| Night of Power - Wednesday June 2, 2021 Culture : Laylat al-Qadr - Islamic belief the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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| Brooklyn International Film Festival - Friday June 4, 2021 Culture : Http://wbff.org 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Sakifo - Friday June 4, 2021 Culture : Music festival in Saint Pierre http://www.sakifo.com/
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| Arbor Day - Sunday June 5, 2022 Culture :
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| Indian Arrival Day - Sunday June 5, 2022 Culture : Celebrates the arrival of the first East Indians in 1873.
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| National Prairie Day - Saturday June 5, 2021 Culture : To enhance public awareness of what prairie is, educate about its value, and motivate all who learn about prairie to be inspired to support prairie conservation, restoration, and enjoyment.
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| Day of Mourning - Monday June 6, 2022 Culture : Commemoration of the June 1984 attack on Golden Temple.
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| Reporter's Day - Tuesday June 7, 2022 Culture : Established in 1938 in the First National Congress of Journalists held in the province of Córdoba in memory of the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres , the first newspaper of the Argentine independence phase founded by Mariano Moreno in 1810 [Wikipedia]
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| National Day of Literature for Children and Young Adults - Wednesday June 8, 2022 Culture : Marks the death anniversary of the celebrated Iranian children author Mehdi Azar Yazdi from 2012 onwards
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| National Day of the Natural Parks - Wednesday June 8, 2022 Culture : Cleaning and repair works on the infrastructure of all 11 natural parks on the territory of the country. By tradition, thousands of people join the campaign.
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| Sydney Film Festival - Wednesday June 9, 2021 Culture : Http://sff.org.au/ in Sydney 2020 edition confirmed
Contact [email protected] to get the calendar for this event or one file containing confirmed calendars of most international WW cultural events
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| Nashville Country Music Festival Fan Fair - Thursday June 10, 2021 Culture : Lasts 4 days
www.blueshoenashville.com/fanform.html 2020 edition confirmed
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| Francofolies - Friday June 11, 2021 Culture : Http://www.francofolies.com/ lasts 10 days - in Montreal 2020 edition confirmed
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| Trooping the Colour - Saturday June 12, 2021 Culture : A ceremony performed by regiments of the British and Commonwealth armies. Since 1748 Trooping the Colour has also marked the official birthday of the British sovereign. date depends on wheather forecast [Wikipedia]
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| Festival Internacional de Cortos de Huesca - Saturday June 12, 2021 Culture : Www.huesca-filmfestival.com in Huesca 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Shanghai Film Festival - Saturday June 12, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days
https://rove.me/to/shanghai/shanghai-international-film-festival 2021 edition confirmed
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| Banff World Television Festival - Sunday June 13, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days
http://banffmediafestival.com/ in Banff 2020 edition confirmed
Contact [email protected] to get WW major cultural events calendars
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| San Antonio Day - Sunday June 13, 2021 Culture :
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| Maharana Pratap anniversary - Sunday June 13, 2021 Culture : First freedom fighter of India who stood and fought against the dominance of Mughal Empire. Especially celebrated in Udaipur
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| Day of Mourning - Monday June 14, 2021 Culture : In tribute to President Konstantin Päts and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Johan Laidoner who were arrested and deported to Russia in July 1940. June 14, 1941
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| Flag Day - Monday June 14, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted the American continental army after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775. |Wikipedia]
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| Spring Festival - Monday June 14, 2021 Culture : Surinal: after finishing spring sowing, peasants performed a sacrificial rite for God; joyful cultural rites with songs, and dances. and wine. Ssirum (Korean wrestling).
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| Admission Day (not a public holiday) - Tuesday June 15, 2021 Culture : Admitted as 25th State on June 15, 1836
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| National Flower Day - Tuesday June 15, 2021 Culture : On this day flowers are planted in green areas, the Martyry Section of the Behesht Zahra cemetery is showered with flowers
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| Edinburgh International Film Festival - Wednesday June 16, 2021 Culture : Lasts 2 weeks
www.edfilmfest.org.uk 2020 edition NOT confirmed
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| Nantucket Film Festival - Thursday June 17, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days
www.nantucketfilmfestival.org 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Human Rights Day - Friday June 18, 2021 Culture : From 2008 onwards
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| Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza - Friday June 18, 2021 Culture : Www.granadafestival.org/ lasts 2 weeks - in Granada 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Kheer Bhawani festival - Friday June 18, 2021 Culture : A temple dedicated to the Goddess Kheer Bhawani (originally just Bhawani) constructed over a sacred spring. The worship of Kheer Bhawani is universal among the Hindus of Kashmir. [Wikipedia]
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| Nimalung Tshechu - Friday June 18, 2021 Culture : in Bumthang
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| Juneteenth - Saturday June 19, 2021 Culture : Marks the official date to the end of slavery in 1865, when the last group of slaves that remained in Galveston, Texas, heard their call to freedom - two years after the Emancipation Proclamation
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| Kim Jong II joigning the Workers Party of Korea - Saturday June 19, 2021 Culture :
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| Independence Day - Saturday June 19, 2021 Culture : Obtained from Great Britain in 1961
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| Freedom Day - Saturday June 19, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the end of the Soviet occupation of Hungary and honors the martyrs of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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| Salento Finibus Terrae - Saturday June 19, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week -
www.salentofilmfestival.it/ in Brindisi 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Memorial Day - Saturday June 19, 2021 Culture : In remembrance of the exchange of the province with France in Trat only
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| Festes de St Joan in Minorca - Sunday June 20, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days 2020, 2021, 2022
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| Kurjey Tshechu - Sunday June 20, 2021 Culture : in Bumthang
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| Fête de la Musique - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : The whole night is dedicated to amateur and professional musicians who are welcome to play anywhere in the country. Since 1981.
