List of articles in "Holiday" category - Page 17

Irei no Hi (慰霊の日 lit. the day to console the dead in Japanese) is June 23 the day systematic fighting of Japanese in Okinawa came to an end in 1945 […]

Independence Day in Somaliland is an annual celebration held on May 18 in Somaliland to mark the polity’s declaration of independence from the rest of Somalia a unilateral proclamation which […]

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone […]

Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers (Finnish: kaatuneiden muistopäivä) is the commemoration day on 3rd Sunday of May for the fallen soldiers of the Winter War and Finnish Civil War 1918. […]

Shinjō Matsuri (新庄まつりの山車行事) is a Japanese festival celebrated from 24–26 August in Shinjō Yamagata Prefecture. Mikoshi and approximately twenty floats are drawn through the streets accompanied by shishi odori and […]

National Day of Concorde ((French) Journée nationale de la Concorde Fête nationale de la Concorde) is a national holiday in Niger celebrated every 24 April since 1995.

Hakata Gion Yamakasa (博多祇園山笠) is a Japanese festival celebrated from 1-15 July in Hakata Fukuoka. Its rites centre on Kushida Jinja. Famous for its one ton float-racing it has a […]

The Akita Kantō (秋田の竿灯) is a Japanese festival celebrated from 3–7 August in Akita City Akita Prefecture in hope for a good harvest. Around two hundred bamboo poles five to […]

National veterans’ day (Finnish: kansallinen veteraanipäivä) is a remembrance day for all the war veterans in Finland. It is celebrated on 27 April. On 27 April 1945 the very last […]

Saint George is the patron saint of England and as such is celebrated annually on 23 April the day of his death in 303 AD.Saint George never visited England in […]