Dragon Boat Festival 5th day of the 5th lunar month Qu Yuan The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival...
International Co-operative Day The first Saturday in July In 1921, at the International Co-operative Congress of World Co-op Leaders wanted to identify and define the growing co-operative movement's common values and ideals to help unite co...
Chanukah every year between the end of November and the end of December (Jewish world ) Every year between the end of November and the end of December, Jewish people around the world celebrate the holiday of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights...
Deaf-Blind Awareness Week Every year the last week of June June 27, 2000, is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Helen Keller, and each year the week in which her birthday falls is recognized as Deaf-Blind Awareness Week. In honor of Hele...
Chusok September 24 ( Korea) Chusok ("fall evening") is a Korean "Harvest Moon" (Han-gawi) festival set on the 15th day of the eighth lunar moon. Chusok (韩国中秋节), also known as the Korean Thanksgiving or Mid-Autumn Festival, is one...
Ramadan (Muslim's Holy Month) the ninth month of the Muslim calendar (Muslim) Ramadan（斋月）is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. The Month of Ramadan is also when it is believed the Holy Quran （《古兰经》）"was sent down...
Father's Day Third Sunday in June The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are give...
International Day of Peace September 21st In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 36/67 declaring an International Day of Peace. In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new resolution 55/282 declaring 21...
Veterans' Day (U.S.) Second Monday in November In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, an armistice （停战）was signed. The "war to end...
Saint Lucia's Day (Sweden) December 13th On December 13th, one of the shortest days of winter, girls in Sweden dress up as Santa Lucia wearing a white dress and a crown of candles . Boys carry a candle and wear a kind of white pyjama. They...
The Munich Oktoberfest 20th September - 5th October 2003 The Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest public festival in the world and will be held in 2003 for the 170th time. Each year, the Oktoberfest is attended by around 6 million visitors, wh...
Halloween October 31 On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes （节日服装）knock on their neighbors' doors and yell "Trick or Treat" when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all h...
World Aids Day December 1 According to UNAIDS （联合国艾滋病规划署）estimates there were 38.6 million adults and 3.2 million children living with HIV at the end of 2002, and during the year 5 million new people became infected wi...
Accordion Fiddle Festival a hectic four-day period in mid-October(Scotland) The annual Accordion Fiddle Festival mainly concentrates on music provided by Shetland's two most popular instruments - the accordion and the fiddle. The festival,...
Diwali October 26th Diwali symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Celebrated joyously all over the country, it is a festival of wealth and prosperity. The essence of this light is Shri Lakshmi-arising, at the beginning of time, out...
St Andrew's Day November 30th St Andrew has been associated with Scotland for more than a millennium. Legend has it that relics of the Apostle, who was crucified in Patras in Greece, were first brought to Scotland as early as the seventh or...
Mid-Autumn Festival The 15th day of the 8th lunar month The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）. Many referred to it simply as the "Fifteenth o...
United Nations Day October 24 United Nations Day was established by Presidential Proclamation （总统令） to commemorate the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. It is celebrated very generally in all states and American possess...
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American col...
Bierborse (Beer Festival) September The Bierborse is an open-air event devoted to the art of brewing throughout the world. It is composed of two thirds beer-serving businesses and one third accompanying snack specialities. The range is supp...
