day.

## Information

**Melon Day** is an annual national holiday in Turkmenistan devoted to festivities to celebrate the country's muskmelon, in particular a recent crossbreed product named "Turkmenbashy melon" (after Turkmenistan's first president), which is praised for its aroma, taste and massive size. It takes place on the second Sunday in August.

This holiday was established by Turkmenistan’s then-President Saparmurat Niyazov in 1994, who preferred to be known as Turkmenbashy (Turkmen: *Türkmenbaşy*), or head of the Turkmen people. The day's celebrations feature a large display of the fruit in all its varieties, as well as a series of dance and music events, in the country's capital, Ashgabat.

In his address to farmers in 2004, President Niyazov said: "Almighty God has turned Turkmen soil into a fertile source of an abundance of the tastiest fruits. Among them are Turkmen melons, which are the result of farmers' hard work and which have a unique taste reminiscent of the fruit of paradise." In newspapers Niyazov was quoted as saying, "The Turkmen melon is the source of our pride. Its taste has no equals in the world, the smell makes your head spin."

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

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Poland

## Information

**Poland**, officially the **Republic of Poland**, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces, covering an area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. Poland has a population of nearly 38.5 million people, and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union.

Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. *Text and image from Wikipedia*.

## Country Stamps Gallery

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Laos

## Information

**Laos**, officially the **Lao People's Democratic Republic** (Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, *Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao*; French: *République démocratique populaire Lao*), is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Vientiane. *Text and image from Wikipedia*.

## Country Stamps Gallery

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Pay respects

**Pay respects** is an exclusive single stamp in SLOWLY. This can be purchased in the shop when you visit Thailand.

## Information

The **Thai greeting** referred to as the *wai* (Thai: ไหว้, pronounced [wâːj]) consists of a slight bow, with the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion. It has its origin in the Indian *Añjali Mudrā*, like the Indian *namaste* and Burmese *mingalaba*. The higher the hands are held in relation to the face and the lower the bow, the more respect or reverence the giver of the *wai* is showing. The *wai* is traditionally observed upon formally entering a house. After the visit is over, the visitor asks for permission to leave and repeats the salutation made upon entering. The *wai* is also common as a way to express gratitude or to apologise.

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## Method

This stamp could be purchased on the shop when you log into your account while inside the country.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Natalicio de Juan Pablo Duarte

**Natalicio de Juan Pablo Duarte** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Dominican Republic during this special day.

## Information

**Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez** (26 January 1813 – 15 July 1876) was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of the Nation. As one of the most celebrated figures in Dominican history, Duarte is considered a national hero and revolutionary visionary in the modern Dominican Republic, who along with military general Ramón Matías Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, organized and promoted La Trinitaria, a secret society that eventually led to the Dominican revolt and independence from Haitian rule in 1844 and the start of the Dominican War of Independence.

Born in a humble working class family in 1813, his desire for knowledge and his dreams of improvement led him to Europe, where he strengthened his liberal ideas. These ideas formulated the outline for establishing an independent Dominican state. Upon returning, he voluntarily dedicated himself to teaching in the streets, improvising a school in his father's business, determined that the people of his era assimilate his ideals of revolutionary enlightenment.

Duarte became an officer in the National Guard and a year later in 1843 he participated in the "Reformist Revolution" against the dictatorship of Jean-Pierre Boyer, who threatened to invade the western part of the island with the intention of unifying it. After the defeat of the Haitian President and the proclamation of the Dominican Republic in 1844, the Board formed to designate the first ruler of the nation and elected Duarte by a strong majority vote to preside over the nation but he declined the proposal, while Tomás Bobadilla took office instead.

Duarte helped inspire and finance the Dominican War of Independence, paying a heavy toll which would eventually ruin him financially. Duarte also disagreed strongly with royalist and pro-annexation sectors in the nation, especially with the wealthy caudillo and military strongman Pedro Santana, who sought to rejoin the Spanish Empire. From these struggles, Santana emerged victorious while Duarte suffered in exile, despite coming back a few times, Duarte lived most of his remaining years in Venezuela until his death in 1876.

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Kaminarimon

**Kaminarimon** is a location stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit **Japan**.

## Information

"***The Kaminarimon*** (雷門, "Thunder Gate") is the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the inner being the Hōzōmon) in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The gate, with its lantern and statues, is popular with tourists. It stands 11.7 m tall, 11.4 m wide and covers an area of 69.3 m2.