More than 700 cities across 120 countries, including Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, the United States, and Japan celebrate World Music Day today.
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| Half-day holiday - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : On the occasion of International Day of Yoga morning only
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| Kupalle - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : The most popular celebration in contemporary Belarus. It is a hedonistic summer celebration of fertility in the name of a female God: Kupala
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| Day of the Departure of Occupation Troops of the Soviet Army from Czechoslovakia - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : from 2021 -- NOT a public holiday
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| Organic Day Act - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : The US Congress enacted the Organic Act setting the government of the Virgin Islands on July 22, 1954
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| Cannes Lions Advertising Festival - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week -
www.canneslions.com in Cannes 2020 edition confirmed
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| Hogueras de San Juan - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture : Hogueras de San Juan lasts 10 days - in Alicante 2022 edition NOT confirmed
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| National Aboriginal Day - Monday June 21, 2021 Culture :
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| St Alban - Tuesday June 22, 2021 Culture : The Albanifest , the largest annual festival in a historic town in Switzerland, is named after St Alban, one of the city's four saints, is held here, over three days. Although a recent creation, the festival celebrates the granting of a charter to the town in 1264 by Rudolf of Habsburgh.
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| Remembrance Day - Tuesday June 22, 2021 Culture : Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War
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| Africa Day - Wednesday June 23, 2021 Culture : Africa Public Service Day since 2008
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| Day of Public Servants - Wednesday June 23, 2021 Culture :
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| Sao Joaninas - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days - in Terceira Island please check dates: http://www.azores.com/azores/terceira.php
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| St John's Day - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture :
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| Milwaukee Musicfest - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days
https://summerfest.com/ 2020 edition confirmed
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| St. Kitts Music Festivals Music Festival - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days
https://www.stkittstourism.kn/music-festival 2021 edition confirmed
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| Thangka - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture : The huge Gegu (embroidered thangka) is displayed in Tashilunpo monastery in Shigatse and thousands of pilgrims flock there to touch their foreheads to the sacred Thangka in order to be blessed. http://bhaktapuronline.com/
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| Roskilde music festival - Thursday June 24, 2021 Culture : Www.Roskilde-festival.dk Lasts 4 days - in Roskilde 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Arbor Day - Friday June 25, 2021 Culture :
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| Public Service day - Friday June 25, 2021 Culture : Showcase of the country's administrative facilities
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| Festival de Fès des Musiques Sacrées - Friday June 25, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days
www.fesfestival.com/ in Fès 2020 season confirmed
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| Montreal Jazz Festival - Friday June 25, 2021 Culture : Http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/ lasts 2 weeks - in Montreal 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Day of culture and art workers - Friday June 25, 2021 Culture : 2020 edition confirmed
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| Day of Peace - Saturday June 26, 2021 Culture : Celebrating the 1988 Accords de Matignon (Prime Minister agreement) reconciliating Kanak and French Caledonian communities.
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| Flag Day - Saturday June 26, 2021 Culture : It was on this day in 1848 that Decree no. 1 of the Wallachian Provisional Government was issued, making the red-yellow-blue tricolour the national flag.
On Flag Day, public authorities and other state institutions are obliged by law to organize cultural/educational programs and events, with a patriotic or scientific character, devoted to Romanian history, as well as specific military ceremonies, organized within units of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Internal Affairs. [Wikipedia]
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| San Francisco Pride - Saturday June 26, 2021 Culture : Lasts 2 days
www.sfpride.org/ 2020 edition confirmed
Contact [email protected] to purchase the dates of this event or one file containing confirmed events in 800 countries and regions.
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| Family Day - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture :
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| Saint Vitus' Day - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture : N memory of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389
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| Day of Soviet Invasion - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture : From 2010 - 1 minute of silence - all entertainment prohibited
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| National liberation Day - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture : Commemorate three years of resistance to the coup that removed Manuel Zelaya Rosales from the presidency of Honduras.
