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200 points! Seek 08 June to August all the Chinese and Western festivals

List of holidays in the world

A. United States

1. New Year's Day (New Year's Day), January 1 each year to celebrate the beginning of a new year. Federal holiday for the United States.

2. Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (Abraham Lincoln's Birthday), February 12 every year.

3. St. Valentine's Day (St. Valentine's Day), February 14 every year, also known as "Valentine's Day" (the lovers' day).

4. Washington's Birthday (George Washington's Birthday), February 22 every year.

5. St. Patrick's Day (St. Patrick's Day), March 17 each year, is a tribute to St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

6. Easter Day (Easter Sunday), generally in the spring equinox every year after the full moon on the first Sunday, about March 7th.

7. April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day), April 1 each year, on April 1 by the prank fools called "April fools" (April ools).

8. Mother's Day, celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year, honors mothers. At home children and fathers buy gifts for their mothers

9. Memorial Day (Memorial Day), the last Monday in May every year.

10. National Flag Day, June 14 every year.

11. Father's Day, celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of June every year to honor fathers.

12. Independence Day, July 4 every year.

13. Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a federal holiday in the United States that pays tribute to laborers.

14. Columbus Day, October 12 every year.

15. Halloween (Halloween; Eve of All Saint's Day), October 31 every year.

16. All Soul's Day (All Souls Day), November 2 every year.

17. Veterans Day (Veterans Day), November 11 every year

18. Thanksgiving Day (Thanksgiving Day), the last Thursday of November every year, God's gift of the fall harvest, for the United States of America's federal holiday.

19. Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to elect the President of the United States.

20. Puritan Landing Day (Forefather's Day), December 21 every year.

21. Christmas Day. (Christmas Day), December 25 each year.

2. Denmark

1, New Year

On January 1, the Danes celebrate the beginning of a new year as do people all over the world.

2. Penitential Festival

The end of February.

3. Easter

Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, usually at the end of March or the beginning of April.

4. April Fool's Day

April 1st. April Fools' Day is a traditional Western holiday,

5. International Labor Day

May 1st. This is a traditional holiday for working people and an official holiday in Denmark.

6. A series of religious holidays

With the arrival of summer, Denmark has a series of religious holidays. First, there is the Great Day of Prayer, the fourth Friday after Easter, which is a unique Danish religious holiday that brings together different religious festivals on this day. Then comes Ascension Day, the first Thursday after 40 days of Easter. Then there is Whitsunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which begins in June. In fact, the original religious significance of all these festivals is gone, and in the end, they are meant to give the Danes one relaxing holiday after another during the summer months, when warm sun and blue skies are too rare for the Danes.

7. Constitution Day

June 5th. This is an official Danish holiday commemorating the adoption of the first Danish constitution in l849.

3. Germany

1 Christmas (weihnachten)

The Christmas holiday is December 25th - 26th.

2. New Year's Day (neujahr)

New Year's Day is celebrated mainly on New Year's Eve, the night of December 31st.

3. carnival (karneval/fasching/fastnacht)

Carnival is celebrated around February 10th.

4. Easter (ostern)

Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday and Monday after the full moon in the Spring Festival every year, but the date is not fixed, usually at the end of March and the beginning of April.

5. nationalfeiertag (nationalfeiertag)

The same celebration of the two German holidays, October 3, a day off.

4. France

1. January 6: Emperor's Day.

2, February 2: Feast of St. Wax!

3, April 1: April Fool's Day.

4, May 1: Labor Day and Suzuka Day.

5, July 14: French National Day.

6, France's big holiday began on August 31st. Many factories were closed and a large number of stores were closed.

7, November 1st. It was the Feast of the Underworld.

8, November 25, is St. Katharine's Day, an authentic local Parisian holiday.

9, December 25: Christmas Day.

5, Finland

New Year's Day, January 1

Spiritus, January 6

Spiritus commemorates the apparitions of Jesus.

Good Friday and Easter April

The exact dates follow the Christian calendar. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, and Easter is the first Sunday - Monday - after Good Friday.

May Day April 30 - May 1

Ascension Day May

The first Thursday after the forty days of Easter.

Nativity May or June

The exact date follows the Christian calendar.

Midsummer Day June

Friday - Saturday of the week with the longest day of the year. It used to be on June 24th of each year, but has been changed to the weekend closest to the end of the month.

Halloween November

The Saturday closest to November 1st.

Independence Day December 6

Christmas Day December 24-25

Boxing Day December 26

Boxing Day is the day after Christmas.

Sixth, Canada

1, New Year's Day: January 1

2, Good Friday: the Friday before Easter

3, Easter Day: the first Monday after Easter

4, Victoria Day: May 24 is the anniversary of the Queen's birth, but the holiday date is the first Monday before 25th Monday

5, Canada Day: July 1

6, Citizenship Day: the first Monday in August

7, Labor Day: September 1, but the holiday falls on the first Monday in September

8, Thanksgiving Day: the second Monday of the month

9, Truce Remembrance Day: November 11 is a day to commemorate those who died in the Second World War

9, Truce Remembrance Day: the first Monday after Easter. those who died in World War II

10, Christmas Day: December 25

11, Boxing Day: December 26

seven, Norwegian

New Year's Day January 1st.

