Helene Henderson0780809823, 9780780809826
Table of contents :
Table of Contents……Page 5
Foreword……Page 7
Introduction……Page 10
Words Relating to Periods of Time……Page 16
Calendar Systems around the World……Page 19
Comparative Table of Calendar Systems……Page 27
Julian and Gregorian Calendars; Leap Year; Century……Page 28
. 0004 . Aboakyer Festival……Page 29
. 0008 . Acadian Festival……Page 30
. 0012 . Adar Parab……Page 31
. 0017 . Advent……Page 32
Black Poetry Day . 0021 . African Liberation Day……Page 33
. 0027 . Air Races and Air Show, National Championship……Page 34
. 0031 . Akshya Tritiya……Page 35
. 0035 . Alamo Day……Page 36
. 0040 . Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta……Page 37
. 0046 . All-American Soap Box Derby……Page 38
. 0050 . All Saints’ Day in France……Page 39
. 0054 . Allen, Richard, Birthday of……Page 40
. 0058 . Alpaufzug……Page 41
. 0063 . American Folklife, Festival of……Page 42
. 0066 . American West, Festival of the……Page 43
. 0071 . Anastenaria……Page 44
. 0075 . Andorra National Day……Page 45
. 0080 . Anna Parenna Festival……Page 46
. 0085 . Anthesteria……Page 47
. 0090 . Aoi Matsuri……Page 48
. 0093 . Apparition of the Infant Jesus……Page 49
. 0098 . Arbor Day……Page 50
. 0102 . Argungu Fishing Festival……Page 51
. 0107 . Armenian Martyrs’ Day……Page 52
. 0111 . Ascension Day in Portugal……Page 53
. 0114 . Ashura……Page 54
. 0116 . Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the……Page 55
. 0120 . Aston Magna Festival……Page 56
. 0124 . Australia Day……Page 57
. 0128 . Autumnal Equinox……Page 58
. 0133 . Awuru Odo Festival……Page 59
. 0137 . Ayyam-i-Ha……Page 60
. 0139 . Aztec Rain Festival……Page 61
. 0142 . Bab, Declaration of the……Page 62
Dionysia . 0146 . Bach Festival……Page 63
. 0151 . Bahamas Independence Day……Page 64
. 0157 . Bal du Rat Mort (Dead Rat’s Ball)……Page 65
. 0160 . Baltic Song Festivals……Page 66
. 0166 . Baptism of the Lord, Feast of the……Page 67
. 0170 . Barnum Festival……Page 68
. 0175 . Basque Festival, National……Page 69
. 0179 . Bat Flight Breakfast……Page 70
. 0183 . Battle of Britain Day……Page 71
Ecuador Independence Day……Page 72
. 0193 . Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, John……Page 73
. 0197 . Belarus Independence Day……Page 74
. 0203 . Belmont Stakes……Page 75
. 0208 . Bergen International Festival……Page 76
Newport to Bermuda Race . 0213 . Bettara-Ichi……Page 77
African Methodist Quarterly Meeting Day……Page 78
. 0221 . Billy Bowlegs Festival……Page 79
. 0225 . Black and White Ball……Page 80
. 0229 . Black Friday……Page 81
. 0233 . Black Nazarene Fiesta……Page 82
. 0236 . Black Ships Festival……Page 83
. 0241 . Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet……Page 84
. 0244 . Blowing the Midwinter Horn……Page 85
. 0249 . Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival……Page 86
. 0253 . Bolshevik Revolution Day……Page 87
. 0257 . Bonfim Festival (Festa do Bonfim)……Page 88
Sukkot . 0261 . Borglum Day, Gutzon……Page 89
. 0265 . Boston Marathon……Page 90
. 0268 . Botswana Independence Day……Page 91
. 0273 . Boxing Day……Page 92
. 0277 . Bratislava Music Festival……Page 93
. 0282 . Bridge Crossing Jubilee……Page 94
. 0286 . Broadstairs Dickens Festival……Page 95
. 0290 . Buccaneer Days……Page 96
. 0294 . Buena Vista Logging Days……Page 97
. 0300 . Bulgarian Culture Day……Page 98
. 0304 . Bun Bang Fai (Boun Bang Fay; Rocket Festival)……Page 99