The first gate was built in 941, but the current gate dates from 1960, after the previous gate was destroyed in a fire in 1865. "

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Holi

**Holi** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit India during this special day .

## Information

**Holi** ( /ˈhoʊliː/) is a popular ancient Indian festival, also known as the **"Festival of Love"**, the **"Festival of Colours"** and the **"Festival of Spring"**. The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha Krishna. It also signifies the triumph of good over the evil, as it celebrates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu. It originated and is predominantly celebrated in India and Nepal but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent.

Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the blossoming of love and for many, it is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. The festival also celebrates the beginning of a good spring harvest season. It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon Day) falling in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which falls around the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first evening is known as **Holika Dahan** (burning of Demon Holika) or **Chhoti Holi** and the following day as Holi, **Rangwali Holi**, **Dol Purnima**, **Dhuleti**, **Dhulandi**, **Ukuli**, **Manjal Kuli**, **Yaosang**, **Shigmo** or **Phagwah**, **Jajiri**.
Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi (Dhuleti) – a free-for-all festival of colours, where people smear each other with colours and drench each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children, and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, parks, outside temples and buildings. Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes come together to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. In the evening, people dress up and visit friends and family.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Puerto Rican Hibiscus

**Puerto Rican Hibiscus** is a location stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit **Puerto Rico**.

## Information

"***The Puerto Rican Hibiscus***, or Thespesia grandiflora is a tree in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade. Its common name is maga. This tree is widely distributed throughout Puerto Rico where it is endemic.

Although originally endemic to the humid mountains of limestone in the western and north-central portions of the Island, today it grows everywhere in Puerto Rico due to its extensive cultivation. It is also grown as an ornamental tree in Florida, Hawaii, Honduras and in various Caribbean islands.

The maga is mostly used as an ornamental plant, but like the related Thespesia populnea its wood is also valued for its durable timber. The flower was declared the national symbol of Puerto Rico on August 7 2019. "

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Pushkar Fair

**Pushkar Fair** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit India during this special day .

## Information

**Pushkar** is a city in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated about 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Ajmer and about 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of Jaipur.
Pushkar fair continues for five days and these five days are a period of relaxation and merry-making for the villagers. This fair time is the busiest time for them, as this is one of the largest cattle fairs in the country. Animals, including over 50,000 camels, are brought from distant places around to be traded and sold. All the camels are washed and adorned, some are shorn to form artistic patterns. Some camels, horses, and cows are colorfully decorated.

In addition to the animal trading market, Pushkar in parallel holds a festival of folk music and dances, ferris wheels, magic shows, horse and camel races and various other traditional sports and team entertainment competitions. While the Pushkar fair is held around the Kartik Purnima that typically overlaps between late October and early November, other seasons feature other sports and festivals for pilgrims who visit the sacred lake.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Her Majesty The Queen

**Her Majesty The Queen** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit United Kingdom during this special day .

## Information

**Elizabeth II** (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and 15 at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch and the longest recorded of any female head of state in history.

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, and their marriage lasted 73 years until his death in April 2021. They had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward.

When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth—then 25 years old—became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (known today as Sri Lanka), as well as Head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth reigned as a constitutional monarch through major political changes such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the decolonisation of Africa, and the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities and withdrawal from the European Union.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Middle of the World Monument

**Middle of the World Monument**  is a location stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit **Ecuador**.

## Information

"***The Middle of the World Monument***  (Spanish: Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 26 km (16 mi) north of the center of Quito. The grounds contain the Monument to the Equator, which highlights the exact location of the Equator (from which the country takes its name) and commemorates the eighteenth century Franco-Spanish Geodesic Mission which fixed its approximate location; they also contain the Museo Etnográfico Mitad del Mundo, Ethnographic Museum Middle of the Earth, a museum about the indigenous people ethnography of Ecuador.

The 30-metre-tall (98 ft) monument was constructed between 1979 and 1982 by Pichincha's Province Council to replace an older, smaller monument built by the Government of Ecuador under the direction of the geographer Luis Tufiño in 1936.[1] It is made of iron and concrete and covered with cut and polished andesite stone."

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Japan

## Information

**Japan** is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Part of the Ring of Fire, Japan spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa.

Tokyo is Japan's capital and largest city; other major cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. *Text and image from Wikipedia*.