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| Festival of Festivals - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week -
film festival
http://www.filmfest.ru in Petersburg please check dates
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| Day of Turkmen Cultural Workers - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture : As of 2009
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| Sant Kabir Das day - Monday June 28, 2021 Culture : A mystical saint and poet predominant in North India. Kabir was born to Muslim parents in Benares in the XVth century. Heturned to spirituality and religion at a very young age. Mystical odes from Kabir Das made him an iconic character. He expressed his feelings beautifully in words such as “The Purana and The Koran are mere words” and God is “neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash”. All over his life, Kabir actively denounced both temples and mosques maintaining that God is in everyone and exists everywhere
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| St Peter (Badajoz only) - Tuesday June 29, 2021 Culture :
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| St Peter & St Paul - Tuesday June 29, 2021 Culture : In the Hihifo district only
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| St Peter's Day - Tuesday June 29, 2021 Culture :
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| Revolution Day - Wednesday June 30, 2021 Culture : On June 30, 1989, the current president of Sudan, and then colonel, Umar Hassan Ahmad al Bashir overthrew the administration of prime minister Sadiq al- Mahdi, and established the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation to rule Sudan. http://workmall.com/wfb2001/sudan/sudan_history_introduction.html
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| Jesus’ entry into Egypt - Thursday July 1, 2021 Culture : Copts consider the Holy Family flight to the land of the Pharaohs, seeking to protect the Christ Child from the wrath of King Herod, a providential event: it prepared the nation to receive the proclamation of the Gospel. According to local tradition, the Holy Family moved throughout the country carrying out miracles, which are at the origin of numerous sanctuaries. Those shrines are visited by Muslims as well as Christians.
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| Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army - Thursday July 1, 2021 Culture : Started in 1927 with the start of the Chinese Civil War.
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| Republic Day - Thursday July 1, 2021 Culture : Became a republic within the British Commonwealth in 1960 Not a public holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Shoton festival - Thursday July 1, 2021 Culture : Giant painting of Buddha display in the Drepung Monastery
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| Aarauer Maienzug - Friday July 2, 2021 Culture : Traditional Parade of youth groups dating back to the end of the 19th century
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| Mezinárodní Filmový Festival Karlovy Vary - Friday July 2, 2021 Culture : Www.kviff.com in Karlovy Vary 2020 edition confirmed
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| Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) - Friday July 2, 2021 Culture : Www.nifff.ch lasts 5 days 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Independence Day - Sunday July 4, 2021 Culture : The pro-independence republican party, Sinn Féin, received overwhelming endorsement in the general election of 1918, and in 1919 proclaimed an Irish Republic, setting up its own parliament (Dáil Éireann) and government. British authorities attempted to extinguish this challenge, sparking a guerilla war from 1919 to July 1921 which ended in a truce. [Wikipedia]
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| National Police Day - Sunday July 4, 2021 Culture :
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| Community Development Day - Monday July 5, 2021 Culture : Focussing on all aspects of community development, the work of the ministry and all its stakeholders across Trinidad and Tobago
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| Day of Slovaks Living Abroad - Monday July 5, 2021 Culture : from 2021 -- NOT a public holiday
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| National Mask Festival - Monday July 5, 2021 Culture : Lasts 4 days -
https://www.bestofpng.com/national-mask-festival-tour.html in Rabaul 2020 season confirmed
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| Youth Day (forwarded to Monday) - Monday July 5, 2021 Culture :
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| Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tuesday July 6, 2021 Culture :
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| Festival de Cannes - Tuesday July 6, 2021 Culture : Www.festival-cannes.fr lasts 12 days - in southern France 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Parliament's Day - Tuesday July 6, 2021 Culture : In tribute to the House of Ariki, the Maori traditional representatives
Ariki controlled Ariki, mataiapo and rangatira titles continue to be passed down through family lines, and the associated ancient ceremonies and traditions continue to be practised in the present day.The House of Ariki (Are Ariki), a parliamentary body in the Cook Islands, was established in 1967. It is composed of high chiefs, with limited power. [Wikipedia]
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| St Fermin (Pamplona only) - Wednesday July 7, 2021 Culture : Running of the bulls on the streets
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| Star Festival - Wednesday July 7, 2021 Culture : Tanabata - celebrated at night, after the stars have come out.
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| Montreux Jazz Festival - Wednesday July 7, 2021 Culture : Www.montreuxjazz.com lasts 3 weeks - in Montreux 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| FESPAM - Wednesday July 7, 2021 Culture : Music festival - hhttp://www.fespam.or lasts 1 week - in Brazzavile 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Dubrovnik Festival - Thursday July 8, 2021 Culture : Lasts 5 weeks
http://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/Default.aspx in Dubrovnik please check dates: edition confirmed
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| EXIT Festival - Thursday July 8, 2021 Culture : Http://exitfest.org last 3 days - in Novi Sad 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar - Thursday July 8, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days -
http://www.belarus.by/ in Vitebsk 2015 edition confirmed
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| Festival d'été de Québec - Thursday July 8, 2021 Culture : Http://www.infofestival.com/ lasts 10 days - in Quebec City 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Arbor Day - Friday July 9, 2021 Culture :
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| Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) - Friday July 9, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days
www.miff.org in Waterville 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Darfur Horse Festival - Friday July 9, 2021 Culture : South Darfur state is the biggest horse producing region in Sudan. It has second biggest racetrack in addition to Khartoum horse racetrack.
