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Coming of Age Day is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have reached or will reach the age of maturity between April 2…

Pongal (பொங்கல், /ˈθaɪˈpoʊŋʌl/, also spelled Poṅkal), is also referred to as Thai Pongal (தைப்பொங்கல், also spelled Tai Pongal), is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka. It is observed at the start of the…

Makara/Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan or Maghi or simply Sankranti, also known in Bangladesh and West Bengal as Poush Sankranti, and in Nepal as Maghe Sankranti, 'Sankranti' here means ‘transfer', this day is considered as the transition day of Sun into…

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.. It is observed on the third
Monday of January each year. Born in 1929, King's actual birthday is
January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday
Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the
latest is January 21. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent
activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial
discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday
in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President
Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first
observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the
holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other
holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in
2000.

Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Chinese and other East and Southeast Asian cultures, the festival is commonly referred to as the Spring…

Lunar New Year is the beginning of a calendar year whose months are Moon cycles, based on the lunar calendar or lunisolar calendar. It is particularly celebrated in countries within East and Southeast Asia, being influenced by the historical Chinese…