Thursday 19 September the Feast of San Gennaro in Naples
In Naples, the 19th of September is the Feast of San Gennaro. This very special day for Neapolitans is an explosion of popular devotion to the…
Wednesday 18 September Independence Day in Chile
On September 18th 1810, Chile broke from Spanish rule, declaring their independence. The Spanish had ruled Chile since the middle of the 16th Century. The…
Tuesday 17 September Day of Melilla in Melilla
Melilla is located on the north coast of Africa and shares a border with Morocco. Like Ceuta, its Spanish sibling down the coast, this enclave…
Monday 16 September Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday in China
This festival originated in a fairy tale. A hero names Hou Yi saved his people by shooting down the other nine suns that burned his…
Saturday 31 August Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan
This landlocked region in central Asia lies at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road trade route between Europe and China. As such it has…
Friday 30 August Popular Consultation Day in East Timor
Colonised by the Portuguese in the 16th century, East Timor declared its independence from Portugal on November 28th 1975. Independence proved to be very short-lived…
Thursday 29 August Slovak National Uprising Day in Slovakia
In 1938, the Munich agreement established the independent Slovak state, led by Jozef Tiso. In June 1944 Tiso declared martial law allowing the German army…
Wednesday 28 August Ayyankali Jayanthi in Kerala
AyyanKali was born on August 28th 1963 in a small village in the princely state of Travancore, now in the south of the modern-day state…
Friday 23 August Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev in Assam
Madhabdev (1489–1596), also known as Mahapurush, is one of the most popular Vaishnava Saints in Assam. Madhabdev was an important preceptor of the Ekasara ma…
Thursday 22 August Grand Magal of Touba in Senegal
This day sees the largest pilgrimage, or Magal, in the country as hundreds of thousands of followers make their way to the holy city of…
Wednesday 21 August Day of Memory in Czech Republic
The Day of Memory is a new state holiday to be observed on August 21st each year. The full name of this holiday is the…