. 0308 . Burgoyne’s Surrender Day……Page 100
. 0313 . Burning of Judas……Page 101
. 0317 . Burning the Moon House……Page 102
. 0321 . Buskers’ Festival……Page 103
. 0325 . Buzzard Day……Page 104
. 0326 . Byblos Festival……Page 105
. 0330 . Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jumping Jubilee……Page 106
. 0334 . California Gold Rush Day……Page 107
. 0338 . Camel Market……Page 108
. 0343 . Canadian National Exhibition……Page 109
. 0348 . Candlemas……Page 110
. 0352 . Capac Raymi……Page 111
. 0357 . Carabao Festival……Page 112
. 0362 . Carillon Festival, International……Page 113
. 0367 . Carnival……Page 114
. 0370 . Carnival in Bolivia……Page 115
. 0374 . Carnival in Goa, India……Page 116
. 0378 . Carnival in Martinique and Guadeloupe……Page 117
. 0382 . Carnival in Portugal……Page 118
. 0385 . Carnival in the U.S. Virgin Islands……Page 119
. 0390 . Carnival of Flowers……Page 120
. 0395 . Casals Festival……Page 121
. 0401 . Central African Republic Independence Day……Page 122
. 0405 . Cervantes Festival, International……Page 123
. 0411 . Chalk Sunday……Page 124
. 0415 . Charlottetown Festival……Page 125
. 0420 . Chelsea Flower Show……Page 126
. 0424 . Cherry Blossom Festival……Page 127
. 0428 . Chestertown Tea Party Festival……Page 128
. 0431 . Chhau Mask-Dance Festival……Page 129
. 0435 . Chief Joseph Days……Page 130
. 0439 . Children’s Day in the former Yugoslavia……Page 131
Lunar New Year……Page 132
. 0447 . Chochin Matsuri (Lantern Festival)……Page 133
. 0452 . Christkindlesmarkt……Page 134
. 0453 . Christmas……Page 135
. 0455 . Christmas Eve……Page 136
. 0457 . Christmas Eve in Bethlehem……Page 137
. 0461 . Christmas Eve in Italy (La Vigilia)……Page 138
. 0463 . Christmas Eve in the Baltics……Page 139
. 0467 . Christmas in Puerto Rico……Page 140
. 0471 . Christmas in Sweden (Juledagen)……Page 141
. 0476 . Chrysanthemum Festival……Page 142
. 0481 . Chuseok (Gawi or Hangawi)……Page 143
. 0485 . Cirio de Nazare…….Page 144
. 0489 . Closing the Gates Ceremony……Page 145
. 0494 . Columbus Day……Page 146
. 0498 . Compitalia……Page 147
. 0502 . Confederate Memorial Day……Page 148
. 0506 . Connecticut Early Music Festival……Page 149
. 0510 . Coptic New Year (Feast of El-Nayrouz)……Page 150
. 0514 . Corpus Christi……Page 151
. 0518 . Corpus Christi in Switzerland (Fronleichnamsfest)……Page 152
Chiao Festival . 0521 . Costa Rica Independence Day……Page 153
. 0526 . Cow, Festival of the……Page 154
. 0530 . Cranberry Day Festival……Page 155
. 0533 . Crane Watch……Page 156
. 0538 . Crom Dubh Sunday……Page 157
. 0542 . Cross-Quarter Days……Page 158
. 0547 . Cuba Liberation Day……Page 159
. 0552 . Custer Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival……Page 160
. 0556 . Czechoslovak Independence Day……Page 161
. 0559 . Daedala……Page 163
. 0563 . Dairy Festival……Page 164
. 0567 . Dancing Procession……Page 165
. 0570 . Dasa Laksana Parvan (Time of the Ten Characteristics)……Page 166
. 0574 . Davis’s Birthday, Jefferson……Page 167
Columbus Day . 0579 . Days of ’76……Page 168
. 0582 . Decorated Horse, Procession of the……Page 169
. 0586 . Democratic Republic of Congo Independence Day……Page 170
. 0591 . Devi Dhura……Page 171
. 0595 . Dhungri Fair……Page 172
. 0599 . Dia de los Tres Reyes……Page 173
. 0603 . Dinagyang……Page 174
. 0607 . Disarmament Week……Page 175
. 0612 . Doan Ngu (Summer Solstice Day)……Page 176
. 0617 . Dog Days……Page 177
. 0621 . Doleing Day……Page 178