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| Haa Summer Festival - Saturday July 10, 2021 Culture : in Haa Valley
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| Reporter's Day - Sunday July 11, 2021 Culture : Established in memory of the promulgation of Republic Law 12,045, of July 11, 1956, which initiated the creation of the College of Journalists of Chile
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| Golden Apricot film festival - Sunday July 11, 2021 Culture : Www.gaiff.am/ lasts 10 days - in Erevan 2020 edition confirmed
Contact [email protected] to get the calendar for this event or one file containing confirmed calendars of most international WW cultural events
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| St Peter & St Paul - Monday July 12, 2021 Culture : Petrovan
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| Ratha Yatra - Monday July 12, 2021 Culture : Chariot procession in Puri, one of the most sacred place in India (famous Vishnu temple)
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| Yn Chruinnaght - Monday July 12, 2021 Culture : Yn Chruinnaght (Manx for ‘The Gathering’) celebrates the cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man.
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| Nathan Bedford Forrest Day - Tuesday July 13, 2021 Culture : A Civil War Confederate General, slave trader and an early KKK leader
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| Festival of Souls - Tuesday July 13, 2021 Culture : Obon - commemoration of ancestors. May be observed on a later day in provincial Japan.
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| Martyrs' Day - Tuesday July 13, 2021 Culture : To mark a 1931 protest against the rule of Maharaja Hari Singh in the then princely state. On that day, 22 Kashmiri men and women were shot dead as they gathered outside the Srinagar central jail to protest against the arrest and subsequent trial of Abdul Qadeer Gazi, who was seen as a crusader against Singh’s Dogra regime.
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| First Sermon of Lord Buddha - Tuesday July 13, 2021 Culture :
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| Festival of Souls - Wednesday July 14, 2021 Culture : Obon - commemoration of ancestors. May be observed on a later day in provincial Japan.
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| Emmeline Pankhurst Day - Wednesday July 14, 2021 Culture : (14 July 1858 - 14 June 1928)
outspoken reformer committed to securing women’s suffrage in Britain. She was jailed on numerous occasions for her protests at the lack of political rights for women in the UK.
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| Festival of Souls - Thursday July 15, 2021 Culture : Obon - commemoration of ancestors. May be observed on a later day in provincial Japan.
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| Benicassim Festival - Thursday July 15, 2021 Culture : Www.fiberfib.com pop and electronic music - lasts 2 days 2020 edition confirmed
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| Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy ERA NOWE HORYZONTY - Thursday July 15, 2021 Culture : Www.nowehoryzonty.pl in Wroclaw 2020 edition confirmed
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| Festival Ortigueira - Thursday July 15, 2021 Culture : Www.festivaldeortigueira.com/ lasts 4 days - International Celtic Music Festival 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Auckland International Film Festival - Thursday July 15, 2021 Culture : Www.nziff.co.nz lasts 2 weeks - in Auckland 2020 edition confirmed
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| Miri International Jazz Festival - Friday July 16, 2021 Culture : Lasts 2 days - http://jazzborneo.com/ in Miri 2020 edition confirmed
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| International Street Theatre Festival - Friday July 16, 2021 Culture : Lasts 5 days -
www.gentsefeesten.be in Ghent 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Palic European Film Festival - Friday July 16, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week
www.palicfilmfestival.com/ in Palic 2021 edition confirmed
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| Odessa Film Festival - Friday July 16, 2021 Culture : Http://oiff.com.ua/en/index.htm in Odessa 2020 edition connfirmed
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| Constitution Day - Saturday July 17, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the proclamation of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea that was made on July 17, 1948. Not a public holiday since 2007 but restored in 2013
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| Independence Day - Saturday July 17, 2021 Culture : Day of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic - Declared on 17th of July 1992
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| Eve of Tish'a B'Av - Saturday July 17, 2021 Culture :
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| Eruption anniversary - Sunday July 18, 2021 Culture : Http://www.montserrat-newsletter.com/
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| Youth Day - Sunday July 18, 2021 Culture :
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| Harvest festival - Sunday July 18, 2021 Culture : Galla Bayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest)
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| Education Day - Monday July 19, 2021 Culture :
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| Luis Muñoz Rivera's birthday - Monday July 19, 2021 Culture : Patriot and journalist (1859-1916)
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| Transfiguration Day - Monday July 19, 2021 Culture : This celebration Vardavar is linked to pagan Goddess Astghik. According to the legend she spread love on earth, walking over roses that turn red from her blood. As goddess of fertility she is associated with water.
Traditional water splashing. www.yerevan.am
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| Durban International Film Festival - Wednesday July 21, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days
www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/ in Durban 2021 edition confirmed
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday July 21, 2021 Culture :
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| Revolution Day - Friday July 23, 2021 Culture :
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| Bayreuther Festspiele - Saturday July 24, 2021 Culture : Www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/ Opera - Lasts 4 weeks 2020 edition confirmed
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| Uhuru Festival - Saturday July 24, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week - in Weissenstein
www.uhuru.ch 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Christopher Street Day - Saturday July 24, 2021 Culture : Www.berlin.de lasts 2 days 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Constitution Day - Sunday July 25, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1952 when Puerto Rico became a commonwealth with the proclamation of their constitution. The United States had acquired the island after the Spanish-American war, and did not allow self-government until the 1950's, when their constitution was written. Also known as Commonwealth Day, or Occupation Day in commemoration of the US troops landing on the island on this day in 1898 (shagtown.com)
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| Foundation Day - Sunday July 25, 2021 Culture : Santiago del Estero was founded by Captain Aguirre in 1553
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| Epistle of Saint James - Sunday July 25, 2021 Culture :
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| Carnaval des Fleurs - Sunday July 25, 2021 Culture : from 2012 onwards
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| St James the Apostol - Sunday July 25, 2021 Culture : One of three witnesses of the Transfiguration of Christ in Mt. Tabor, but also a witness to Jesus' agony.
