Flashcards Festivals Around the World flashcards

Flashcards Festivals Around the World flashcards

1. Festivals Around the World

2. Children’s Day (April 23)
First officially declared a national holiday by the Republic of Turkey in
1929 with the set date of 23 April.

3. Chinese New Year (Feb 16)
In 2017, the first
day of the Chinese
New Year was on
Saturday, 28
January, initiating
theyear of the
Rooster

4. Christmas (Dec 25)
An annual festival commemoratingthe birthofJesus Christ

5. Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
Thedateisobservedtocommemorate
theMexicanArmy'sunlikelyvictoryoverFrench
forcesattheBattleofPueblaonMay5,1862,
undertheleadershipofGeneralIgnacioZaragoza.
ThecelebrationofMexican-Americanculture.

6. Cincode Mayo (May 5)

7. Diwali (Oct 19)
TheHindufestival of
lights.it spiritually
signifies the victory
of light over
darkness, good over
evil, knowledge over
ignorance, and hope
over despair.

8. Easter (Apr 16)
Afestival andholidaycelebrating theresurrection of
Jesusfrom the dead.

9. Halloween (Oct 31)
The time in theliturgical
yeardedicated to
remembering the dead,
includingsaints(hallows)
,martyrs, and all the
faithful departed

10. Independence Day (July 4)
Commemorating the
adoption of theDeclaration
of Independence241years
ago in 1776 on July 4 by
theContinental
CongressAn annual parade
held inWashington, D.C.,
from 1981.

11. Ramadan (Eid)
Theninth monthof theIslamic calendar,
[2]
and is
observed byMuslimsworldwide as a month
offasting(Sawm) to commemorate thefirst
revelation of the Quran to Muhammadaccording to
Islamic belief.

12. Ramadan (Eid)

13. Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of Nov)
It began as a day
of giving thanks
for the blessing of
theharvestand of
the preceding
year.