. 0627 . Double Tenth Day……Page 179
. 0630 . Dragon Boat Festival……Page 180
. 0635 . Dulcimer Days……Page 181
. 0637 . Durga Puja……Page 182
. 0638 . Dutch Liberation Day……Page 183
. 0641 . East Timor Independence Day……Page 184
. 0644 . Easter Egg Roll……Page 185
. 0648 . Easter in Chile……Page 186
. 0652 . Easter in Italy (La Pasqua)……Page 187
. 0656 . Easter in Spain……Page 188
. 0660 . Easter Monday……Page 189
. 0664 . Ecuador Independence Day……Page 190
. 0668 . Edison’s Birthday, Thomas……Page 191
Id . 0672 . Eight-Hour Day……Page 192
. 0678 . Eldon Turkey Festival……Page 193
. 0681 . Election of the Mayor of Ock Street……Page 194
. 0684 . Elfreth’s Alley Fete Day……Page 195
. 0688 . Elvis International Tribute Week……Page 196
. 0693 . Epidaurus Festival……Page 197
. 0695 . Epiphany, Orthodox……Page 198
. 0698 . Epiphany in Germany (Dreiko.nigsfest)……Page 199
. 0703 . Equal Opportunity Day……Page 200
. 0708 . Esala Perahera (Arrival of the Tooth Relic)……Page 201
Ta’anit Esther . 0712 . Estonia Independence Day……Page 202
. 0716 . Evacuation Day……Page 203
. 0719 . Excited Insects, Feast of……Page 204
. 0723 . Family Week……Page 205
. 0727 . Fast Day……Page 206
. 0732 . Feast of Fools……Page 207
. 0737 . Fe.te des Vignerons (Winegrowers’ Festival)……Page 208
. 0741 . Fifteenth of Av (Tu be-Av; Hamishah Asar b’Av)……Page 209
. 0746 . Firecracker Festival……Page 210
. 0751 . First Night in Boston……Page 211
. 0756 . Flanders Festival……Page 212
. 0761 . Floating Lantern Ceremony (Toro Nagashi)……Page 213
. 0765 . Flores de Mayo in El Salvador……Page 214
Feast of Fools……Page 215
. 0773 . Fornacalia……Page 216
. 0778 . Fourth of July……Page 217
. 0782 . Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival……Page 218
. 0786 . Freedom Festival, International……Page 219
. 0792 . Fur Trade Days……Page 220
Helston Flora Day . 0794 . Fyr-BaўЄl Fest……Page 221
. 0798 . Gai Jatra……Page 222
. 0803 . Gandhi Jayanti (Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday)……Page 223
. 0806 . Gangaur……Page 224
. 0811 . Gaspee Days……Page 225
. 0815 . General Clinton Canoe Regatta……Page 226
. 0819 . Georgiritt (St. George’s Parade)……Page 227
Equal Opportunity Day . 0823 . Gettysburg Civil War Heritage Days……Page 228
. 0827 . Giant Lantern Festival……Page 229
. 0831 . Giglio Feast……Page 230
. 0836 . Gion Matsuri……Page 231
. 0840 . Glyndebourne Festival Opera……Page 232
. 0845 . Golden Days……Page 233
. 0848 . Good Friday……Page 234
. 0852 . Good Friday in Italy……Page 235
. 0856 . Goschenhoppen Historians’ Folk Festival……Page 236
. 0859 . Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans……Page 237
. 0864 . Graveyard Cleaning and Decoration Day……Page 238
. 0868 . Great Locomotive Chase Festival……Page 239
. 0873 . Greece Independence Day……Page 240
. 0876 . Greenery Day……Page 241
. 0882 . Grey Cup Day……Page 242
. 0887 . Guardian Angels Day……Page 243
. 0891 . Guelaguetza, La……Page 244
. 0897 . Guru Har Krishan, Birthday of……Page 245
. 0902 . Gus Macker Basketball……Page 246
. 0906 . Gyangze. Horse-Racing Festival……Page 247
. 0907 . Gynaecocratia……Page 248
. 0910 . Haile Selassie’s Coronation Day……Page 249
. 0915 . Halcyon Days……Page 250
. 0919 . Halloween in Ireland……Page 251
. 0923 . Haloa……Page 252
. 0928 . Handsel Monday……Page 253
. 0931 . Hanukkah (Chanukah)……Page 254
. 0935 . Hari-Kuyo (Festival of Broken Needles)……Page 255
