Holidays and festival

1. Festivals around the world

2. January 1st

3. February 14th

4. March 17th

5. March / April

6. April 1st

7. 2nd Sunday in May

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2 Sunday in May

8. 3rd Sunday of June

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3 Sunday of June

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July 4th

10. 31st October

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31 October

11. 4th Thursday of November

12. 25th December

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25 December

13. Other festivals around the world

14. Holi

15. Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month, Usually February/ March

• Holi (होली), is a religious spring
festival celebrated by Hindus.
Holi is also known as festival of
Colours. It is primarily observed
in India, Nepal, Pakistan,1 and
countries with large Indic
diaspora populations following
Hinduism,

16. Chinese new year January/ February

17. Diwali

18. Diwali is an official holiday in India,4 Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia,

Diwali is an official holiday in India,4 Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana,
Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia,
Singapore,5 and Fiji.6
• Diwali (also spelled Devali in
certain regions) or
Deepavali,note 1 popularly
known as the "festival of
lights," is a festival celebrated
between mid-October and midDecember for different reasons

19. Ramadan

20. September

• Ramadan (Arabic: , IPA: ; variations
Turkish: ) is the ninth month of the
Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or
30 days. It is the Islamic month of
fasting, in which participating
Muslims refrain from eating,
drinking, smoking and sex during
daylight hours and is intended to
teach Muslims about patience,
spirituality, humility and
submissiveness to God

21. Sankranti

22. January

• Sankranthi, or Sankranti, is a
festival that signifies the
beginning of the harvest season
for the farmers of India.
Usually In January

23. Bun Bang Fai

24. 2nd week of May

nd
2 week of May
• The rocket festival, known in Thai as 'Bun
Bang Fai,' is an ancient local festival that
has been carried out continuously till
modern times. It is popularly celebrated in
Yasothon, a province in Thailand's
northeast, and is usually held in the
second week of May.
In Thailand, the month of May is the
beginning of the rainy season and farmers
are ready to begin planting their rice fields

25. Eve

• If you see the word Eve after
the word Christmas Eve or New
years Eve then this is actually
the Day before those days, i.e
• December 24th and December
31st

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By Sean
Flynn