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For Afrikaners, 16 December was commemorated as the Day of the Vow, [1] also known as Day of the Covenant or Dingaansdag (Dingaan's Day). [19] The Day of the Vow was a religious holiday commemorating the Voortrekker victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838, [2] and is still celebrated by some Afrikaners. [20]
Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
A public holiday. Started in 2012. [1] 18 December: Qatar National Day: اليوم الوطني لقطر: National Day of Qatar. [2] [3] 1st, 2nd, 3rd Shawwal: Eid al-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Commemorates end of Ramadan. [2] [3] 10th, 11th, 12th Zulhijjah: Eid al-Adha: عيد الأضحى: Commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son.
Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, ... December 18: Guru Ghasidas Jayanti: Chandigarh: February:
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). [1] Boxing Day was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it has evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities, with many people choosing to shop for deals on Boxing Day.
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...
Public holidays in Iceland are established by the act of the Icelandic parliament. [1] The public holidays are the religious holidays of the Church of Iceland and the First Day of Summer, May Day, the Icelandic National Day. In addition, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are holidays from 1PM. [1]