. 0940 . Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature……Page 256
. 0944 . Hemingway Days Festival……Page 257
. 0947 . Heritage Holidays……Page 258
Rosh Hashanah; Yom Kippur……Page 259
. 0956 . Hippokrateia Festival……Page 260
. 0959 . Historical Regatta……Page 261
. 0964 . Hobo Convention……Page 262
. 0968 . Holi……Page 263
. 0971 . Holmenkollen Day……Page 264
. 0975 . Holy Ghost, Feast of the……Page 265
. 0979 . Holy Saturday……Page 266
. 0982 . Holy Week……Page 267
. 0987 . Holy Week in the Philippines……Page 268
. 0992 . Hong Kong Arts Festival……Page 269
. 0995 . Hopi Snake Dance……Page 270
. 0999 . Hortoba.gy Bridge Fair and International Equestrian Festival……Page 271
. 1002 . Hospital Week, National……Page 272
Bill of Rights Day . 1007 . Human Towers of Valls……Page 273
. 1012 . Hurling the Silver Ball……Page 274
Ashura; Hosay Festival……Page 275
. 1017 . Iceland Independence Day……Page 276
. 1021 . Id al-Fitr in Nigeria……Page 277
. 1025 . Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race……Page 278
. 1028 . Immaculate Conception, Feast of the……Page 279
. 1032 . Impruneta, Festa del……Page 280
. 1036 . Indian Arrival Day……Page 281
. 1040 . Indra Jatra……Page 282
. 1043 . International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination……Page 283
. 1049 . International Day of Peace……Page 284
. 1054 . Inti Raymi Fiesta……Page 285
. 1057 . Iroquois Midwinter Festival……Page 286
. 1062 . Istanbul Festivals, International……Page 287
. 1067 . Itul……Page 288
. 1070 . Izumo-taisha Jinzaisai……Page 289
. 1073 . Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival……Page 290
. 1078 . Jammolpur Ceremony……Page 291
. 1082 . Japan Constitution Memorial Day……Page 292
. 1086 . Jefferson’s Birthday, Thomas……Page 293
Chiao Festival . 1090 . Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)……Page 294
. 1094 . Johnny Appleseed Festival……Page 295
. 1098 . Jordbruksdagarna……Page 296
. 1102 . Jousting Tournament……Page 297
. 1105 . Junkanoo Festival……Page 298
. 1110 . JVC Jazz Festival……Page 299
. 1112 . Jyvaskyla Arts Festival……Page 300
Ides . 1115 . Kalevala Day……Page 301
. 1119 . Karneval in Cologne……Page 302
. 1123 . Karwachoth……Page 303
. 1127 . Kataragama Festival……Page 304
. 1131 . Kazakhstan National Days……Page 305
. 1135 . Kelly Clown Festival, Emmett……Page 306
. 1138 . Kentucky Derby……Page 307
. 1142 . Khamis al-Amwat……Page 308
. 1147 . Killing the Pigs, Festival of……Page 309
. 1150 . King Kamehameha Celebration……Page 310
. 1155 . Kingdom Days……Page 311
. 1160 . Klo Dance……Page 312
. 1165 . Kneeling Sunday……Page 313
. 1170 . Kopenfahrt (Barrel Parade)……Page 314
. 1174 . ’Ksan Celebrations……Page 315
. 1177 . Kupalo Festival……Page 316
. 1180 . Kuwait Liberation Day……Page 317
. 1185 . Kwanzaa……Page 318
. 1187 . Kyrgyz Independence Day……Page 319
. 1189 . Lac Long Quan Festival……Page 320
. 1194 . Lajkonik……Page 321
. 1198 . Land Diving……Page 322
. 1202 . Lanimer Festival……Page 323
. 1204 . Lantern Festival in Korea……Page 324
. 1208 . Latin Festival (Feriae Latinae)……Page 325
. 1213 . Laylat al-Qadr……Page 326
. 1217 . Leap Year Day……Page 327
. 1222 . Leiden Day……Page 328
. 1226 . Lent……Page 329
. 1230 . Li Ch’un……Page 330
. 1236 . Lights, Festival of (Ganden Ngamcho)……Page 331
. 1241 . Lincoln’s Birthday……Page 332
. 1246 . Little League World Series……Page 333
. 1250 . Lohri……Page 334
. 1254 . Long, Huey P., Day……Page 335
