Coming of Age Day (成人の日 Seijin no Hi) is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all […]
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Children’s Day (Japan)
Children’s Day (こどもの日 Kodomo no Hi) is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5 the fifth day of the fifth month and is part of the […]
Greenery Day
Greenery Day (みどりの日 Midori no Hi). The present observation of Greenery Day as a national holiday in Japan stems from the celebration of the Emperor Shōwa’s birthday on April 29 […]
Bon Festival
Obon (お盆) or just Bon (盆) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one’s ancestors. This Buddhist-Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which […]
Slava
The Slava (lit. celebration; Serbian Cyrillic: Слава) also called Krsna Slava (Крсна Слава christened Slava) and Krsno ime (Крсно име christened name) is a Serbian Orthodox Church tradition of the […]
Holi
Holi (English pronunciation: /ˈhoʊliː/) (Sanskrit: होली) is a spring festival also known as the festival of colours and the festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival which […]
Day of Ashura
The Day of Ashura (Arabic: عاشوراء ʻĀshūrā’ colloquially: /ʕa(ː)ˈʃuːra/; Urdu: عاشورہ; Persian: عاشورا; Turkish: Aşure Günü) is on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks a […]
Floralia
In ancient Roman religion the Floralia was a festival in honor of the goddess Flora held April 27 during the Republican era or April 28 on the Julian calendar. In […]
Makar Sankranti
Makara Sankranti is a Hindu festival celebrated in almost all parts of India and Nepal in a myriad of cultural forms. It is a harvest festival. It is the Hindi/Indo-Aryan […]
National Freedom to Marry Day
National Freedom to Marry Day is a non-official United States holiday held annually on February 12 to promote same-sex marriage. The holiday was founded in 1999 by Lambda Legal a […]