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• Today, Reserva de la Familia® by Jose Cuervo, the award-winning pinnacle of the Cuervo portfolio, proudly announces its 2024 collector’s box, designed by celebrated Mexican sculptor, goldsmith, and leatherer Ana Pellicer.
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  Reserva de la Familia 2024 Extra Añejo Collector’s Box (PHOTO CREDIT: Proximo Spirits)
  A legacy that spans nearly three decades, the Jose Cuervo collaboration with globally celebrated Mexico-based artisans has resulted in nearly thirty uniquely crafted limited-edition Reserva de la Familia Extra Añejo collector’s boxes.
• Only the most flavorful inner portions, or piñas, of six- to nine-year-old agaves are used when crafting Reserva de la Familia Extra Añejo.
• This delightful discovery heralds a new opportunity to add more limited-edition designs from Reserva de la Familia to an aficionado’s collection.

• FRANKLIN, Tenn., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today announced that the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid was honored with the 2024 MotorWeek Drivers' Choice Award for Best Small Utility.
• They gave the Outlander the Plug-in Hybrid treatment well before anyone else, and this year, the Outlander Plug-in Hybrid attains its well-deserved recognition by securing the Best Small Utility choice award for the first time."
• The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid has consistently received acclaim from both automotive experts and consumers alike.
• In addition to the MotorWeek Drivers' Choice Award, the Outlander Plug-in Hybrid has clinched two consecutive Green Car Journal Family Green Car of the Year awards.

• GRAMMY House is presented by Mastercard and runs from Thurs, Feb. 1, 2024, to Sat, Feb. 3, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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  “I am so excited for this second installment of GRAMMY House,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy.
• GRAMMY House concludes with the debut of Academy Proud – the Recording Academy’s new initiative dedicated to uplifting the LGBTQIA+ community.
• The Recording Academy will honor the 2024 Class of #GRAMMYsNextGen Ambassadors and Advisors with a private Power Brunch to celebrate the year’s successes.

• The Mari Lwyd, meaning “grey (or pale) mare”, is a Christmas and new year custom in areas of south Wales dating back to the 18th century.
• A horse’s skull is placed on a pole and covered in a white sheet, decorated with ribbons.
• A person, concealed under the sheet, carries the pole and operates the horse’s jaw, making it snap.
• It may be linked to other folk performances found elsewhere in Britain and Ireland, including the hobby-horse tradition.

Plygain

• Deriving from the Latin “pullicantio” (cock crow), the plygain (pronounced “plug-ine”), was an early-morning service originally held on Christmas Day in parish churches and then also in nonconformist chapels, beginning in candlelight and continuing into daylight.
• After a congregational hymn, a reading and a prayer, the vicar or minister will announce, “Mae’r blygien yn awr yn agored” (the plygain is now open).
• The plygain ends with the spine-chilling sound of Carol y Swper (the Supper Carol), when all the men in the congregation come forward to sing.

Revival and reinvention

• This has helped to renew interest in both traditions.
• The museum hosts annual Mari Lwyd performances, while many a Cardiff pub-goer will likely be startled by the sudden appearance of a snapping horse’s skull.
• The practice has evolved over time – visits can be pre-arranged, participants will sing from song sheets, the Mari may even be made of cardboard.
• Today, the Mari (in various guises) is thriving, and can be found as far afield as the USA and Australia.

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