. 1257 . Losar……Page 336
. 1262 . Loyalty Day……Page 337
. 1266 . Lughnasadh……Page 338
. 1269 . Lunar New Year……Page 339
. 1271 . Luxembourg National Day……Page 341
. 1275 . Madam Lou Bunch Day……Page 342
. 1280 . Magha Puja (Maka Buja, Full Moon Day)……Page 343
. 1284 . Mahamastakabhishekha (Grand Head-Anointing Ceremony)……Page 344
. 1288 . Maidyoshahem (Maidhyoishema; MidSummer Feast)……Page 345
. 1292 . Maine Lobster Festival……Page 346
. 1297 . Maldives Independence Day……Page 347
. 1301 . Mamuralia……Page 348
. 1306 . Marbles Tournament, National……Page 349
. 1308 . Mardi Gras in France……Page 350
. 1312 . Maritime Day, National……Page 351
. 1315 . Marriage Fair……Page 352
. 1318 . Martinmas in Ireland……Page 353
. 1322 . Marya……Page 354
. 1327 . Marzas……Page 355
. 1331 . Masters Golf Tournament……Page 356
. 1335 . Matronalia……Page 357
. 1338 . Mauni Amavasya……Page 358
. 1343 . May Day……Page 359
. 1348 . May Day in France……Page 360
. 1352 . May Festival, International……Page 361
. 1357 . McClure Bean Soup Festival……Page 362
. 1361 . Megalesia……Page 363
. 1365 . Melbourne Cup Day……Page 364
. 1368 . Menuhin Festival……Page 365
. 1374 . Messiah Festival……Page 366
. 1378 . Michaelmas……Page 367
. 1382 . Mid-Autumn Festival……Page 368
. 1384 . Middfest International……Page 369
. 1388 . Midsummer Day……Page 370
. 1391 . Milan Trade Fair……Page 371
. 1395 . Minneapolis Aquatennial Festival……Page 372
. 1399 . Misisi Beer Feast……Page 373
. 1403 . Mnarja (Imnarja; Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul)……Page 374
. 1408 . Mollyockett Day……Page 375
. 1412 . Monlam (Prayer Festival)……Page 376
. 1416 . Moon Day……Page 377
. 1420 . Moravian Music Festival……Page 378
. 1424 . Morocco Independence Day……Page 379
. 1429 . Mother Seton Day……Page 380
. 1433 . Motorcycle Week (Bike Week)……Page 381
. 1439 . Mountain Man Rendezvous……Page 382
. 1443 . Mozambique Independence Day……Page 383
Mawlid al-Nabi . 1447 . Mule Days……Page 384
. 1450 . Mushroom Festival……Page 385
. 1455 . Mystery Play of Tibet……Page 386
. 1457 . Naag Panchami……Page 388
. 1462 . Napoleon’s Day……Page 389
. 1467 . Natchez Spring and Fall Pilgrimages……Page 390
. 1471 . National Reconciliation Week……Page 391
American Indian Heritage Month . 1474 . Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the……Page 392
. 1479 . Navajo Mountain Chant……Page 393
. 1482 . Nawruz (Naw roz; No Ruz; New Year)……Page 394
. 1486 . NEBRASKAland DAYS……Page 395
. 1490 . Nenana Ice Classic……Page 396
. 1494 . New Church Day……Page 397
. 1499 . New Yam Festival……Page 398
. 1502 . New Year’s Day in Denmark (Nytaarsdag)……Page 399
. 1507 . New Year’s Day in Romania (Anul Nou)……Page 400
. 1511 . New Year’s Eve……Page 401
. 1514 . New Year’s Eve in Germany (Silvesterabend)……Page 402
. 1517 . New Zealand Festival……Page 403
. 1521 . Newport to Bermuda Race……Page 404
. 1526 . Nicaragua Independence Day……Page 405
. 1531 . Night Watch……Page 406
. 1536 . Nisei Week……Page 407
. 1540 . Nombre de Jesu. s……Page 408
. 1545 . North Pole Winter Carnival……Page 409
. 1550 . Nuestra Senora de Pen. afrancia, Feast of……Page 410
. 1554 . Nyepi……Page 411
. 1557 . Oberammergau Passion Play……Page 413
. 1560 . Ochi Day……Page 414
Bolshevik Revolution Day . 1564 . October War of Liberation Anniversary……Page 415
. 1568 . Ohio River Sternwheel Festival……Page 416
. 1573 . Oktoberfest……Page 417
