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April Fools' Day
annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes
Koliada
Slavic folk festival, incorporated into Christmas
Slavic culture • Poland • Russia • Belarus • Ukraine • Czech Republic • Slovenia • Bulgaria • North Macedonia • Croatia • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Montenegro • Serbia • Kosovo • Kingdom of Bohemia • Silesia • Macedonia • Great Moravia
National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine
Fukushima Prefecture
prefecture of Japan
The Emperor's Birthday
national holiday in the Japanese calendar
Saint Blaise's feast day
Slavic folk Christian saint's feast day
Poland • Russia • Belarus • Ukraine • Czech Republic • Slovakia • Bulgaria • Serbia • Republic of Serbian Krajina
Chiba Prefecture
prefecture of Japan
Labor Thanksgiving Day
national holiday in Japan
Independence Day
United States holiday held on July 4 to mark the Declaration of Independence
Day of Euskadi
public holiday to commemorate the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country
Holodomor Memorial Day
annual commemoration for victims of the Ukrainian famine of 1932–33
Nagasaki Kunchi
festival in Nagasaki, Japan
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan
Tado Festival
Japanese festival
Gunma Prefecture
prefecture of Japan
Tottori Prefecture
prefecture of Japan
Foreign Legion
corps of the French Army
Teachers' Day
day for the appreciation of teachers
September 10 (People's Republic of China), September 11 (Argentina), October 5 (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bangladesh, United Kingdom, Germany, Cameroon, Canada, Qatar, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mauritius, Maldives, Myanmar, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Russia, Romania, North Macedonia, Philippines and Estonia), November 24 (Turkey), first Sunday in October (Soviet Union, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia and Ukraine), February 28 (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Libya, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia), last Friday in October (Australia), March 7 (Albania), October 15 (Brazil), November 20 (Vietnam), January 30 (Greece), September 5 (India), November 25 (Indonesia), May 2 (Iran), 12 Ordibehesht (Iran), November 27 (Spain), September 10 (People's Republic of China), September 28 (Taiwan), May 15 (South Korea), May 15 (Bolivia), February 24 (Oman), October 14 (Poland), first Friday in September (Singapore), March 28 (Slovakia), January 16 (Thailand), October 1 (Uzbekistan) and May 16 (Malaysia)
Capitol Steps
American political satire comedy troupe
Saint Andrew's Day
feast day
National Day of Catalonia
public holiday in Catalonia
German Unity Day
National Day of Germany
Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
national anthem of Ukraine with lyrics by Pavlo Chubynskyi and music by Mykhailo Verbytskyi
Defender of the Fatherland Day
holiday observed in several former republics of the Soviet Union
Pontifical Swiss Guard
De facto military of the Vatican City
Battle of Cannae
major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
Portugal Day
Portugal National day
Samhain
Gaelic festival
Hanukkah
Jewish holiday
Mawlid
birthday of prophet Muhammad
National List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Iraq
Battle of Manzikert
battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuq Turks in 1071
Utsunomiya
capital city of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Walpurgis Night
Germanic festival celebrating the start of summer
Hitotsubashi University
national university in kunitachi-city, Tokyo, Japan
Saturnalia
ancient Roman festival in December
Europe Day
celebration in honor of peace and unity in Europe (official day in the European Union)
Songkran
traditional Thai New Year's holiday based on the sidereal year
Sanja Matsuri
Shinto festival in Japan
Yom Kippur
primary holy day in Judaism, tenth day of the new year
Purim
Jewish holiday and tradition, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the month Adar
Saint Patrick's Day
cultural and religious celebration on 17 March
Saint George Day
Feast day of Saint George
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese television program by NHK
Novruz
Celebration of spring in Kurdistan and other countries
Turkey • Azerbaijan • Kazakhstan • Uzbekistan • India • Iran • Iraq • Kyrgyzstan • Pakistan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Afghanistan • Achaemenid Empire
National List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Iraq
Day of the Dead
Mesoamerican and South American festival
Memorial Day
federal holiday in the United States of America for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
Old New Year
informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calenda in Eastern Europe, Wales (as Hen Galan), Switzerland (as Alter Silvester), etc.