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| FESPAD - Sunday July 25, 2021 Culture : A pan-African dance festival
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| Carnival - Monday July 26, 2021 Culture : Lasts 9 days - Festivities at carnival village nightly, music, local & international show and beauty & calypso contests
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| Constitution Day - Monday July 26, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1952 when Puerto Rico became a commonwealth with the proclamation of their constitution. The United States had acquired the island after the Spanish-American war, and did not allow self-government until the 1950's, when their constitution was written. Also known as Commonwealth Day, or Occupation Day in commemoration of the US troops landing on the island on this day in 1898 (shagtown.com)
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| Adelaide Film Festival - Monday July 26, 2021 Culture : Lasts one week - www.adelaidefilmfestival.org in Adelaide 2021 edition confirmed
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| Bregenz Festival - Monday July 26, 2021 Culture : Http://bregenzerfestspiele.com/ Summer Festival on Lake Constance
lasts 1 month 2020 edition confirmed
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| Hurricane Supplication Day - Monday July 26, 2021 Culture : Officially, hurricane season is June 1 through November 30th, however this is the day the Virgin Islands set aside for prayer.
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| Remembrance Day - Tuesday July 27, 2021 Culture : Celebration of martyrs and wounded soldiers
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| José Celso Barbosa' birthday - Tuesday July 27, 2021 Culture : July 27, 1857 – September 21, 1921) was a medical Physician, sociologist, and political leader of Puerto Rico. Known within Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party as The father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico movement ,[1] Barbosa was also the first Puerto Rican earn a medical degree in the United States. [Wikipedia]
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| Day of Baptism - Wednesday July 28, 2021 Culture : Declared on July 25, 2008
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| National Anthem Day - Thursday July 29, 2021 Culture : Deșteaptă-te, române : variously translated as Awaken thee, Romanian! , Awaken, Romanian! , or Wake Up, Romanian! [Wikipedia]
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| Melbourne International Film Festival - Friday July 30, 2021 Culture : Http://miff.com.au/ lasts 2 weeks - in Melbourne 2020 edition confirmed
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| Õllesummer - Friday July 30, 2021 Culture : Https://www.piletilevi.ee
lasts 5 days - in Tallinn 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Navy Day - Friday July 30, 2021 Culture : Russian Navy Day in Sevastopol
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| Navy Day - Saturday July 31, 2021 Culture :
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| Shaheed Udham Singh martyrdom - Saturday July 31, 2021 Culture : (December 26, 1899 – July 31, 1940) was an Indian independence activist, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avenging of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre. Udham Singh Kamboj changed his name to Mohammad Singh Azad, symbolizing the unification of the three major religions of India: Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. Singh is considered one of the best-known revolutionaries of the Indian independence struggle.
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| Rheinfallbeleuchtung und Feuerwerk - Saturday July 31, 2021 Culture : Www.rheinfall.ch
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| National Day of the Cowboy - Saturday July 31, 2021 Culture : To honor the contributions of the iconic cowboy
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| Verslunarmannahelgi - Saturday July 31, 2021 Culture : Shopkeepers weekend: biggest music festival in Iceland
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| Taung Byone festival - Sunday August 1, 2021 Culture : Five days of interage festivities and Nat dancing.
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| Army Day - Sunday August 1, 2021 Culture : Holiday for military personnel in active service (half-day)
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| National Language Day - Sunday August 1, 2021 Culture :
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| Dancing ban - Sunday August 1, 2021 Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes
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| Liberation Day - Monday August 2, 2021 Culture : in Dadra & Nagar Haveli only
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| Carnival (first day) - Monday August 2, 2021 Culture :
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| Sziget Pop-Rock festival - Monday August 2, 2021 Culture : Www.Sziget.hu lasts 5 days - in Budapest 2020 edition confirmed
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| Guca Brass Band Festival - Wednesday August 4, 2021 Culture : Probably the greatest European brass band festival
http://guca.rs/ in Guca
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| Locarno International Film Festival - Wednesday August 4, 2021 Culture : Www.pardo.ch in Locarno 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Hiroshima Peace Festival (Hiroshima only) - Friday August 6, 2021 Culture : In tribute to the victims of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Observance is held at the Peace Memorial Park
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| Fringe Festival - Friday August 6, 2021 Culture : Www.edfringe.com In Edinburgh 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Edinbugh Tattoo - Friday August 6, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 weeks
www.edintattoo.co.uk 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| International Children's Festival - Friday August 6, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week - in Geoktere resort area please check dates: http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm
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| Festival Interceltique de Lorient - Saturday August 7, 2021 Culture : Http://www.festival-interceltique.com/ lasts 8 days - in Western France 2020 edition confirmed
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| Melon Day - Sunday August 8, 2021 Culture : Tribute to the approximately 1,100 different sorts of melons that grow in the country
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| Memorial Day (Nagazaki only) - Monday August 9, 2021 Culture :
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| Horse Festival - Monday August 9, 2021 Culture : Held by the nomads of Sangke, combining horse races, yak races and wrestling.
