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2. Opal Lee - Wikipedia

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   Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth". [2] On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S. 475, making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday. [3]

3. List of observances set by the Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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   15th day of the 8th month. October 1, 2020. Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) 中秋節 / 中秋节. Eat mooncake, family union meal, related to the legend of Chang E, the Jade Rabbit and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, also called "Chinese Thanksgiving". 16th day of the 8th month. October 2, 2020 [6] Monkey King Festival.

4. Athenian festivals - Wikipedia

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   The Panathenaea ( Ancient Greek: Παναθήναια, "all-Athenian festival") was the most important festival for Athens and one of the grandest in the entire ancient Greek world. Except for slaves, all inhabitants of the polis could take part in the festival. This holiday of great antiquity is believed to have been the observance of Athena ...

5. Three Pilgrimage Festivals - Wikipedia

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   The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šāloš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents' or 'booths')—when all Israelites who were able were expected to make ...

6. List of Korean traditional festivals - Wikipedia

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   Lunar New Year. Sebae (New Year's greetings), Charye (ancestral ceremony), Yunnori (traditional game) 1st day of first month. Tteokguk (rice cake soup), Yakgwa (honey cakes) Daeboreum. First full moon. Geuybulnori (rice field burning), Daljip Taeugi (bonfire), Aengmagi Taeugi (talisman burning) 15th day of first month.

7. List of harvest festivals - Wikipedia

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   Umkhosi Wokweshwama: celebrated by the Zulu people of South Africa. Mokete wa Mokopu: celebrated by the Makgolokwe-a-Mafhleng of South Africa. Guetna (Juny) : date harvest festival in Mauritania. Afsay n tmuqqint (24 July) : fig harvest festival in Kabylia and Aures, Algeria. Timechret uzemur (7 December) : olive harvest festival in Kabylia and ...