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Not a holiday. Navy Day (Dia de la Armada Argentina) on May 17. Not a holiday. May Week (Semana de Mayo) on May 18-24. Not a holiday. Army Day (Dia del Ejercito Argentino) on May 29. Not a holiday (but working holiday in the Army). Father's Day (Día del Padre) on the third Sunday of June. Not a holiday. Friend's Day (Día del Amigo) on July 20 ...
Labour Day was celebrated on 1 May in the Soviet Union, and the tradition lives on in Tajikistan as International Labour Day Although Labour Day is a working day, folk festivals, performances and fairs organised throughout the country create a holiday atmosphere.
The crisis spanned December 21–30, at the peak of the holiday travel season, and is referred to in the news media as the Southwest Airlines holiday travel meltdown [3] or simply as the holiday meltdown, [4] [5] [6] a name also used by the Southwest Airlines pilot's union [7] and the U.S. Department of Transportation. [8]
Dia da Pombinha Dia do Bodo Only celebrated in Azores. [5] 10 June: Portugal Day: Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas: National Day. Commemorates the death of national poet Luís de Camões in 1580. 1 July: Autonomous Region of Madeira and Madeiran Communities Day: Dia da Região Autónoma da Madeira e das Comunidades ...
[9] [10] The Japanese government responded in 1948 by adopting a new national holiday law that renamed the holiday to Labor Thanksgiving Day while keeping the date the same. [11] May 1 is also celebrated as Labor Day by many trade unions in Japan, [12] which hold large rallies and marches in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. [citation needed]
The Eastern Church first celebrated a Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy and All Pure Mother of God on 9 December, perhaps as early as the 5th century in Syria.The original title of the feast focused more specifically on Saint Anne, being termed Sylepsis tes hagias kai theoprometoros Annas ("conception of Saint Anne, the ancestress of God"). [5]
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas.
Azores Day; Official name: Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores: Also called: Dia dos Açores: Observed by: Azores, Portugal: Type: Regional: Significance: A celebration of the Azores autonomy, following the Carnation Revolution, the holiday transformed into a historical, cultural and social affirmation of the region