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Holidays and Festivals Around the World

 

Holidays This Month

Date Religion Holiday
Jan. 1 Shinto Shogatsu - Gantan-sai

Jan. 3

Buddhist Mahayna New Year
Jan. 8 Shinto Seijin-no-hi
Jan. 14 Hindu Markar Sankrant - Pongal
Jan. 20 Islam Al-Hijra
Jan. 21 Shinto Toshi-goi-no-Matsuri
Jan. 21 Baha'i World Religion Day
Jan. 23 Hindu Vasant Panchami
Jan. 29 Islam Ashura

 

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Holidays By Religion
(Name of Practitioner)

Baha'i ( Baha'i)
Buddhism (Buddhist)
Christianity (Christian) 
Hinduism (Hindu)
Islam (Muslim)
Jainism (Jain)
Judaism (Jewish)

Shintoism (Shinto)
Sikhism (Sikh)
Wicca (Wiccan)
Zoroastrian (Zoroastrianism)

Holidays By Country
Country

Holidays By Year
2007

Last Updated: 09-Oct-2007

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