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(28) Feast of the Apostles St. Peter and St. PaulThe feast is celebrated in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches on June 29th.
(29) Tonsure is the complete or partial removal of head hair for religious reasons.(30) Peak of Teide is the highest elevation (3,715 m above sea level) on the island of Tenerife and, at 7,500 m above sea level, the third highest island volcano in the world.(31) Zenit(h) The zenith is the upwardly extended vertical direction of a location.(32) Flying Fish are bony fish from the order of garfishes, which, with their wing-like fins, are equally well adapted to gliding through water and air.(33) Tropic of Cancer The Northern (Tropic of Cancer) and Southern (Tropic of Capricorn) tropics run parallel to the equator at 23° 16' 05" north and south.(34) Red Dysenterie is a diarrheal disease with colic-like abdominal pain and frequent stools, usually mucous and containing blood.(35) Equator The equator of a planet or other rotationally symmetrical celestial body is the great circle assumed on its surface, on whose plane (the equatorial plane) the axis of rotation is perpendicular. The earth's surface is divided by the equator into a northern and a southern half.(36) Neptune Baptism The equator baptism (also: line baptism or Neptune baptism) is a ritual used by sailors around the world when a crew member or passenger crosses the equator for the first time at sea. For children and young people it is held as a Neptune baptism in a kind of fun baptism onshore.(37) Seestorch(38) Rio de Janeiro In 1808, the Portuguese royal household moved to Rio de Janeiro due to Napoleon's forces marching on Lisbon. In 1815 the city became the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. In 1822 the Portuguese royal household returned to Portugal and Brazil declared itself an independent empire under Prince Dom Pedro de Alcântara. In 1889, Brazil became a republic after a military coup.(39) Sugarloaf Mountain is a 396 m high, steep-sided rock on the Urca Peninsula at the western entrance to Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro.