Why an Advent calendar?
The Advent calendar has not been around that long. In the meantime, for many it belongs to Christmas like the Christmas tree, especially in the calendar version. The origin of the Advent calendar goes back to the year 1838. Johann Heinrich Wichern must have had enough of the question of when Christmas would finally be. He placed 20 small red candles and four large white candles on an old wagon wheel with a wooden wreath. In the daily Advent services, the children were allowed to light a candle. In the course of time, many Advent calendar forms developed. The aim was always to make the time until Christmas Eve tangible and to increase the anticipation of Christmas.
All door pictures of our calendar show historic doors of Stone Town, Zanzibar. The massive, richly decorated doors are a testimony to Zanzibar's cultural roots. Arabic, Indian and Swahili traditions come together. If you look closely, they tell the story of the original builders of the house.
Our Advent calendar is a little quiz. From December 1 to 24, you will be asked a question every day, about Tanzania, of course. Write down the first letter of the solution word. The 24 letters strung together will give you the solution to the Advent calendar puzzle. On December 25, the solution will be revealed to you.
We wish you from 1 December to 24 December, every day a little joy with our Advent calendar
Open the corresponding Advent calendar door and remember the first letter of the item asked!
A tuft at the end of the tail is a distinct characteristic of this big cat in the picture. The tuft is absent at birth and develops at around 5 1⁄2 months of age. It is readily identifiable by the age of seven months. How is the big cat called?
This dune is a product of the fine ash which has been blown here by the wind during the eruptions of Oldonyo Lengai. It moves from east to west when the wind blows. This half-moon shaped dune is a unique site in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. What is the name of this famous dune?
You see on this picture the largest currently living land animal.
Unfortunately, the greed for ivory continues unabated and their population is endangered by poaching.
They live in almost every protected area of southern and eastern Africa. In the dry months of June to October, they are seen more often than other wildlife in Tarangire National Park.