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What happens once every four years and can bring anything from unbridled joy to thoughts of inescapable curses? One rather happy German tradition gets a new twist every four years, though not directly on February 29. In Taiwan, for example, the year with an extra day is deemed unlucky because many believe that elderly parents are more likely to die every four years. It hosts an annual, multi-day leap year festival with origins in the friendship between so-called "29-ers" Mary Ann Brown and Birdie Lewis, who pitched the idea to the town council in 1988. Brown contacted local governors and the event has since found success as the town now proclaims itself to be the "Leap Year Capital of the World," hosting people from across the globe.
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