. 1577 . Old Pecos Bull and Corn Dance……Page 418
. 1581 . Old-Time Country Music Contest and Festival, National……Page 419
. 1584 . Olympic Games……Page 420
. 1586 . Oman National Day……Page 421
. 1588 . Omisoka……Page 422
. 1591 . Onam……Page 423
. 1596 . Orange Bowl Game……Page 424
. 1600 . Osorezan Taisai……Page 425
. 1605 . Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fiesta of……Page 426
Serreta, Festa da . 1608 . Our Lady of Nazare. Festival……Page 427
. 1612 . Our Lady of the Rock, Festival of……Page 428
Ochi Day . 1615 . Ozark Folk Festival……Page 429
. 1618 . Paine Day, Thomas……Page 430
. 1623 . Palio of the Goose and River Festival……Page 431
. 1627 . Palm Sunday in Germany (Palmsonntag)……Page 432
. 1631 . Pan American Day……Page 433
. 1635 . Panchadaan……Page 434
. 1639 . Paraguay Independence Day……Page 435
. 1644 . Paris Air and Space Show……Page 436
. 1647 . Parshurama Jayanti……Page 437
. 1653 . Passover……Page 438
. 1656 . Payment of Quit Rent……Page 439
. 1659 . Pearl Harbor Day……Page 440
. 1662 . Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival……Page 441
. 1665 . Perchtenlauf……Page 442
. 1670 . Pffiferdaj……Page 443
. 1675 . Pickle Festival……Page 444
. 1679 . Pig’s Face Feast……Page 445
. 1683 . Pilgrim Thanksgiving Day in Plymouth……Page 446
. 1686 . Pilgrimage of the Dew……Page 447
. 1690 . Pilgrimage to Qoyllur Riti……Page 448
. 1693 . Pinkster Day……Page 449
. 1698 . Plebeian Games (Ludi Plebeii)……Page 450
. 1702 . Polish Constitution Day……Page 451
. 1707 . Pongal……Page 452
. 1710 . Portland Rose Festival……Page 453
. 1716 . Poson……Page 454
. 1720 . Prayer for Christian Unity, Week of……Page 455
. 1726 . Prince Kuhio Day……Page 456
. 1731 . Procession of the Penitents in Spain……Page 457
. 1735 . Pulaski Day……Page 458
. 1739 . Purims, Special……Page 459
. 1742 . Pythian Games……Page 460
. 1745 . Quadragesima Sunday……Page 461
. 1749 . Quebec Winter Carnival……Page 462
. 1754 . Queen Margrethe’s Birthday……Page 463
. 1759 . Quirinalia……Page 464
. 1763 . Radha Ashtami……Page 465
. 1768 . Ram Roasting Fair……Page 466
. 1773 . Rand Show……Page 467
. 1777 . Rath Yatra……Page 468
. 1781 . Ravinia Festival……Page 469
. 1786 . Reek Sunday……Page 470
individual countries……Page 471
individual countries . 1794 . Reykjavik Arts Festival (Listaha.ti i Reykjavik)……Page 472
. 1798 . Riley Festival, James Whitcomb……Page 473
. 1804 . Rodgers Festival, Jimmie……Page 474
. 1807 . Rogers Festival, Roy……Page 475
. 1812 . Roots Festival……Page 476
. 1816 . Rose Festival……Page 477
. 1820 . Roswell UFO Festival……Page 478
. 1823 . Route 66 Festival……Page 479
. 1827 . Royal Shows……Page 480
Rogation Days . 1832 . Rushbearing Festival……Page 481
. 1835 . Rwanda Independence Day……Page 482
. 1839 . Sabbath of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise……Page 483
. 1845 . Sahara National Festival……Page 484
. 1849 . St. Alban’s Day……Page 485
. 1853 . St. Anthony of Padua, Feast of……Page 486
. 1855 . St. Augustine of Hippo, Feast of……Page 487
. 1860 . St. Blaise’s Day……Page 488
. 1863 . St. Catherine’s Day……Page 489
. 1868 . St. Christopher’s Day……Page 490
. 1871 . St. Crispin’s Day……Page 491
. 1877 . St. Dymphna’s Day……Page 492
. 1881 . St. Frances Cabrini, Feast of……Page 493
. 1885 . St. Gens, Festival of (La Fe.te de St. Gens)……Page 494
. 1890 . St. Gregory’s Day……Page 495
. 1894 . St. Hubert de Lie`ge, Feast of……Page 496