## Country Stamps Gallery

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Hero King's anniversary

**Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Vietnam during this special day .

## Information

The **Hùng Kings' Temple Festival** (Vietnamese: *Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương or Lễ hội đền Hùng*) is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month in honour of the Hùng Vương or Hùng Kings. The main festival day, which is a public holiday in Vietnam since 2007, is on the 10th day.

Although the official name is the Death Anniversary of the Hùng Kings (Vietnamese: *Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương*), the festival does not mark any specific date of death for any Hùng King.

The purpose of this ceremony is to remember and pay tribute to the Hung kings who are the traditional founders and first kings of the nation. The festival began as a local holiday, but has become recognized as a national holiday starting in 2007. In 2016, the total number of visitors to the festival numbered seven million.

The ceremony takes place over several days, but the 10th day of the month is considered the most important. A procession starts at the foot of the mountain, and stops at every small temple before reaching the High Temple. Here, pilgrims offer prayers and incense to their ancestors.

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Indian Classical Dances

**Indian Classical Dances** is a serie of stamps in SLOWLY. This can be purchased on the Stamp Store while you visit India.

## Information

**Indian Classical Dances** or ***Shastriya Nritya***, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, the theory and practice of which can be traced to the Sanskrit text *Natya Shastra*. The number of Indian classical dance styles ranges from eight to twelve, or more, depending on the source and scholar. *Text from Wikipedia.*

Indian Classical Dances Serie

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## Method

This stamps serie could be purchased on the Stamp Store when you logged into your SLOWLY account while inside the country.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Magusto

**Magusto** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Portugal during this special day.

## Information

**The "Magosto" or "Magusto"** is the essential Galician and Portuguese autumn pagan origin festival similar to the Gaelic Samhain (or "Samaín" word adapted to the Galician from the Irish Gaelic). In addition to chestnuts and local young wine, various foods have been incorporated such as sausages and other products made from the pig slaughter, which occurs at the same time of year. Traditionally, grilled sardines are also served, a great delicacy in this region.

Chestnut festival is traditionally celebrated in the same grove (*souto*), starting early in the afternoon to collect firewood and chestnuts. One or more bonfires are lit with sticks and pine needles. Young people take to the streets. It was customary for the girls to bring the chestnuts, and for the boys to bring the wine. Chestnuts are roasted on the floor, directly in the fire. Children play and are donned with soot and ash. The adults dance and sing, jumping over the remains of the fire.

In the case of Ourense, the festival is celebrated coinciding with the festivity of its patron, St. Martin of Tours, on November 11 known as St. Martin's Day. It is a widespread custom to go to a nearby mountain (in the case of the city one of the most used for this purpose is Monte Alegre) and light a bonfire in which the pork, sausages and chestnuts will be roasted. The occasion is used to taste the new wine of the harvest.

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Phở

**Phở** is an exclusive single stamp in SLOWLY. This can be purchased in the shop when you visit Vietnam.

## Information

**Phở** is a Vietnamese soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles (*bánh phở*), herbs, and meat (usually beef) (*phở bò*), sometimes chicken (*phở gà*). Pho is a popular food in Vietnam where it is served in households, street stalls and restaurants countrywide. Pho is considered Vietnam's national dish.

Pho originated in the early 20th century in northern Vietnam, and was popularized throughout the world by refugees after the Vietnam War. Because pho's origins are poorly documented, there is disagreement over the cultural influences that led to its development in Vietnam, as well as the etymology of the name. The Hanoi (northern) and Saigon (southern) styles of pho differ by noodle width, sweetness of broth, and choice of herbs.
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## Method

This stamp could be purchased on the shop when you log into your account while inside the country.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Kalpak Day

**Kalpak Day** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Kyrgyzstan during this special day .

## Information

**Kalpak Day (Ак калпак күнү)** is a holiday in honor of the national headdress of the Kyrgyz – the white cap in order to preserve the significance of the national headdress. In order to support national traditions and develop a sense of pride of the Kyrgyz people for their culture.