Palm Sunday The Sunday before Easter.

Maundy Thursday The Thursday before Easter.

Good Friday.

Easter The -Sunday in April.

Labor Day May 1st.

Ascension Day The first Thursday after 40 days of Easter.

Independence Day May 17th.

Nativity The seventh Sunday after Easter.

Christmas Day December 25

Boxing Day December 26

VIII, Italy

January 1 New Year's Day, also known as: New Year's Day (a non-religious holiday)

January 6 Epiphany, also known as the Feast of the Epiphanies (a religious holiday)

February 14 Valentine's Day (a folk custom holiday)

Valentine's Day. Folk Customs Festival.

February to March Mardi Gras, also known as Thanksgiving (religious holiday)

Mardi Gras, also known as Thanksgiving, is celebrated the day before Lent. It usually falls between March 21 and April 25th. It is determined that Easter is 41 days further ahead as Carnival.

Easter, the celebration of Jesus' death and resurrection three days after his death, is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon on the vernal equinox. It is another important holiday in Italy after Christmas, and is usually a one-week vacation, which people used to take advantage of to go out and travel.

March 8 (March 8 Women's Day)

China's first commemoration of the International Working Women's Day began in 1924, when a commemorative event for the International Working Women's Day was held in Guangzhou.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the State Council of the Central People's Government issued a nationwide decree in December 1949, designating March 8 as Women's Day.

For March 8 Women's Day, Italy also recognizes it, but it is not celebrated by the general public and there is no holiday.

April 25 Italian Emancipation Day (non-religious holiday)

May 1 (Labor Day)

Labor Day

May (Mother's Day)

Every year, the second Sunday in May.

June 2 Fourth of July (Non-Religious Holiday)

The Fourth of July.

August 15 August Day (a non-religious holiday)

November 2 Halloween (a religious holiday)

December 25 Christmas (a religious holiday)

Nine, United Kingdom

New Years Day

New Year's Day, New Year's Day, January 1

St. Valentine 's Day

St. Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day) February 14

All Fools' Day or April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day April 1

Good Friday

Good Friday (Friday before Easter)

Easter

Easter Monday

Easter Monday

Monday after Easter

Holy Thursday

Ascension Day (Thursday 40 days after Easter)

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May Day

The Spring Bank Holiday

Spring Break (last Monday in May in the United Kingdom)

Mother's Day

Mother's Day (second Sunday in May)

Memorial Day

Memorial Day (United States, May 26)

Independence Day

U.S. Independence Day (July 4)

the Summer Bank Holiday

Summer Public Holiday (United Kingdom, last Monday in August)

Columbus Day

Columbus Day (October 12)

Halloween

Hallow's Eve (October 31)

Hallowmas

Halloween (November 1)

Armistice day or Veterans Day

First and Second World War Armistice Day (November 11)

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day (in the United States it is the second Monday in November)

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Christmas Day

Christmas ( December 25)

Boxing Day

Boxing Day (the day after Christmas, postponed by one day if it falls on a Sunday)

X. Greece:

New Year's Day: 1 January.

Epiphany: January 6th.

Ash Wednesday: the 41st day before Easter, when people fly kites and fast. Athenians gathered on Mount Philopappou to celebrate the festival. Independence Day and Annunciation of the Angels: on March 25, there is an army parade.

Easter: on March 21 or the first Sunday after the full moon on March 21;

Labor Day: on May 1, a festival of flowers. Virgin Death Day: 50 days after Easter.

October 28: commemorates the far-reaching event of Greece's rejection of Italy's ultimatum in 1940, with a military parade.

Christmas: December 25-26th. Wine Festival: celebrated by various local governments. Navy Day: celebrated in Faliro.

11. Singapore

Singapore Festivals and Customs

Singapore's ethnic groups have different festivals and customs according to their own calendars. The Chinese have many traditional festivals such as Chinese New Year, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Yuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Wesak Festival.

Lunar New Year

Ching Ming Festival

It is a traditional Chinese festival to honor ancestors. Two weeks before and after the Ching Ming Day, people carry offerings and flowers and go to cemeteries to sweep the graves and pay tribute to their ancestors.

Duanwu Festival

Singapore organizes dragon boat races every Dragon Boat Festival.

Midwinter Festival

Commonly known as the Ghost Festival, from the first to the 30th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, an altar is set up to worship the ghosts of the unattained for a whole month, during which there are banquets, stage performances, and shouting of blessings, which are very lively.

Wesak Day

On the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, it is the anniversary of the birth, attainment of enlightenment and nirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni. On this day, the entire nation comes together to celebrate this day with a magnificent parade, group dances and a large fireworks display

Eid Al-Fitr

The most important festival for Malays is Eid Al-Fitr, which is celebrated in the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. The Muslims will clean up their homes, decorate them, put on newly sewn traditional clothes, and prepare all kinds of food and pastries to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which is as lively as the Chinese New Year.

