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October Bank Holiday
The October Bank Holiday in Ireland, introduced in 1977, provides a civic long weekend but also ties into Ireland’s ancient Samhain festival and modern Halloween celebrations, making it both a practical and culturally significant holiday.
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Ochi Day (Greece)
Ochi Day in Greece commemorates Greece's defiant refusal of Italy's ultimatum in 1940, symbolizing national courage and resistance, celebrated with parades, flags and memorial ceremonies.
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Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong)
Chung Yeung Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, is a day for ancestor remembrance and family gatherings, when people visit ancestral graves to pay respects, make offerings, and hike to high places for good fortune and protection against misfortune.
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Chung Yeung Festival (Macau)
Chung Yeung Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, is a day for honoring ancestors and celebrating longevity. Families visit graves to offer incense, food and prayers, while others hike to scenic hills, following the tradition of climbing to ward off bad luck. The festival combines ancestor veneration and outdoor enjoyment, symbolizing remembrance, respect and renewal.
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Nevada Day
Nevada Day is an annual state holiday celebrated in Nevada to commemorate the state’s admission to the United States as the 36th state on October 31, 1864. The holiday is a celebration of Nevada’s history, culture, and heritage, featuring various community events and festivities.
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Thanksgiving Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Thanksgiving Day in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is a public holiday that shares its date with the American Thanksgiving but is celebrated in a distinctly local and spiritual way, rooted in the islands' religious traditions, community values, and agricultural heritage.
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Liberty Day
Liberty Day, also known as D. Hamilton Jackson Day, is celebrated in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and it honors the birthday of D. Hamilton Jackson, a revered civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing freedom of speech, workers’ rights, and local autonomy during the early 20th century.
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All Saints' Day Sweden
All Saints’ Day in Sweden blends Christian traditions with Swedish remembrance customs. Families honor the departed by lighting candles on graves, making cemeteries glow across the country, and attending church services. It is a public holiday marked by reflection and memory.
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All Saints' Day (Finland)
All Saints’ Day in Finland is a solemn day dedicated to honoring all saints and the memory of departed loved ones, marked by church services and the tradition of lighting candles on graves, which illuminate cemeteries across Finland during the dark autumn nights.
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V.C. Bird Day
V.C. Bird Day in Antigua and Barbuda honours Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr., the nation's first Prime Minister and a central figure in its journey to independence. Widely regarded as the “Father of the Nation,” Sir Vere Bird led the labour movement that improved workers' rights and guided the country from colonial rule to self-government and independence in 1981.
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Tonga National Day
Tonga’s National Day, also historically known as Constitution Day, commemorates the promulgation of the Kingdom’s first Constitution by King George Tupou I on November 4, 1875, an event that transformed Tonga into one of the world’s earliest constitutional monarchies.
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Marlborough Anniversary Day
Marlborough Anniversary Day began in 1859 with the creation of Marlborough Province after its separation from Nelson. Even though the provinces were abolished in 1876, the holiday survived as a regional anniversary day. It continues as a symbol of regional identity and pride, as well as a springtime holiday for residents.
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