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| Baia das Gatas Festival - Monday August 9, 2021 Culture : 3 days & 3 nights on the beach
http://www.mindelo.info 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) - Monday August 9, 2021 Culture : Lasts 6 days - www.film-festival.org in Newport 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Battle Day - Thursday August 12, 2021 Culture : The Battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the declining Great Seljuq Empire at the place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, (the modern-day capital of Georgia), on August 12, 1121. The battle resulted in King David IV of Georgia’s decisive victory over a Seljuk invasion army under Ilghazi and the subsequent reconquest of a Muslim-held Tbilisi, which became the royal capital. The victory at Didgori inaugurated the medieval Georgian Golden Age and is celebrated in the Georgian chronicles as a miraculous victory .] from 2017
- Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
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| Darwin Festival - Thursday August 12, 2021 Culture : Lasts 2 weeks
www.darwinfestival.org.au 2020 edition confirmed
Contact [email protected] to purchase the full calendar for this country or one file containing confirmed calendars of 800 countries and regions.
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| Edinburgh International Festival - Friday August 13, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 weeks
www.eif.co.uk 2020 edition confirmed
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| Le Tapis de Fleurs de Bruxelles - Saturday August 14, 2021 Culture : Http://www.flowercarpet.be/ on Brussels Grand'Place 2020 edition confirmed
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| Wafa'a el Nil - Flooding of the Nile (may vary by a few days) - Sunday August 15, 2021 Culture :
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| Acadian National Day - Sunday August 15, 2021 Culture :
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| Mushroom Festival - Sunday August 15, 2021 Culture : in Thimphu
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| Bennington Battle Day - Monday August 16, 2021 Culture : The Green Mountain Boys defeated the British in 1777
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| Dormition of the Virgin - Monday August 16, 2021 Culture :
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| Flag Day - Tuesday August 17, 2021 Culture :
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| Chilbimontag - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture :
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| Arbor Day - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture :
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| Jesse Robredo Day - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture : A working holiday which was first observed in 2016. Celebrates the internationally-recognized former mayor of Naga City Jesse Robredo who died while serving as Aquino's local government secretary on August 18, 2012.
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| Border Guard Day - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture : Each summer Kazakhstan sets up checkpoints along the Chinese border to prevent illegal harvesting of herbs on Kazakh territory. from 2013 onwards
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| Copenhagen Pride - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture : Www.copenhagenpride.dk/ in Copenhagen 2020 edition confirmed
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| Yadanagu Nat Festival - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture : Lasts 6 days
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| Revolution Day - Thursday August 19, 2021 Culture : On August 19, 1945, the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began rebellion against French colonial rule in Vietnam. [Wikipedia]
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| Banks Hockey International Festival - Thursday August 19, 2021 Culture : Http://www.barbadoshockey.org lasts 1 week 2020 edition confirmed
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| Children's Day - Friday August 20, 2021 Culture :
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| Haugesund film festival - Friday August 20, 2021 Culture : Www.filmfestivalen.no lasts 1 week - in Oslo 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Rose of Tralee International Festival - Friday August 20, 2021 Culture : Http://roseoftralee.ie lasts 5 days - in Tralee 2020 edition confirmed
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| International film festival - Friday August 20, 2021 Culture : Www.sff.ba in Sarajevo 2020 edition confirmed
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| Fuji Rock Festival - Friday August 20, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days -
www.fujirockfestival.com in Naeba Ski Resort 2021 edition confirmed
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| Day of Victims of the Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 - Saturday August 21, 2021 Culture : from 2021 -- NOT a public holiday
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| Gypsy festival - Sunday August 22, 2021 Culture : on the military base of Grostenquin in Moselle (eastern France)
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| Raksha Bandhan - Sunday August 22, 2021 Culture : The annual festival of Raksha Bandhan, which is meant to commemorate the abiding ties between siblings of opposite sex, usually takes place in late August, and is marked by a very simple ceremony in which a woman ties a rakhi — which may be a colorful thread, a simple bracelet, or a decorative string — around the wrist of her brother(s). The word raksha signifies protection, and bandhan is an association signifying an enduring sort of bond; and so, when a woman ties a rakhi around the waist of her brother, she signifies her loving attachment to him. He, likewise, recognizes the special bonds between them, and by extending his wrist forward, he in fact extends the hand of his protection over her. a holiday for women only
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| Ghost Festival - Sunday August 22, 2021 Culture : Hungry Ghost Festival (中元節 / 中元节) falls in the middle of the Ghost Month, supposed to be a bad time for business. Spirits being in high gear, thet are treated with a sumptuous feast, to please them and to bring luck to the family.
