Lammas (Christian)
Lammas, or Loaf Mass is a Christian holiday celebrated in some northern countries. Like Lughnasadh, the Celtic holiday which falls on the same day, Lammas is a celebration of the first fruits of the new harvest.
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Emancipation Day – Turks & Caicos Islands
Emancipation Day is a public holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands that commemorates the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
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Emancipation Day – Canada
Emancipation Day celebrates the day in 1834 when the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across the British Empire. Many of us are not always aware that Black and Indigenous Peoples were once enslaved on the land that is now Canada.
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (UN)
There are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5 percent of the world's population, but account for 15 percent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. Indigenous peoples are inheritors and... Read More
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International Youth Day (UN)
International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