Halloween
a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October
Our Lady of Zeitoun
Marian apparition that occurred in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt, beginning 1968
Victory Day
public holidays in Russia and ex-USSR
Russia • Belarus • Ukraine • Moldova • North Macedonia • Azerbaijan • Georgia • Kazakhstan • Montenegro • Uzbekistan • Armenia • Serbia • Israel • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Republika Srpska • Soviet Union • South Ossetia • Republic of Artsakh • Transnistria • Republic of Abkhazia
Narita
city in Chiba prefecture, Japan
Day of the Flemish Community
Belgian annual observance on 11 July
Chagu Chagu Umakko
horse festival in Morioka, Japon
Singmogil
annual holiday in South Korea
Memorial Day
South Korean public holiday commemorating those who died while in military service during the Korean War and others
College Scholastic Ability Test
South Korean standardized test
Gaecheonjeol
public holiday in South Korea
Leif Erikson Day
annual observance on October 9 in honor of the Norse explorer Leif Erikson
Gwangbokjeol
public holiday in North and South Koreas (15th of August), celebrating the surrender of the Japanese Empire (which had annexed Korea) at the end of the Second World War
Hangul Day
public holiday in North Korea (15th January) and South Korea (9th October)
Pepero Day
Annual holiday in Republic of Korea
Parents' Day
one of several holidays dedicated to parents
Australia Day
national holiday of Australia on 26 January
Sechseläuten
Zürich spring holiday
Kingdom Day
commemoration of the signing of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Angam Day
Holiday in Nauru
Parentalia
Roman feast of familias en la que sucedía antes q las de Lemuria.
Railway Workers' Day
no description
Japan • Poland • Russia • Belarus • Moldova • Bulgaria • Kazakhstan • Uzbekistan • Kyrgyzstan • Taiwan • Thailand • South Korea
Col de l'Iseran
mountain pass
June 13, 2005, June 13, 2006, June 13, 2008, June 12, 2009, October 22, 2009, June 15, 2010, May 28, 2011, November 7, 2011, June 8, 2012, October 31, 2012, June 21, 2013, June 6, 2014, November 3, 2014, June 5, 2015, November 18, 2015, June 11, 2016, November 3, 2016, June 9, 2017, October 23, 2017, June 23, 2018, September 30, 2018, June 8, 2019, October 31, 2019, June 6, 2020, September 24, 2020, June 11, 2021, October 29, 2021, May 31, 2022, November 1, 2022 and June 23, 2023
Village Halloween Parade
parade held every Halloween in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, U.S.
Feralia
last day of the Parentalia feast
Icelandic National Day
annual holiday in Iceland
Zinneke Parade
multicultural parade in Brussels, Belgium
Kanamara Matsuri
annual festival in Kawasaki, Japan
Jackie Robinson Day
major League Baseball event honoring Jackie Robinson
Notting Hill Carnival
annual street festival in London
kakizome
calligraphy term
Vasaloppet
annual cross-country skiing competition in the municipalities of Malung-Sälen, Älvdalen and Mora in Sweden
Day of the Little Candles
traditional holiday in Colombia
Victory over Japan Day
day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II
Saint Lucy's Day
Christian feast day dedicated to Lucy of Syracuse and observed on 13 December
Debrecen Flower Carnival
no description
Jidai Matsuri
traditional Japanese festival in Kyoto
Tết
Vietnamese New Year celebration
Ganesh Chaturthi
multi-day Hindu festival revering god Ganesha (August–September)
National Prayer Breakfast
annual event held in Washington, D.C.
Independence Day
national day of Israel
Armed Forces Flag Day
Flag Day of India
Norwegian Constitution Day
public holiday in Norway on May 17: celebration of the Constitution of 1814
Culture Day
national holiday in Japan
Burns supper
Celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns
Bärzeli
winter tradition in Switzerland
Russian Ground Forces
land forces of the Russian Armed Forces
Patriot Day
United States public holiday commemorating the September 11 attacks on the United States
Saint Joseph's Day
Catholic festival to remember Joseph, husband of Mary
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars
ritual and festive event celebrated in the village of Semezhava in the Minsk region of Belarus – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009
Kwanzaa
African-American holiday
Ólavsøka
national day of the Faroe Islands, Denmark
Anzac Day
national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand on April 25
Yom HaShoah
Israel's day of commemoration for the Jews who perished in the Holocaust
Royal Hungarian Army
1922-1945 land warfare branch of Hungary's military
Kawagoe
city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Bastille Day
French National Day
Kyoto University
national university located in Kyoto, Japan
Vienna New Year's Concert
no description
Columbus Day
national holiday celebrating the arrival in and subsequent colonization of the Americas by Christopher Columbus
Novemberkåsan
annual November enduro-motorcycle competition in Sweden
Knowledge Day
day when the school year traditionally starts
Mid-Autumn Festival
East Asian (Sinosphere) harvest festival
Alaska Day
U.S. holiday commemorating the Alaska Purchase
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