San Gennaro, Feast of……Page 497
. 1902 . St. John’s Day……Page 498
. 1904 . St. John’s Day in Portugal……Page 499
. 1908 . St. John’s Eve in France (La Vielle de la Saint Jean)……Page 500
. 1912 . St. John’s Eve in Spain……Page 501
. 1915 . St. Jude’s Day……Page 502
. 1920 . St. Lucy’s Day……Page 503
. 1923 . St. Mark’s Day……Page 504
. 1928 . St. Martin’s Day in Portugal……Page 505
. 1933 . St. Mennas’s Day……Page 506
. 1937 . St. Nicholas’s Day……Page 507
. 1941 . St. Patrick’s Day……Page 508
. 1944 . St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Savannah, Georgia……Page 509
Giglio Feast; Lily Festival . 1948 . St. Peter’s Chair, Festival of……Page 510
Santa Rita, Fiesta of……Page 511
. 1957 . St. Sebastian’s Day……Page 512
. 1960 . St. Stephen’s Day in Hungary……Page 513
. 1965 . St. Teresa’s Day……Page 514
. 1969 . St. Vaclav’s Day……Page 515
Gualterianas, Festas . 1973 . Ste. Genevieve, Jour de Fe.te a` (Days of Celebration)……Page 516
Bulgarian Culture Day . 1978 . Sts. Peter and Paul Day……Page 517
. 1981 . Salvation Army Founder’s Day……Page 518
. 1986 . San Antonio, Fiesta……Page 519
. 1991 . San Francisco’s Day in Lima, Peru……Page 520
. 1995 . San Isidro in Peru, Fiesta of……Page 521
. 1998 . San Jacinto Day……Page 522
. 2002 . San Juan Pueblo Feast Day……Page 523
. 2006 . San Roque, Fiesta of……Page 524
. 2010 . Sango Festival……Page 525
. 2014 . Santa Fe, Fiesta de……Page 526
. 2018 . Santa Isobel, Fiesta of……Page 527
. 2023 . Santon Fair……Page 528
. 2028 . Sata-Ha.me Accordion Festival……Page 529
. 2033 . Schemenlauf……Page 530
. 2037 . Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving (Gedaechtnisz Tag)……Page 531
. 2041 . Sealing the Frost……Page 532
. 2046 . Sekaten……Page 533
. 2051 . Senegal Independence Day……Page 534
. 2054 . Serreta, Festa da……Page 535
. 2058 . Seward’s Day……Page 536
. 2064 . Shahi Durbar……Page 537
. 2067 . Shakespeare’s Birthday……Page 538
. 2072 . Shavuot (Shabuoth)……Page 539
. 2076 . Shembe Festival……Page 540
. 2080 . Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three Festival)……Page 541
. 2085 . Shinran-Shonin Day……Page 542
. 2089 . Shrimp Festival, National……Page 543
. 2095 . Shrove Tuesday in Finland……Page 544
. 2100 . Sibelius Festival……Page 545
. 2105 . Simbra Oilor (Sheep Counting)……Page 546
. 2109 . Sinhala Avurudu……Page 547
. 2114 . Sithinakha……Page 548
. 2118 . Skipjack Races and Land Festival……Page 549
Rogation Days . 2124 . Sokjon-Taeje Memorial Rites……Page 550
. 2129 . Songkran……Page 551
. 2133 . Southern 500……Page 552
. 2138 . Special Olympics……Page 553
. 2143 . Spring Break……Page 554
Repudiation Day . 2147 . StaўЄnga Games……Page 555
. 2151 . State Opening of Parliament……Page 556
. 2155 . Stickdance……Page 557
. 2160 . Store Bededag……Page 558
. 2164 . Strawberry Festival……Page 559
. 2169 . Sugar Bowl Classic……Page 560
. 2173 . Summer Festival……Page 561
. 2178 . Sundance Film Festival……Page 562
. 2183 . Susuharai (Soot Sweeping)……Page 563
. 2189 . Swedish Homage Festival……Page 564
. 2194 . Syttende Mai Fest……Page 565
. 2195 . Szu. ret……Page 566
Sukkot . 2198 . Tabuleiros Festival (Festa dos Tabuleiros)……Page 567
. 2204 . Takayama Matsuri……Page 568
. 2208 . Tam Kung Festival……Page 569
. 2212 . Tanglewood Music Festival……Page 570
. 2216 . Tarnetar Mela……Page 571
. 2221 . Teachers’ Day in the Czech Republic……Page 572
. 2226 . Telluride Hang Gliding Festival……Page 573