Hazi Festival

It is an important religious ceremony held the day after Muslims make a pilgrimage to a holy Muslim site, and is celebrated on the tenth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, with the slaughtering of cows and goats as a way of thanking God.

Dabhausam

It is a Hindu festival, also known as the Festival of Demons or the Festival of Lights, where families clean their houses and light lamps around the houses to welcome the guardian gods and goddesses of fortune. Hindu Hindus hold a grand celebration with a procession of idols on carts to celebrate the festival, and some Hindus carry iron frames with silver needles on their bodies to give thanks or atone for their sins to the gods. The center of the celebration in the Little India area.

Christmas

It is celebrated on December 25 and commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, with special celebratory services at Christ Church and congregations singing hymns and visiting families. On Christmas Day, lights are put up along Orchard Road, and major shopping malls are decorated to attract crowds, filling the street with a festive atmosphere.

Good Friday and Easter

Good Friday is celebrated on the third Sunday of April every year and is a solemn holiday commemorating the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and Easter is celebrated on the Sunday after Good Friday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Both Good Friday and Easter are festivals of remembrance and thanksgiving

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International Women's Day (March 8) ---------------INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

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MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL (Canada, March-April) ----------------- www. w.cne

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APRIL FOOL'S DAY (April 1) -------------------------FOOL'S DAY

EASTER (first Sunday after the full moon on the vernal equinox) ---------EASTER

SONGKRAN (Thai New Year, April 13) ----------------SONGKRAN FESTIVAL DAY

Food Festival (Singapore, April 17) ----------------FOOD FESTIVAL

International Labor Day (May 1) -----------------INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY

Boys' Day (Japan May 5)-------------------BOY'S DAY

MOTHER'S DAY (second Sunday of May)--------------MOTHER'S DAY

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Eid al-Fitr (April or May, 1st day of the 10th month A.H.) ---------LESSER BAIRAM

BANK HOLIDAY (UK, May 31) --------------BANK HOLIDAY

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY (June 1) ------------- INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY

FATHER'S DAY (3rd Sunday in June) --------------FATHER'S DAY

DUANWOOD DAY (May 5 on the lunar calendar) ---------------------DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL < /p>

MIDSUMMER'S DAY (June in Northern Europe)------------------------MID-SUMMER DAY

GURBAN'S DAY (Islamic festival, late July)------------CORBAN

CHOPSTICKS FESTIVAL (August 4 in Japan)------------------- TRADE KNOWLEDGE w ww.cn

TICKS DAY

Mid-Autumn Festival (Lunar August 15) --------------------MOON FESTIVAL

Teachers' Day (China, September 10) ------------------TEACHER'S DAY

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OCTOBER FESTIVAL (Germany, October 10) -----------OKTOBERFEST

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Ghost Day (Halloween Eve, the night of October 31) -----------HALLOWEEN

Halloween (November 1) ------------------------HALLOWMAS

Thanksgiving (US, last 4th of November) --------THANKSGIVING

Nurses' Day (December 12) -----------------------NRUSE DAY

Christmas Eve (December 24) ------------------- --CHRISTMAS EVE

Christmas Day (Dec. 25) -----------------------CHRISTMAS DAD

Boxing Day (Dec. 26) -----------------------BOXING DAY

New Year's Eve ( 12月31日)------------NEW YEAR'S EVE (a bank holiday in many countries)

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WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY (MARCH 15)-----WORLD CONSUMER RIGHT DAY

WORLD WATER DAY (MARCH 22)-------------WORLD WATER DAY

WORLD HYGIENE DAY (APRIL 7)------------WORLD HEALTH DAY

WORLD EARTH DAY (April 22)-----------WORLD EARTH DAY

WORLD HOUSING DAY (first Monday in October)-WORLD HOUSING DAY

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIATS DAY (April 25) -----------INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY DAY

International Red Cross Day (May 8) ----------INTERNATIONAL RED-CROSS DAY

International Nurses' Day (May 12) ----------- INTERNATIONAL NURSE DAY

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY (May 17)-----------WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY

WORLD NO-SMOKING DAY (May 31)-----------WORLD NO-SMOKING DAY

< p>WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (June 5)------------WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

WORLD POPULATION DAY (July 11)-----------WORK KNOWLEDGE ww ww.cn

PULATION DAY

WORLD TOURISM DAY (September 27)------- ----WORLD TOURISM DAY

WORLD POSTAL DAY (October 9)-----------WOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTELLECTION ww ww.cn

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WORLD FOOD DAY (October 16)----------WORLD GRAIN DAY

WORLD AIDS DAY ( December 1)---------WORLD AIDS DAY

World Disability Day (December 3)-----------WORLD DISABLED DA Foreign Trade Knowledge www.c

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26th Australia Day ----------Australia Day

India*** and National Day --------Repubic Day (INDIA)

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4 Sri Lanka National Day -------National Day (SRILANKA)

5 Mexico Constitution Day ---------Constitution Day (MEXICO)