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Movable Christian observances, 2021 January. First Sunday of the year, unless the Sunday falls on January 1, 6, or 7, then January 2: January 5. Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Roman Catholicism, according to the General Roman Calendar of 1960) First Monday: January 6 . Handsel Monday (Scotland and Northern England)
Public Holidays in Fiji reflect the country's cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji's major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for something relevant to the city or town, such as the Sugar Festival in Lautoka, as Lautoka's largest and most historically important industry is sugar ...
Christian Festival: During odd years, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in even years. The decision to alternate between the two dates was a government decision to avoid increasing the number of unworked days after abolition of slavery (1 February) and Arrival of Indentured Labourers (2 November) were declared public holidays in the ...
Saint Helena has a total of 9 public holidays, Ascension Island a total of 10 days, and Tristan da Cunha a total of 11 days. St. Helena's feast day is celebrated as the island of Saint Helena was discovered on the feast day and is named in her honour; it is a public holiday on St Helena only. Ascension Island was discovered on Ascension Day in ...
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [1] [2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.
The date was also formerly observed as a public holiday in Gibraltar. In 2021, the holiday was moved to February instead of March. [27] In 2022, Commonwealth Day was no longer listed as a public holiday in Gibraltar, with the February public holiday replaced by the Winter Midterm Bank Holiday. [28]
Easter Monday – April 13. Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast) – May 24 [3] Whit Monday – June 1 [4] Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice) – starts July 31 [5] Ashura – starts sundown, August 28 [6] Grand Magal of Touba – October 6 [7] Mawlid (Prophet's birthday) – starts at sundown, October 28 [8] 2021. Easter Monday – April 5.
The Mauritius festival dates back to 1896, and the Mauritian government has made it a public holiday. In Malaysia and Singapore, the festival is more commonly known as Vinayagar Chaturthi because of the large Tamil-speaking Hindu minority. In Ghana, ethnic African Hindus celebrate Ganesh Chaturti. Foods