Category: Cultural Diversity

March is a month of rebirth and renewal as spring starts to push back winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Over 300 million people will mark Spring with Persian New Year on March 21st; and Balinese New Year, and the Hindu festival of Holi also brings color and life to this month. Month info: March gets its […]

March 1st: St. David’s Day The National Day of Wales is St. David’s Day and is always observed on March 1st, the traditional date of his death in 589 AD. March 3: Bulgarian Liberation Day This holiday is Bulgaria’s national day and honours the Bulgarian volunteers who, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 with the […]

February 2: Groundhog Day February 2nd each year brings the most-watched weather forecast of the year—and the only one led by a rodent. February 4: Sri Lankan National Day The holiday primarily celebrates Sri Lanka’s independence from British rule on this day in 1948 but is also a day to remember Sri Lanka’s struggle for […]

Whether or not February is a busy month for holidays and festivals rather depends on the phases of the Moon. For instance, this year, the second new moon after December 21st takes place on January 22nd, which means that February misses out on the prestigious Lunar New Year holidays. Month info: February gets it name from […]

In 1986, the Third Monday in January became a Federal Holiday in the USA to honor the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. To mark this day we have collected some of his most famous quotes.

January: New Year’s Day New Year’s Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel January 6: Epiphany Epiphany is an important and widely-observed Christian festival that marks the visit of the Magi (the three wise men) to the infant Jesus. January 7: Orthodox Christmas The […]

January is ushered in with New Year’s Day, which is celebrated with a public holiday for 90% of the world’s population, making it the most widely observed holiday of the year. January is notable for the lack of national days; clearly January wasn’t a good time to ask your colonial powers for your independence. Indeed […]

After the diversity of religious festivals and notable national days during the previous few months, the focus of December is undeniably one holiday – Christmas. This month we take a deeper look at the day when over two billion people (over a third of the world’s population) will celebrate the birth of Christ. Month info: The […]

December 1: Romania Grand Union Day The National day of Romania and celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918. December 2: UAE National Day National Day commemorates formal nationalisation from the British Protectorate Treaties on 2 December 1971. December 5: Thailand Thailand’s National Day commemorates the birthday of the late King of Thailand, […]

November is a month of harvest festivals, some of the oldest holidays, that date back to when ancient farming communities gathered to give thanks for a good harvest, essential in surviving the imminent harsh winter. In addition to American Thanksgiving, this year November also hosts the birthday of the founder of one of the world’s […]