Red Hat Day - A society initially intended for women over the age of 50, but now includes women of all ages, it started because Sue Ellen Cooper gave a friend a red bowler hat and a poem by Jenny Joseph which starts off with the lines “When I am an old women I shall wear purple With a red hat that does not go and doesn’t suit me” Today it is a group that gets together and enjoys activities that can be of almost any kind. With over 40,000 chapters around the world there the options are almost end...
Apr 25, 2015•2 min
Republic Day in Gambia - The day Gambia became a republic in the Commonwealth, a nation in north east Africa of around 2 million people. The Gambia became an independent nation in 1965. Democracy Day Nepa l - In 2006, the King of Nepal announced on television that the House of Representatives would be reformed. This marked a shift from a non democratic nation to one governed by voting. Nepal, a small country of around 27 million people is in south asia between India and China. Concord Day - The ...
Apr 24, 2015•2 min
World Book Day - A day to promote reading, publishing and copyright around the world. Sponsored by UNESCO and first celebrated in 1995. International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day - Started in 2007 as a reaction to a statement by author Howard V. Hendrix who felt that stories being published on the internet for free, specifically sci-fi and fantasy were causing the venerated art of being an author to fall into disrepute. Far too much garbage going out. Jo Walton called for the publications of ...
Apr 23, 2015•5 min
Apr 22, 2015•2 min
Grounation Day - Rastafari movement. Second most holy day for the Rastafarians, it is the day that Haile Selassie ( Emperor of Ethiopia ) visited Jamaica. Considered the incarnation of God to those of the Rastafarian faith. Kartini Day - The day that Kartini of Indonesia was born. She went on to help win the emancipation and equal rights of women in the country....
Apr 21, 2015•2 min
Apr 20, 2015•2 min
Flag Day for America Samoa. Day of Silence - A day to show support for the LGBT community against harassment and bullying in school. Students will refrain from speaking today to draw attention to this. Started in 1996 at the University of Virginia, people from all of the United States now participate. www.dayofsilence.org
Apr 17, 2015•4 min
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Apr 16, 2015•2 min
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Apr 15, 2015•3 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 12th 2014 we celebrate Xicolatada Years ago August 15th was a festival day (not sure what for or why) in Catalonia and the people would drink to excess. A local merchant said that hot chocolate was the best cure for hangovers and offered them to the town folks. This turned into a tradition that has lasted for over 300 years. Happy Xicolata...
Aug 16, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 15th 2014 we celebrate Gwangbokjeol (South Korean Independence Day) Celebrating the day when Korea was liberated from Japan in 1945. It is also the day when South Korea became its own country 3 years later. Along with speeches being given by important politicians, most museums and public transportation are free this day. People are encoura...
Aug 15, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 14th 2014 we celebrate Independence Day Pakistan August 14th, 1947, Pakistan received its independence from Great Britain along with separating from India. The day is now celebrated with the flag being displayed throughout the country, the President and Prime Minister broadcasting speeches to the nation, 31 gun salute in the capital, as we...
Aug 14, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 13th 2014 we celebrate Awa-Odori Folk Dance Festival A festival of both dancing and music, held in Tokushima, it is said to have originated in 1587 when the lord of the land wished to celebrate the building of his new castle. The sake flowed so freely that the whole town became drunk and started to dance in an unsteady gait. Today the peop...
Aug 13, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 12th 2014 we celebrate Torch Festival Yi people of China The current celebration started in 1993 and consists of wrestling, horse racing, dance shows and a beauty contest. Historically it is to remember the the wrestler Atilaba who drove away a locust plague using torches. Celebrated by the Yi people, one of the 55 ethnic minority groups i...
Aug 12, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 11th 2014 we celebrate Independence Day Chad Chad, a country in central Africa, received its independence from France in 1960. As early as 9,000 years ago the area in what is now the northern part of Chad became a good place for human habitation. Having several different empires and cultures living in the area since that time till the 1920...
Aug 11, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 10th 2014 we celebrate Melon Day Celebrated in Turkmenistan since 1994, the day is set aside for the muskmelon or Turkmenbashi melon (named after the first president of Turkmenistan). Turkmenbashi mean leader of the Turkmen, and is what the first president liked to be called. He established the day to celebrate many of the great things abo...
