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São João de Caruaru june festival in Pernambuco, Brazil. June festival in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.. Festas Juninas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɛstɐs ʒuˈninɐs], June Festivals, "festivities that occur in the month of June"), also known as festas de São João for their part in celebrating the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), are the annual Brazilian celebrations ...
Pages in category "June observances" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 228 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
First Presidential Proclamation for National Caribbean American Heritage Month was June 6, 2006 by President George Bush. First City to Proclaim Caribbean Heritage Month Washington DC 2000. (United States)
When emancipation finally came to Texas, on June 19, 1865, as the southern rebellion collapsed, celebration was widespread. [35] While that date did not actually mark the unequivocal end of slavery, even in Texas, June 19 came to be a day of shared commemoration across the United States – created, preserved, and spread by ordinary African ...
In the United States, June is Pride Month (2018 annual San Francisco Gay Pride Parade pictured) Festa Juninas (June Festivals) celebration in Pernambuco, Brazil People celebrating World Environment Day in India. In Catholicism, June is dedicated to the devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This observance is called the Month of the Sacred ...
June 1, 2023 at 1:16 PM “The Celebrants” by Steven Rowley (G.P. Putnam's Sons) That is, of course, if you love rich characters written with love and humor that you'd like to know in real life.
On June 21 Hungarians celebrate "Saint Ivan's Night" (Szentiván-éj) (derived from the Slavic form of John, translated as Jovános, Ivános, Iván in Hungarian). The whole month of June was once called Month of St. Ivan until the 19th century. Setting fires is a folklore tradition this night. Girls jumped over it, while boys watched the spectacle.
Before the birth of the republic, the national celebratory day of the Kingdom of Italy was the feast of the Statuto Albertino, which was held on the first Sunday of June. [11] The first celebration of the Festa della Repubblica took place on 2 June 1947, [12] while in 1948 there was the first parade in Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome; [13] [14 ...