Dateline: Tue, 28 Nov 2006
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: “SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — aethereal FORGE announces that Ninja lovers around the world will be celebrating the fourth annual Day of the Ninja this December 5. On this day, individuals are encouraged to dress up like ninja, participate in ninja-related activities, and spread ninja propaganda via the Internet.”
A R T I C L E:
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — aethereal FORGE announces that Ninja lovers around the world will be celebrating the fourth annual Day of the Ninja this December 5. On this day, individuals are encouraged to dress up like ninja, participate in ninja-related activities, and spread ninja propaganda via the Internet.
The Day of the Ninja was created in 2003 as a response to that year’s December 5 release of the Tom Cruise film entitled The Last Samurai (which featured a scene where samurai battled ninja). On a larger scale, the holiday is seen as a response to the popular International Talk Like a Pirate Day, celebrated every September 19.“There is a popular Internet meme that establishes a rivalry between pirates and ninja,” said Michael Fiegel, creator of the Day of the Ninja. “Pirates are loud, flashy, rude and crude, and ninja represent the extreme opposite. It only seems fair that they should each get their own holiday.”
For obvious reasons, the Day of the Ninja is not called “International Talk Like a Ninja Day,” as ninja are known for silence rather than speech. Alternative names for the holiday have crept up however, with some referring to the day as “Walk Like a Ninja Day” or “Creep Like a Ninja Day.”
This year’s Day of the Ninja will also mark the long-awaited release of the Ask a Ninja DVD, a compilation of the popular Ask a Ninja podcast from the award-winning askaninja.com website.
For more on the Day of the Ninja, visit www.ninjaburger.com/dotn/.
###
Copyright © 2006 by aethereal FORGE and Send2Press® Newswire, a service of Neotrope® – all rights reserved. Information believed accurate but not guaranteed. Sourced on: freeNewsArticles.com.
• Story Title: December 5 is the Fourth Annual Day of the Ninja – Holiday Started as a Response to International Talk Like a Pirate Day
• REFERENCE KEYWORDS/TERMS: aethereal FORGE, , , Day of the Ninja, Offbeat, , , .
IMPORTANT NOTICE: some content which is considered “old” or “archival” may reference an event which has already occurred; some content possibly considered “advertorial” may also reference a promotion or time-limited/sensitive offering, and in all of these instances certain material may no longer be valid. For notably stale content, you should directly contact the company/person mentioned in the text (aethereal FORGE); this site cannot assist you with information about products/services mentioned in the news article, nor handle any complaints or other issues related to any person/company mentioned or promoted in the above text. Information believed accurate but not guaranteed as of original date of story [Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:41:00 GMT].
USE THIS CONTENT FOR FREE: To use this content in your newspaper, broadcast outlet, news portal, blog/ezine or similar, free of cost, CLICK HERE to learn how.