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Javanese Arrival Day
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Javanese Arrival Day commemorates the arrival of the first Javanese contract laborers in Suriname, who traveled from the Dutch East Indies to work on the country's plantations in the late 19th century. Observed annually, the holiday honors the Javanese-Surinamese community's heritage and its lasting influence on Suriname's culture, cuisine, and religious life.
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Suriname
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Javanese Arrival Day is a public holiday in Suriname commemorating the arrival of the first Javanese contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies in 1890, honoring their lasting contribution to the country's culture and multiethnic identity.
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Suriname marks Javanese Arrival Day today, the only public holiday appearing on the global calendar. With no other country recording an observance today, all of today's holiday coverage centers on this single Surinamese holiday. It is a quiet day by the standards of the daily holiday calendar, with attention resting entirely on Suriname.
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Javanese Arrival Day is classified as a full public holiday rather than a regional or optional observance, and it applies to the entire country of Suriname rather than a single province or state.
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August Thursday
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August Thursday is a public holiday in Anguilla observed during the island's annual Summer Festival, a carnival celebration held each summer. It falls in the same festival week as August Monday, which honors the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean, and gives residents additional time to take part in festival activities.
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August Thursday
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Anguilla
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August Thursday is a public holiday in Anguilla marking a day within the island's annual Summer Festival, the Caribbean's long-running carnival celebration.
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Bolivia
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Independence Day is Bolivia's national holiday, marking the country's declaration of independence from Spain on August 6, 1825, in the city now known as Sucre.
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Jamaica
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Independence Day is Jamaica's national holiday, marking the country's independence from the United Kingdom on August 6, 1962.
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Emancipation Wednesday
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Emancipation Wednesday closes out the first week of August as a public holiday in the British Virgin Islands, part of the territory's annual August Festival. Alongside the preceding Emancipation Monday and Emancipation Tuesday holidays, it commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Caribbean, a milestone dated to 1834, through the islands' largest cultural celebration of the year.
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Emancipation Wednesday
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British Virgin Islands
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Emancipation Wednesday is a public holiday in the British Virgin Islands, the third day of the territory's annual August Festival, commemorating the end of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834.
Read moreJuly Mass Uprising Day (জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান দিবস)
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Bangladesh
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July Mass Uprising Day is a Bangladeshi public holiday held each August 5, marking the 2024 uprising whose mass protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and ended her 15-year rule.
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Croatia
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Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian Defenders is a national holiday in Croatia held each August 5, commemorating the 1995 military operation that effectively ended the Croatian War of Independence.
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Carnival Tuesday
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Carnival Tuesday marks the climax of Antigua and Barbuda's summer Carnival, the Caribbean nation's largest cultural celebration. On this final day, costumed troupes known as mas bands parade through the capital, St. John's, accompanied by live soca and calypso music. The festival blends African-Caribbean masquerade traditions with a modern street celebration held each July and August.
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Carnival Tuesday is the final day of Antigua and Barbuda's Carnival, when costumed troupes parade through the streets of St. John's to soca and calypso music, closing out the nation's biggest annual cultural festival.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Culturama Day marks the finale of Culturama, Nevis' annual summer festival celebrating the island's heritage with music, food, and a parade through the capital, Charlestown.
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British Virgin Islands
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Emancipation Tuesday is a public holiday in the British Virgin Islands marking a key day of the territory's annual August Emancipation Festival, which commemorates the 1834 abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean.
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August Holiday (Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa)
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The August Holiday, known in Irish as Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa, is a public holiday observed across Ireland on the first Monday of August. Also called the August Bank Holiday, it is one of Ireland's statutory bank holidays, days set aside by law for rest during the working year, and it falls at the height of the Irish summer.
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August Holiday (Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa)
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Ireland
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Ireland's August Holiday is a public bank holiday held on the first Monday of August each year, giving workers, schools, and businesses nationwide a day off as summer draws on.
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Anguilla
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August Monday is a public holiday in Anguilla, falling on the first Monday of August, marking the high point of the island's Summer Festival, or Carnival, and its historic ties to Caribbean emancipation celebrations.
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Canada
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British Columbia Day is a statutory holiday in Canada's westernmost province, marking the first Monday of August each year and forming part of the general civic holiday observed across much of the country.
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Carnival Monday is a public holiday in Antigua and Barbuda marking the start of the final two days of the nation's annual summer Carnival season.
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Canada
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Civic Holiday is a Canadian public holiday held on the first Monday of August, though only Nunavut and the Northwest Territories use that name officially — elsewhere it appears as BC Day, Saskatchewan Day, Natal Day, and other regional titles.
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Iceland
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Commerce Day, or Frídagur verslunarmanna, is an Icelandic public holiday held on the first Monday of August, originally established as a rest day for shop and trade workers.
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British Virgin Islands
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Emancipation Monday is a public holiday in the British Virgin Islands marking the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834, and opening the territory's annual August Festival.
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Zambia
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Farmers' Day is a public holiday in Zambia, observed on the first Monday of August, that honors the country's farmers for their contribution to the national economy and food supply.
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Venezuela
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Venezuela's Flag Day, or Día de la Bandera, is a national observance held each August 3 honoring the country's tricolor flag and commemorating its first raising on Venezuelan soil in 1806.
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Canada
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Heritage Day is a public holiday observed on the first Monday of August in the Canadian province of Alberta and the territory of Yukon, part of the country's traditional August long weekend.
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Barbados
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Kadooment Day is a public holiday in Barbados, held on the first Monday in August, marking the festive climax of the Crop Over festival with costumed street parades.
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Canada
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Natal Day is a Nova Scotia tradition held on the first Monday in August to commemorate the founding of Halifax, marked by parades, fireworks, and community festivities across the province.