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| Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Crimes Committed by Communist and other Totalitarian Regimes - Monday August 23, 2021 Culture :
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| Imaginaria Film Festival - Tuesday August 24, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 month -
www.imaginariafilmfestival.org in Conversano 2021 edition confirmed
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| National Tech-Voc Day - Wednesday August 25, 2021 Culture : A working holiday which was first observed in 2018. This holiday aims to promote technical and vocational education and training in the Philippines.
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| Russian Cinema Day - Friday August 27, 2021 Culture : On this day in 1919 Lenin signed a Decree about the nationalization of the cinematograph, therefore in USSR and later also in Russia this date received the status of the Russian filmmaker’s holiday.
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| National Day of Human Rights - Friday August 27, 2021 Culture : To institutionalize the protection and promotion of human rights throughout the country
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| Apollonia Festival - Friday August 27, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days - in Sozopol please check dates: http://www.apollonia.bg
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| Siege of Groningen Day - Saturday August 28, 2021 Culture : 'Gronings Ontzet’ is the celebration of the raising of the Siege of Groningen in 1672.
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| Ayyankalis birthday - Saturday August 28, 2021 Culture : (28 August 1863 – 1941) was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables. His efforts influenced many changes that improved the social wellbeing of those people, who are today often referred to as Dalits. [Wikipedia]
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| Notting Hill Carnival - Sunday August 29, 2021 Culture : Http://www.lnhc.org.uk/
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| Internationale Odense Filmfestival - Sunday August 29, 2021 Culture : Www.filmfestival.dk in Odense 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| National Day of Tourism - Sunday August 29, 2021 Culture : Dedicated to the first organized and mass climbing of the Cherni Vruh peak in the Vitosha Mountain near Sofia.
The mass climbing has taken place on August 27, 1985 after the famous Bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov publishes his article and invitation under the title To the Sofia Lovers of Bulgarian Nature.
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| Regional holiday - Monday August 30, 2021 Culture : In tribute to Huey P. Long (1893-1935), state senator was nicknamed the Kingfish . in New Orleans
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| Day of Solidarity - Tuesday August 31, 2021 Culture : In tribute to the Solidarnosc movement.
Holiday for civil servants. Some stores may be closed.
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| Knowledge Day - Wednesday September 1, 2021 Culture : Beginning of school year
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| Arbor Day - Wednesday September 1, 2021 Culture : Lasts one week
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| Kirani Day - Wednesday September 1, 2021 Culture : Kirani James Day clebrates the achievements of Kirani James Grenada's first Olympic Gold Medalist
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| Kirani James day - Wednesday September 1, 2021 Culture : Kirani James won gold at the 2012 Olympics in London
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| Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia - Wednesday September 1, 2021 Culture : Www.labiennale.org in Venice 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Victory Day - Thursday September 2, 2021 Culture : From 2010 -
Celebrates the capitulation of Japan on Sept. 2, 1945
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| Armed Forces Day - Friday September 3, 2021 Culture : Not a public holiday
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| Victory Day - Friday September 3, 2021 Culture : Commemorates Japan’s defeat in World War II
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| Surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita Day (Victory over Japan Day) - Friday September 3, 2021 Culture : A working holiday which will be first observed in 2019. Celebrates the surrender of Japanese Army General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City at the conclusion of hostilities of the Second World War on September 3, 1945. [Wikipedia]
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| Pafos Aphrodite Festival - Friday September 3, 2021 Culture : Lasts 2 days
www.pafc.com.cy
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| George Enescu International Festival - Saturday September 4, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 weeks - in Bucharest please check dates: http://www.festivalenescu.ro/
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| Moscow Foundation Day - Sunday September 5, 2021 Culture :
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| Cherokee National Holiday - Sunday September 5, 2021 Culture : in Tahlequah
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| Eve of Rosh Hashana - Monday September 6, 2021 Culture :
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| Saint Louis Day - Wednesday September 8, 2021 Culture :
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| Nativity of Mary - Wednesday September 8, 2021 Culture :
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| Guru Granth Sahib day - Friday September 10, 2021 Culture : The religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign, and eternal living guru following the lineage of the ten human Sikh gurus of the Sikh religion. [Wikipedia]
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| Split Međunarodni Festival Novog Filma - Friday September 10, 2021 Culture : The Split International Festival of New Film
lasts 1 week
www.splitfilmfestival.hr/ 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Day of Reconciliation - Sunday September 12, 2021 Culture :
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| Fête des Fontaines de Môtiers - Sunday September 12, 2021 Culture :
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| Constitution Day - Sunday September 12, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the declaration of the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
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| Exaltation of the Fair and Holy Cross - Tuesday September 14, 2021 Culture : In memory of acquisition and the Exaltation of the Cross of Christ. This momentous event occurred during the reign of Constantine the Great, who was the first Roman emperor to stop the persecution of Christians.
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| Wangdue Tshechu - Tuesday September 14, 2021 Culture : in Wangdue Phodrang
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| Eve of Yom Kippur - Wednesday September 15, 2021 Culture :
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| Dechenphu Tshechu - Wednesday September 15, 2021 Culture : in Thimphu
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| Cherokee Strip Day - Thursday September 16, 2021 Culture : Some schools only
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| Tamshing Phala Chhoepa - Thursday September 16, 2021 Culture : in Bumthang
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| National Day of Poetry and Literature - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture : Commemorates poet Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (1906-1988)
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| Citizenship Day - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture : Since 2004, celebrates the ratification of the U.S. constitution and persons who have become U.S. citizens.
