festivals of the year

Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month, Usually February/ March • Holi हहहह, is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus

Festivals around

the world

January 1st

February 14th

March 17th

March / April

April 1st

2nd Sunday in May

3rd Sunday of June

July 4th

31st October

4th Thursday of

November

25th December

Other festivals around

the world

Holi

Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day

of the lunar month, Usually February/

March

• Holi (हहहह), is a religious

spring festival celebrated by

Hindus Holi is also known as

festival of Colours It is

primarily observed in India,

Nepal, Pakistan,1 and countries with large Indic diaspora

populations following Hinduism,

Chinese new year January/ February

Diwali

Diwali is an official holiday in India , 4 Nepal ,

Sri Lanka , Myanmar , Mauritius , Guyana ,

Trinidad & Tobago , Suriname , Malaysia ,

Singapore , 5 and Fiji 6

• Diwali (also spelled Devali in certain regions) or Deepavali,

note 1 popularly known as the

"festival of lights," is a

festival celebrated between

mid-October and mid-December for different reasons

Ramadan

• Ramadan (Arabic: , IPA: ; variations Turkish: ) is the ninth month of the

Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or

30 days It is the Islamic month of

fasting, in which participating

Muslims refrain from eating,

drinking, smoking and sex during

daylight hours and is intended to

teach Muslims about patience,

spirituality, humility and

submissiveness to God

Sankranti

• Sankranthi, or Sankranti, is a

festival that signifies the

beginning of the harvest season for the farmers of India

Usually In January

Bun Bang Fai

2nd week of May

Bang Fai,' is an ancient local festival that has been carried out continuously till

modern times It is popularly celebrated in Yasothon, a province in Thailand's

northeast, and is usually held in the

second week of May

In Thailand, the month of May is the

beginning of the rainy season and farmers are ready to begin planting their rice fields

• If you see the word Eve after

the word Christmas Eve or New years Eve then this is actually the Day before those days, i.e

• December 24th and December

31st

By Sean

Flynn