Ak-kalpak craftsmanship is a traditional Kyrgyz handicraft. The Ak-kalpak is a traditional male hat made with white felt, which bears deep sacral meanings. Ak-kalpak craftsmanship is a cumulative, ever-evolving body of knowledge and skills passed down by craftswomen in the communities concerned comprising felting, cutting and sewing and pattern embroidery. Related knowledge and skills are transmitted via oral coaching, hands-on training and joint making in workshops. More than eighty kinds of Ak-kalpak can be distinguished, decorated with various patterns bearing a sacred meaning and history. Environmentally friendly and comfortable, the Ak-kalpak resembles a snow peak, with four sides representing the four elements: air, water, fire and earth. The four edging lines symbolize life, with the tassels on the top symbolizing ancestors’ posterity and memory, and the pattern symbolizing the family tree. Ak-kalpak unites different Kyrgyz tribes and communities and makes Kyrgyz people recognizable to other ethnic groups. It also fosters inclusivity when representatives of other ethnic groups wear it on holidays or days of mourning to express unity and sympathy. There are workshops all over the country where related knowledge and skills are passed down, and in 2013 a project entitled ‘From generation to generation’ was conducted on traditional Ak-kalpak-making techniques nationwide, resulting in an exhibition and published book.

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo

**Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo** is a location stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit **El Salvador**.

## Information

"***The Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo*** (English: Monument to the Divine Savior of the World) is a monument located on Plaza El Salvador del Mundo (The Savior of the World Plaza) in San Salvador City, El Salvador. It consists of a statue of Jesus Christ standing on top of a global sphere of planet Earth, placed on top of the tall four-sided concrete base pedestal.

It is a landmark located in the country's capital San Salvador. It is a symbol that identifies and represents both El Salvador and Salvadorans throughout the world. "

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Parakram Diwas

**Parakram Diwas** is an exclusive single stamp in SLOWLY. This can be purchased in the shop when you visit India.

## Information

***Netaji* Jayanti** or **Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti**, officially known as **Parakram Diwas** (lit. 'Day of Valour'), is a national event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of the prominent Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. It is celebrated annually on 23 January. He played a pivotal role in Indian independence movement. He was the head of Indian National Army (*Azad Hind Fauj*). He was the founder-head of the Azad Hind Government.

The Forward Bloc and the family members of Subhas Chandra Bose demanded Government of India to declare Netaji Jayanti as **Deshprem Diwas** (Day of Patriotism) and Mamata Banerjee demanded to declare it as **Deshanayak Diwas** (Day of National Hero) and a national holiday. But on 19 January 2021, the government has announced that it will be celebrated as **Parakram Diwas** (Day of Valour) every year. The members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family, the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Left parties in West Bengal reacted sharply to the centre's decision to celebrate the icon's birth anniversary on 23 January as Parakram Diwas and not by the names they had proposed.

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## Method

This stamp could be purchased on the shop when you log into your account while inside the country.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Obelisco de Buenos Aires

**Obelisco de Buenos Aires** is a location stamp in SLOWLY. There is also the Puente de la Mujer stamp which can be unlocked when you visit **Argentina**.

## Information

"The **Obelisco de Buenos Aires** (Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the first foundation of the city."

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## How to obtain it?

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside Argentina. All other Argentinian location stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep them and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Kadooment Day

**Kadooment Day** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Barbados during this special day.

## Information

The last day of Crop Over was named **Kadooment Day** after the festival’s spectacular finale known as the Grand Kadooment. It always falls on the first Monday of August and is a public holiday in Barbados. The Grand Kadooment is a carnival parade featuring calypso bands and revelers in elaborate costumes depicting various themes. The parade begins at the National Stadium and ends at Spring Garden in Bridgetown. It is followed by a massive street party and a fireworks display.

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Iraq

## Information

**Iraq**, officially the **Republic of Iraq** (Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة ٱلْعِرَاق‎ '**Jumhūriīyah al-ʿIrāq'**; Kurdish: کۆماری عێراق‎, romanized: *Komarî Êraq*), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Jordan to the southwest, Syria to the west, Kuwait to the southeast and Saudi Arabia to the south. The capital and largest city is Baghdad. *Text and image from Wikipedia*.

## Country Stamps Gallery

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Indian National Science Day

**National Science Day** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit India during this special day .

## Information

**National Science Day** is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discovery, Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

The celebration also includes public speeches, radio, TV, science movies, science exhibitions based on themes and concepts, debates, quiz competitions, lectures, science model exhibitions and many more activities.

National Science Day is celebrated to spread a message about the importance of science used in the daily life, to display all efforts and achievements in the field of science for human welfare, to discuss all the issues and implement new technologies and to popularize science and technology.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Mongol Archery

**Mongol Archery** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Mongolia during this special day .

## Information

**Naadam** (*literally "games"*) is a traditional festival in Mongolia. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurvan naadam" , "the three games of men". The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery, and are held throughout the country during midsummer. Women have started participating in the archery and girls in the horse-racing games, but not in Mongolian wrestling.