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| St. Sofia - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture : Orthodox world pays homage to the Holy Martyrs Sofia and her three daughters Faith, Hope and Love.
St. Sofia Day is the official holiday of the eponymous Bulgarian capital. in Sofia only
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| Prince's Day - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture :
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| Vishwakarma - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture : all creating is the Personification of ultimate reality and deity of the creative power .According to the Rigveda. It/He is considered to be the architect, divine engineer of universe from before the advent of time. [Wikipedia]
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| San Sebastian Film Festival - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture : Lasts 10 days
www.sansebastianfestival.com in San Sebastian 2020 season confirmed
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| Pyongyang International Film Festival - Friday September 17, 2021 Culture : Lasts 12 days
http://pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com in Pyongyang 2021 edition NOT confirmed
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| Munich Oktoberfest (beginning) - not a bank holiday - Saturday September 18, 2021 Culture : Www.oktoberfest.de
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| Thangbi Mani - Saturday September 18, 2021 Culture : in Bumthang
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| Repentance Day - Sunday September 19, 2021 Culture : A day of prayer to God against poor harvest.
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| Eve of Sukkot - Monday September 20, 2021 Culture :
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| Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Tuesday September 21, 2021 Culture : In the Greek Church the apodosis (solution) of the feast takes place 12 Sept., on account of the feast and the solemnity of the Exaltation of the Cross, 13 and 14 Sept. The Copts in Egypt and the Abyssinians celebrate Mary's Nativity on 1 May, and continue the feast under the name of Seed of Jacob 33 days (Anal. Juris Pont., xxi, 403); they also commemorate it on the first of every month (priv. letter from P. Baeteman, C.M., Alikiena). The Catholic Copts have adopted the Greek feast, but keep it 10 Sept. (Nilles, Kal. Man. , II, 696, 706).
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| Navratra Stapana - Tuesday September 21, 2021 Culture :
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| Arbor Day - Tuesday September 21, 2021 Culture :
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| Pitr-paksha - Tuesday September 21, 2021 Culture : Pitrapaksha gives a chance to repay debt to the deceased ancestors by gratifying their spirits. As such, Shraddha is a debt of the dead or ceremonies of the dead which should be performed, assuming that the dead ones are alive. The Lord of death, Yamaraja enables the dead ones to come to earth and receive offers from the descendants. This practice is made to the dead petras and pitras http://www.drikpanchang.com
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| Resistance Fighting Day - Wednesday September 22, 2021 Culture : Vastupanuvõitluse päev: Otto Tief's attempt to restore the Estonian independence in 1944 [Wikipedia]
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| Arbor Day - Wednesday September 22, 2021 Culture :
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| Fertility Day - Wednesday September 22, 2021 Culture :
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| Mid-Autumn festival - Wednesday September 22, 2021 Culture :
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| Regional holiday - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture : Nuestra Señora de los Reyes El Hierro only
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| Ethnicity day - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture : National minorities day
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| Saint Rupert - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture : Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert(660 – 710) is the founder of the Austrian city of Salzburg
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| Virgen de la Merced - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture : only in Tucumán, Bahía Blanca, Mercedes, Chascomús, and Viedma.
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| Namur - Festival international du film - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture : Www.fiff.be in Namur 2020 edition confirmed
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| Internatioal Festival of Theater - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 weeks -
http://tbilisiinternational.com/ in Tbilisi 2020 edition NOT confirmed
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| Arbor Day - Friday September 24, 2021 Culture :
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| Kamarampaka - Saturday September 25, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the anniversary of the abolition of the monarchy in 1961, and is marked yearly with the opening of the National Assembly.
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| Brother Klaus festival - Saturday September 25, 2021 Culture : Nicholas of Flüe (1417-1487) was a farmer from Sachseln and the father of ten children before he decided to go and live as a hermit in the Ranft gorge. During his lifetime he already gained a reputation as a pious and wise man, even as a living saint. His highly valued advice was sought by simple peasants, noblemen, rulers and politicians alike. Not long after the death of 'Brother Klaus', as he was widely known, the first pilgrimages were made to Sachseln and the Ranft gorge, and the first biographies and accounts of pilgrimages appeared. Following his beatification by the Vatican in 1649, an annual Brother Klaus festival was introduced to mark the anniversary of his death
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| Family Day - Monday September 27, 2021 Culture :
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| Teachers' Day - Tuesday September 28, 2021 Culture :
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| Birthday of S.Bhagat Singh Ji - Tuesday September 28, 2021 Culture :
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| International film festival - Tuesday September 28, 2021 Culture : Http://riff.is/ lasts 1 week - in Reykjavik 2020 edition confirmed
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| Heroes Day - Thursday September 30, 2021 Culture : To commemorate people who died in wars resisting foreign invaders
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| Filmfest Hamburg - Thursday September 30, 2021 Culture : Lasts 1 week
www.filmfesthamburg.de 2020 edition confirmed
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