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| x Western Christian Holiday | Holy Saturday | ||
| Good Friday | |||
| Maundy Thursday | |||
| Easter | |||
| Presentation of Jesus at the Temple | |||
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| x UK Legal Holiday | Election Day (UK) | ||
| x Massachusetts Holiday | |||
| x Biblical holiday | |||
| x Jewish holiday |
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Erev Rosh Hashanah |
Jewish holidays are days observed by Jews as holy or secular commemorations of important events in Jewish history. In Hebrew, Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called yom tov (Yiddish: yontif) (lit., "good day") or...
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| Tisha B'Av | |||
| Tenth of Tevet | |||
| Yom Kippur | |||
| Rosh Hashanah | |||
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| x Islamic holiday | Eid ul-Adha |
Islamic holidays In Islam there are two major annual holidays: Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha.
Eid (ﾹﾊﾯ) is the Arabic word for feast.Eid ul-Fitr (ﾹﾊﾯ ﾧﾄﾁﾷﾱ) is the holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan and the month-long fast. During...
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| 1st day of Eid ul-Adha | |||
| x US Federal holiday | Presidents' Day |
In the United States, a federal holiday is a public holiday recognized by the United States federal government. Non-essential federal government offices are closed. All federal employees are paid for the holiday; those who are required to work on...
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| Christmas | |||
| Thanksgiving | |||
| Veterans Day | |||
| Columbus Day | |||
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| x Communist holiday | May Day | ||
| x Pagan holiday | May Day | ||
| x International holiday | New Year's Eve |
An international holiday would be something like Earth Day. Or maybe Moon Day.
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| New Year's Day | |||
| Earth Day | |||
| World Backup Day | |||
| International Workers' Day | |||
| x Parody |
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
A parody ( /ˈpærədi/; also called pastiche, spoof, send-up or lampoon), in current use, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric...
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| x Secular Holiday | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
A non-religious holiday.
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| April Fool's Day | |||
| National Joe Day | |||
| x US holiday | Groundhog Day | ||
| x UK holiday | Mothering Sunday | ||
| x US trading holiday | New Year's Day | ||
| x Civic holiday | Cesar Chavez Day |
A civic holiday, civil holiday, public holiday, legal holiday, or work holiday is a day that is legally recognized and celebrated as a holiday in a particular sovereign state or jurisdictional subdivision of such, e.g., a state or a province. It is...
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| Texas Independence Day | |||
| Casimir Pulaski Day | |||
| Evacuation Day | |||
| Evacuation Day | |||
| x National Day |
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Australia Day |
The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation or non-sovereign country. This nationhood can be symbolized by the date of independence, of becoming republic or a significant date for a patron saint or a...
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| Bangladeshi Independence Day | |||
| Independence Day | |||
| Canada Day | |||
| Yom Ha'atzmaut | |||
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| x Traditional Chinese holidays | Double Ninth Festival |
The traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of Chinese culture. Many holidays are associated with Chinese mythology and folklore tales, but more realistically, they probably originated from ancient farmer rituals for celebrating harvests...
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| Chinese New Year | |||
| Dragon Boat Festival | |||
| Qingming Festival | |||
| Lantern Festival | |||
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| x Holidays in the Republic of China |
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Holidays in Taiwan refers to the holidays and festivals observed in the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China. Includes both official holidays defined by the Republic of China government and traditional holidays.
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| x Public holidays in the People's Republic of China |
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There are currently seven official public holidays in the mainland territory of the People's Republic of China. There was a major reform in 2008, abolishing the Labour Day Golden Week and adding three traditional Chinese holidays (Qingming Festival,...
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| x Public holidays in the Republic of China |
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The following are considered holidays in Taiwan (Republic of China, or ROC). Some are official holidays, some are not:
The following holidays are also observed on Taiwan, but are not official holidays observed by civil servants of the central...
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| x Public holidays in Hong Kong |
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Public holidays in Hong Kong are holidays designated by the Government of Hong Kong. They allow workers rest from work, usually in conjunction with special occasions.
The 17 public holidays (Chinese: 公眾假期), also called Bank Holidays (Chinese: 銀行假期),...
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| x Israeli National Holiday | Jerusalem Day | ||
| Yom Ha'atzmaut | |||
| Yom Hazikaron | |||
| Yom HaShoah | |||
| x Humorous Holiday | Square root day | ||
| Pi Day | |||
| Mole Day | |||
| x Bank Holiday | Saint Patrick's Day |
A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for...
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| x Hindu Holiday | Ugadi | ||
| Holi | |||
| x American Revolution |
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Patriots' Day |
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They...
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| x Scientology holidays |
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L. Ron Hubbard Exhibition Day |
There are many holidays, commemorations and observances in the Church of Scientology, including:
This is a major holiday for Scientology's many Celebrity Centres, highlighting their achievements and celebrating their existence. The date is...
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| x Senegal Holiday | Senegal Independence Day | ||
| x Australian Holiday | ANZAC Day | ||
| x The Netherlands National Holidays, | Koninginnedag |
The Netherlands has 9 main holidays. The first one is New Years Eve or Nieuwjaar ￢ﾀﾜ. Their New Years Eve is just the same as ours except theirs is at a much different time. Their second holiday is Easter or Pasen which is in March and April. This...
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