In 2010, Naadam was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.
Mongolian archery is unique for having dozens of *surs* as targets. Each *sur* is a small woven or wooden cylinder. They are placed on top of each other forming a wall three-high, which is approximately 8 inches high by 5 feet wide. Knocking a *sur* out of the wall with an arrow counts as a hit, though knocking a *sur* out of the centre will bring a competitor more points. When the archer hits the target, the judge says *uuhai* which means "hooray". After each hit, an official repairs the damaged wall and makes it ready for the next attempt. Each archer is given four arrows; the team must hit 33 *"surs".* Men shoot their arrows from 75 meters away while women shoot theirs from 65 meters away. Traditionally the archers wear their national clothing (*Deel*) during the competition. All the archers wear leather bracers up to the elbow on their outstretched arm, so that the *deel’s* cuff does not interfere with shooting. The winners of the contest are granted the titles of "national marksman" and "national markswoman".

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Zuthar13

One of Zuthar's previous profile pictures

**Zuthar13**, also known as Connor, is the creator of the Zuthar13 YouTube channel and is the host/main character of the channel's many series and the focus of this wiki. His videos mostly consist of trolling, antics, and skits. Starting in 2019, Zuthar primarily began streaming exclusively on Twitch, drifting away from Garry's Mod related content (and trolling in general). He would infrequently upload GTA highlights or skits to YouTube during this time. In 2021, Zuthar rebranded into a V-tuber variety streamer on Twitch and occasionally uploads highlights onto his YouTube channel.

## History

Zuthar13 created his Youtube channel on November 6th, 2009. His first video is then uploaded on December 29th of that same year with the title "Random Stalker Clear Sky Glitch" and showed exactly that; a glitch in Stalker.

Zuthar would continue to upload gameplay videos until April 16th of 2011, when he would upload his first Garry's Mod video titled "How To Annoy Gmod Roleplayers - S1E1 - And So It Begins". Zuthar would then continue to gain traction from his How To Annoy Gmod Roleplayers series and would eventually focus on specifically creating Garry's Mod related content.

Even after his HTAGR series ended, Zuthar continued to create Garry's Mod skits and trolling videos, meanwhile consistently gaining popularity. Zuthar would also notably interact with fans during sessions of Garry's Mod. However, in early 2016, Zuthar voiced his concerns with fans continually harassing him during filming, and would eventually close server joining off to his donors due to the continued chaos his fans caused. In November of that same year, Zuthar would create a spinoff series of his Gmod RP videos called Purple Team. The series would go on to be one of his most successful yet, and encouraged him to make more skits, but less trolling videos. This was mainly due to Zuthar losing interest in the trolling factor of Garry's Mod.

From 2019 to 2020, Zuthar would begin to more frequently stream on Twitch. While he did occasionally play Garry's Mod, his streams mostly consisted of Grand Theft Auto V Online RP. From this, Zuthar managed to gain a new fanbase surrounding the characters in his GTA RP universe. On August 15th of 2020, Zuthar would upload a short Garry's Mod skit called Bloody Canyon. In it, he announced he would no longer be using his YouTube channel to upload content.

In 2021, Zuthar rebranded himself into a Virtual YouTuber called Lord Commander Chaos. He streams a variety of games as the character, and has uploaded highlights to the Zuthar13 YouTube channel. At some point in the past year, he also unlisted most of his older videos, both Garry's Mod related and not.

A change made to YouTube's unlisting system privated all unlisted videos uploaded before January 1st of 2017. Zuthar's unlisted content has remained up, meaning he likely opted in to keeping his older content available.

## Aliases

* Connor

* Connor the SpedGator - Various episodes

* Zuthar
Las Parrandas

**Las Parrandas** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Cuba during this special day.

## Information

**Parrandas** are traditional carnival-like street parties with origins date back to the 19th century. They take place in northern and central cities of the former Las Villas province (now divided into Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Ávila provinces) in Cuba. Most famous parrandas are celebrated in Remedios colonial city where these festivities were originated. Second most popular are celebrated in Camajuaní, followed in popularity by Vueltas, Zulueta, Chambas, Guayos, El Santo, Taguayabón, Buenavista, Calabazar de Sagua, Zaza del Medio, Falcón, Vega Alta and many more small town of this central region of Cuba.

