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The Qingming Festival, also called Tomb-Sweeping Day or Clear Brightness Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors. Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper. The holiday recognizes the... Read More |
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Chakri Day celebrates the founding of the still-reigning Chakri royal dynasty back in 1782. |
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Thai New Year marks a period of renewal with massive, nationwide water fights that symbolize cleansing bad luck. Alongside the famous, energetic street water battles in cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai, the holiday includes essential cultural rituals like visiting temples, pouring water on Buddha statues, and honoring elders. 
Holocaust Remembrance Day - A day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. |
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"Women Emancipation Day". The birthday of Kartini, an Indonesian women's rights activist. |
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Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first held on April 22, 1970. |
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The Gathering of Nations is the largest powwow in North America, and one of the most prominent Native American gatherings. It brings together members of Native American tribes from across the continent to celebrate their cultures through traditional dances, music, singing, visual arts, and horsemanship. While there, you can enjoy performances, support Indigenous artists, grab some... Read More |
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Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". |
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Freedom Day in South Africa commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, was allowed to vote. |
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International Dance Day is celebrated annually on April 29 to promote the art form, honor its diversity, and celebrate its ability to bring people together. Initiated in 1982 by the UNESCO International Theatre Institute, it marks the birthday of modern ballet creator Jean-Georges Noverre.
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Showa Day is a public holiday in Japan held on April 29. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito), the reigning emperor from 1926 to 1989. |
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The Celts of the British Isles believed May 1 to be the most important day of the year, when the festival of Beltane was held. Welcoming a change of season (spring in the Northern Hemisphere), symbolic fire was one of the main rituals of the festival, helping to celebrate the return of life and fertility... Read More |
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