. 2229 . Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration……Page 574
. 2233 . Tet……Page 575
. 2237 . Texas Rose Festival……Page 576
. 2240 . Thanh-Minh……Page 577
. 2243 . Thay Pagoda Festival……Page 578
. 2246 . Thimphu Tsechu……Page 579
. 2252 . Three Choirs Festival……Page 580
. 2256 . Tichborne Dole……Page 581
. 2259 . Timqat (Timkat)……Page 582
. 2263 . Tirupati Festival……Page 583
. 2268 . Toji (Winter Solstice)……Page 584
. 2273 . Tonga Emancipation Day……Page 585
. 2278 . Torta dei Fieschi……Page 586
. 2281 . Tournament of Roses (Rose Parade)……Page 587
. 2285 . Transfiguration, Feast of the……Page 588
. 2290 . Trinidad and Tobago Carnival……Page 589
. 2294 . Triple Crown Pack Burro Races……Page 590
. 2297 . Tsunahiki Matsuri……Page 591
. 2300 . Tuan Wu (Double Fifth)……Page 592
. 2305 . Tulsidas Jayanti (Birthday of Tulsidas)……Page 593
. 2311 . Turkish Wrestling Championships……Page 594
. 2316 . Twelfth Night……Page 595
. 2318 . Tynwald Ceremony……Page 596
. 2322 . Ukraine Independence Day……Page 597
. 2326 . Umoja Karamu……Page 598
. 2330 . United States Air and Trade Show……Page 599
. 2333 . Universal Prayer Day (Dzam Ling Chi Sang)……Page 600
. 2337 . Urs Ajmer Sharif……Page 601
. 2342 . Uzbekistan Independence Day……Page 602
. 2344 . Vaisakh……Page 603
. 2348 . Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival……Page 604
. 2353 . Vaqueros, Fiesta de los……Page 605
. 2358 . Vendimia, Fiesta de la……Page 606
. 2363 . Verrazano Day……Page 607
. 2364 . Vesak (Wesak; Buddha’s Birthday)……Page 608
. 2368 . Vidalia Onion Festival……Page 609
. 2372 . Vincy Carnival……Page 610
. 2376 . Virginia Scottish Games……Page 611
. 2382 . Vulcanalia (Volcanalia)……Page 612
. 2385 . Walking Days……Page 614
. 2389 . Wangala (Hundred Drums Festival)……Page 615
. 2394 . Washington’s Birthday……Page 616
. 2397 . Waso (Buddhist Rains Retreat)……Page 617
. 2400 . Water-Splashing Festival (Dai New Year)……Page 618
. 2405 . Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories……Page 619
Samoa . 2409 . Western Stock Show, National……Page 620
. 2412 . Whale Festivals in California……Page 621
. 2417 . Whit-Monday (Whitmonday)……Page 622
. 2421 . Whuppity Scoorie……Page 623
. 2425 . Wigilia……Page 624
. 2430 . Williams Day, Roger……Page 625
. 2434 . Windjammer Days……Page 626
. 2438 . Winter Festival of Lights……Page 627
. 2443 . Wolf Trap Summer Festival Season……Page 628
. 2447 . Wood Promenade Concerts, Henry……Page 629
. 2450 . World Cup……Page 630
. 2455 . World Environment Day……Page 631
. 2460 . World Religion Day……Page 632
. 2464 . World’s Biggest Fish Fry……Page 633
. 2467 . Wright Brothers Day……Page 634
. 2469 . Wuwuchim……Page 635
. 2471 . Xipe Totec, Festival of……Page 636
. 2474 . Yancunu. , Fiesta del……Page 637
. 2479 . Yemen Revolution Days……Page 638
. 2483 . York Festival and Mystery Plays……Page 639
. 2488 . Yukigassen Festivals……Page 640
. 2490 . Yule……Page 641
. 2494 . Zurich Festival……Page 642
. 2496 . Zydeco Music Festival, Southwest Louisiana……Page 643
Appendices……Page 644
Admission Days and Facts about the States and Territories……Page 645
United States Presidents……Page 669
Legal Holidays by State……Page 681
Legal Holidays by Country……Page 684
Domestic Tourism Information Sources……Page 707
International Tourism Information Sources……Page 731
Bibliography……Page 750
Indexes……Page 775
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