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Tuvalu
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National Children's Day, known in Tuvalu as Aso Tamaliki, is a public holiday held annually in early August to honor the nation's children and their wellbeing.
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Canada
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New Brunswick Day is a statutory public holiday in New Brunswick, Canada, observed on the first Monday of August as the province's version of the civic holiday marked across much of the country each summer.
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Niger
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Nigerien Independence Day commemorates Niger's independence from France, achieved on August 3, 1960, and is celebrated annually as the country's most significant national holiday.
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Australia
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Picnic Day is a public holiday observed in Australia's Northern Territory on the first Monday of August, giving residents a long weekend during the region's dry season.
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Canada
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Saskatchewan Day is a statutory public holiday in Saskatchewan, Canada, observed on the first Monday of August to mark the province's founding and give residents a summer long weekend.
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United Kingdom
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The Summer Bank Holiday is a UK public holiday held on the last Monday of August in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and on the first Monday of August in Scotland, marking the close of the summer season.
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Agrarian Reform Day (Día de la Revolución Agraria)
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Agrarian Reform Day commemorates the Agrarian Reform Decree signed on August 2, 1953, by President Víctor Paz Estenssoro. Following Bolivia's 1952 National Revolution, the decree abolished the semi-feudal hacienda system and forced labor, redistributing land from large estate owners to Indigenous and peasant farming communities across the Bolivian highlands.
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Agrarian Reform Day (Día de la Revolución Agraria)
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Bolivia
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Agrarian Reform Day is a Bolivian public holiday marking the 1953 decree that ended the hacienda system and redistributed land to Indigenous and peasant farmers.
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DR Congo
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Congolese Genocide Day is a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo commemorating the millions of Congolese killed during decades of conflict in the country's east.
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North Macedonia
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Day of the Republic is a North Macedonian public holiday marking the 1944 founding of the modern Macedonian state, observed alongside the anniversary of the 1903 Ilinden Uprising.
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Costa Rica
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The Feast of Our Lady of the Angels is Costa Rica's national religious holiday honoring La Negrita, the country's patron saint, centered on an annual pilgrimage to Cartago.
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August Festivals (Fiestas de agosto)
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August Festivals, or Fiestas Agostinas, are El Salvador's most important annual holiday period, centered on San Salvador and held in honor of the Divino Salvador del Mundo, the Divine Savior of the World, patron of both the capital and the nation. The celebrations combine religious processions with fairs, music, and other festivities, drawing participation from across the country.
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El Salvador
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August Festivals, known locally as Fiestas Agostinas, are El Salvador's principal annual celebration, honoring the country's patron, the Divine Savior of the World, each August in the capital, San Salvador.
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Benin
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Independence Day marks Benin's independence from France on August 1, 1960, when the country was known as the Republic of Dahomey.
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DR Congo
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Parents' Day is a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, observed each August 1 to honor mothers, fathers, and the family's role in Congolese society.
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Switzerland
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Swiss National Day, held every August 1, celebrates the founding of the Swiss Confederacy and stands as Switzerland's official national holiday.
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Mary Prince Day
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Mary Prince Day is a public holiday in Bermuda, observed on the Friday before the first Monday in August as part of the Cup Match holiday weekend. It honors Mary Prince, a Bermudian-born woman who was enslaved as a child and later published the first known autobiography by a Black woman describing the experience of slavery in the British Empire.
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Bermuda
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Mary Prince Day is a Bermudian public holiday held on the Friday before the first Monday in August, honoring the formerly enslaved writer Mary Prince.
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Mary Prince Day stands alone on the calendar, the single public holiday marked anywhere in the world today. Bermuda is the only country observing, giving this one occasion the day's full spotlight rather than sharing it among a broader mix of celebrations. Days like this are a reminder that global holiday coverage often narrows to just one country's calendar.
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Mary Prince Day is classified as a countrywide public holiday rather than a regional one, meaning it applies to the whole of Bermuda instead of only part of the country.
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Emancipation Day
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Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Caribbean, marking the anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which took effect on 1 August 1834. Full freedom for all formerly enslaved people came four years later, in 1838. Territories including Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, and Bermuda now hold their own ceremonies, parades, and public holidays around this date.
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Emancipation Day
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Bermuda
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Emancipation Day is a public holiday across many former British Caribbean territories marking the end of slavery under the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, observed in late July or early August depending on the country.
Read moreEnthronement (Eid Al-Ârch)
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Morocco
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Throne Day, or Eid al-Arch, is Morocco's national holiday marking King Mohammed VI's accession, observed each year on 30 July with celebrations of the monarchy across the country.
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Bermuda observes Emancipation Day and Morocco marks Enthronement, known locally as Eid Al-Ârch, as this year's two public holidays fall on the same day. Both are public holidays, each observed nationwide in a single country. The pairing brings together a Caribbean commemoration and a North African observance, spanning two very different regions and traditions on the global calendar.
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Morocco's holiday today, Enthronement, is also known by its local name, Eid Al-Ârch, while Bermuda's public holiday on the same day goes by an entirely different name: Emancipation Day.
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Saint Olav's Day (Ólavsøkudagur)
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Saint Olav's Day, known locally as Ólavsøka, is the national holiday of the Faroe Islands, observed each July 29. It honors Olaf II of Norway, the medieval king venerated as Norway's patron saint after his death in battle. In the Faroe Islands, the day centers on the official opening of the national parliament in Tórshavn.
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Faroe Islands
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Saint Olav's Day, or Ólavsøka, is the national holiday of the Faroe Islands, observed every July 29 in honor of Olaf II, the medieval Norwegian king venerated as Norway's patron saint.
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