The celebrations in Remedios are held on Christmas Eve, and last until Christmas Day

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time. It can also be obtained from Time Machine as a random stamp for 25 coins.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Las Posadas

**Las Posadas** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit Mexico during this special day .

## Information

***Las Posadas*** is a *novenario* (an extended devotional prayer). It is celebrated chiefly in Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Spain, and by Hispanics in the United States. It is typically celebrated each year between December 16 and December 24. Latin American countries have continued to celebrate the holiday, with very few changes to the tradition.
*Las Posadas* derives from the Spanish word *posada* (*lodging*, or *accommodation*) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the *novena*) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
Two people dress up as Mary and Joseph and certain houses are designated to be "inns"; the head of the procession carries a candle inside a paper shade. The actors travel to one house each night for nine nights. At each house, the resident responds by singing a song and the pair are recognized and allowed to enter; the group of guests come into the home and kneel around the Nativity scene to pray (typically, the Rosary). The final location may be a church instead of a home.

Individuals may play the various parts of Mary (María) and Joseph (José), with the expectant mother riding a real donkey, attendants such as angels and shepherds joining along the way, or pilgrims who may carry images of the holy personages instead, while children may carry poinsettias. The procession is followed by musicians, with the entire procession singing posadas such as pedir posada. At the end of each night, Christmas carols are sung, children break open star-shaped piñatas and everyone sits for a feast. The piñatas used during the holiday are traditionally made out of clay.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Jour des Crêpes

**Jour des crêpes** is a Limited edition stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit France during this special day.

## Information

**Jour des crêpes**, also known as the **Candlemas**. In France, Belgium, and Swiss Romandy, Candlemas (French: *La Chandeleur*) is celebrated in the churches on 2 February. It is also considered the day of crêpes. Tradition attributes this custom to Pope Gelasius I, who had pancakes distributed to pilgrims arriving in Rome, but as mentioned earlier one can also see it as a vestige of the custom of Vestal Virgins making offerings of cakes at the time of the Lupercalia.

To celebrate Candlemas, all the candles in the house should be lit. Tradition also says manger scenes should not be put away until Candlemas, which is the last feast of the Christmas cycle.

It is also said that the pancakes, with their round shape and golden color reminiscent of the solar disc, refer to the return of spring after the dark and cold of winter.
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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country during this special day. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
National Martyrs' Memorial

**National Martyrs' Memorial** is a location stamp in SLOWLY. This can be unlocked when you visit **Bangladesh**.

## Information

"***The National Martyrs' Memorial*** (Bengali: জাতীয় স্মৃতি সৌধ Jatiya Smriti Saudha) is the national monument of Bangladesh, set up in the memory of those who died in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which brought independence and separated Bangladesh from Pakistan. The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km north-west of the capital, Dhaka. It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain and built by Concord Group. "

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## Method

This stamp is unlocked by logging into your account while inside the country. Any other local stamps will also be unlocked at the same time.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.
Mongolia

## Information

**Mongolia** is a landlocked country in East Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, where it neighbours the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 square miles), with a population of just 3.3 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign nation. *Text and image from Wikipedia*.

## Country Stamps Gallery

*Additional Reference : Country stamps listing - SlowlyStamps.blogspot*
Koshary

**Koshary** is an exclusive single stamp in SLOWLY. This can be purchased in the shop when you visit Egypt.

## Information

**Koshary**, **kushari** or **koshari** is Egypt's national dish and a widely popular street food. An Egyptian dish that originated during the mid-19th century, the dish combines Italian and Arab culinary elements. Koshary is made of rice, macaroni, and lentils mixed together, topped with a spiced tomato sauce and garlic vinegar and garnished with chickpeas and crispy fried onions. It is often served with sprinklings of garlic juice; garlic vinegar and hot sauce are optional.
Alexandrian koshary is quite different from other koshary recipes, with significant variations in taste and form. the process of cooking includes yellow lentils and rice, it also uses curry and cumin in the rice, which gives the koshary a uniform color. Also included are Egyptian rolled eggs, which are boiled then fried in ghee or butter, as well as lightly pickled tomatoes instead of tomato sauce and French fries on the side.
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## Method

This stamp could be purchased on the shop when you log into your account while inside the country.

You will keep it and be able to send to other penpals even after you return from your trip.