Aug 10, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 9th 2014 we celebrate National Day Singapore Celebrating the day when Singapore gained its independence from Malaysia in 1965, the day will have a parade, a speech from the Prime Minister and fireworks at night. Happy National Day Singapore! If I have missed anything for this date or if you think I might miss a future holiday let me know b...
Aug 09, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 8th 2014 we celebrate Name Day the Queen of Sweden Through out the year in Sweden there are a number of flag days, where it is traditional to fly the flag in recognition. The name day of Queen Silvia of Sweden is one of them. The longest serving Queen consort of Sweden, been enthroned since 1976. Happy Name Day Queen Silvia! If I have miss...
Aug 08, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 7th 2014 we celebrate Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri A new festival (by Japanese standards) started in 1964 in Tohoku, it is now one of the four major festivals of the area. A parade that now has up to 10,000 individual dancers wearing hanagasa (a hat decorated with artificial flowers) originally had them doing the same choreography. Today the ...
Aug 07, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 6th 2014 we celebrate Independence Day Bolivia Bolivia, a nation in South America, declared its independence on August 6th, 1825, after years of being ruled by Spain. The day starts with Congress meeting in the same hall that the Declaration of Independence was signed, Casa de la Libertad. Speeches are given and as are calls for unity with...
Aug 07, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 5th 2014 we celebrate Aomori Nebuta Matsuri and Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri In both the Aomori and Hirosaki areas this festival has been celebrated since the 800s. A parade of bamboo and wooden frames covered with paper illustrations depicting famous historical persons as well as samurai warriors. The images will also sometimes have animals as...
Aug 07, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 4th 2014 we celebrate Akita Kanto Matsuri One of the three main festivals of the Tohoku region in Japan, the festival is dedicated to the five grains; wheat, rice, beans, foxtail millet and Chinese millet. During the festival bamboo poles, reaching over 26 feet in height with 46 paper lanterns shaped like rice bags are carried by young peo...
Aug 07, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 3rd 2014 we celebrate Independence Day Niger A country in west central Africa that received its independence on August 3, 1960. Throughout the country there are festivals celebrating the independence but the day has also been repurposed to be an arbor day as well. Every person in the country is supposed to plant a tree to help fight desert...
Aug 03, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 2st 2014 we celebrate Virgen de los Angeles - Patron Saint of Costa Rica On August 2, 1653, the story goes that a local woman found a representation of the Virgin Mary. She tried to take this somewhere and twice it reappeared back at the location where she found it. The people then built a shrine where it stood. In 1824, it was taken as th...
Aug 02, 2014•3 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 1st 2014 we celebrate The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 This was the Act of Parliament of Great Britain that outlawed slavery in the British Empire save for a few areas that were covered by other acts. Today mostly celebrated as part of Carnival in the Caribbean, it still an important turning point in the West's understanding and treatment...
Aug 01, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On July 31st 2014 we celebrate Ka Hae Hawaii day Hawaii has the distinction of being one of the only areas that the United States has taken within it’s borders that had a reigning monarch at one time and diplomatic relationships throughout the world, the flag of Hawaii represents this. It is the only state flag that has the Union Flag of Great Brita...
Jul 31, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On July 30th 2014 we celebrate Enthronement Day Morocco (Aid Al Arch) To celebrate and remember the day that His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Amir Al Mouminine , was enthroned in 1999, the people of Morocco , a country in north west of Africa, sets aside this day. This happens to fall during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan so eating and drinking durin...
Jul 30, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On July 29th 2014 we celebrate International Tiger Day Created in 2010 during the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, this is a day to celebrate and raise awareness of tiger conservation around the world. With less than 3,200 tigers in the wild, it is good to keep this in mind and see if there is anyway to help. Also on July 19th National Thai Language D...
Jul 29, 2014•1 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On July 28th 2014 we celebrate Fiestas Patrias Peru (Independence Day) One of the most important holidays in Peru along with Christmas, is the day that General José de San Martín declared independence on July 28th 1821. Celebrated by the entire country, flags are flown from almost all buildings including houses. as mandated by law during the entire ...
Jul 28, 2014•2 min
Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On July 27th 2014 we celebrate Sleepyhead Day You do not want to sleep late on July 27th in Finland, the last person to awake in the house get woken by either being thrown in the water (lake or sea) or having water thrown on them them to wake them up. This goes back to the Middle Ages (the first recorded instance was 1652). It commemorates the time ...
Jul 27, 2014•2 min
