What does everyone know of May Day celebrations and what are they related to?
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Ancient Romans celebrated a holiday known as Floralia as their spring celebration. This eventually involved into May Day, a time for fertility and renewal. Fertility was very important for people, livestock and crops, and so fertility celebrations tend to be the most important celebrations in the ancient world and this was the most active of the Fertility holidays in Europe. People danced around a May-pole (a symbol of masculine fertility) wrapping it with ribbons (symbolizing the poles entrance into the female fertility symbol). It was also a very popular night for maidens to lose their virginity. Today Pagans still celebrate the holiday, calling it Beltane\n\nIt is also International Workers day, commemorating a labor riot in Chicago
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All major holidays, like today.  \n\nPresidents Day\nMemorial Day\n4th of July\nVeterans Day\nThanksgiving\nChristmas
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Hi,\n\nthe main cultural festival is the eisteddfod, see wikipedia or other entries on this site for more information on that.\n\nnew years day is called calennig and people go from house to house singing through the door (don't ask!), sometimes with a horse's skull.......\n\n25th january - santes dwynwen, instead of valentines day.\n\nnational day - dydd gwyl dewi (st davids day) 1st march, children dress up in national costume and have their photos taken, eisteddfodau take place and ex-pats have huge balls!\n\nhow are you: siw mae?  (pron: shoe maie)\n\nthanks: diolch.  (ch is a guttural sound eg kh, not as in charles)\n\npob lwc!
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Not sure about Friendship day, but yesterday was Earth day\nMothers day - May 14\nFathers day - June 18\nGrandparents day - Sept 10
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1#Events\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOKA
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23rd May\nTime, God knows...
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It's always the second Sunday in May.  FYI - Father's Day is always the third Sunday in June.
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Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and was created to celebrate Union soldiers in the Civil War. It was declared a national holiday in 1868 by General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was not officially recognized by the federal government as a national holiday until Congress passed the National Holiday Act of 1971, which also moved the date from May 30th to the last Monday in May.
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it is a day which is celebrated by nation \non this day some historic event had happened\nmight be country got independence,might be country'e constistution is made on this day, or anyother thing that changed the fate of the country.
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Assuming you are referring to May 1st by "May Day protest": Its origin is from 1889  when the international labour congress assembled in Paris, France, to establish the Second International, an international labour organisation(100 years since the French revolution). It was agreed to make May 1st as an international day for demonstrations to achieve better rights for workers. In this, the Second International succeeded, and it is noteworthy that the labour unions from the US proposed this in the first place!
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23rd and what? Give more info please.
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I think that we should allow the celebration of cinco de mayo because It helps the reminds the poeple of mexico what happened the year of 1862. Also because that there are so many cultures and they deserve a holiday. same thing with why do we celebrate st. patricks day.
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Sunday, May 14th.\n\nHave a wonderul day!
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An original American Festival is the 4th- of July! Celebrating independence with food, fireworks, song and dance. The second, but most popular summer celebration. Labor Day more or less ends the summer season…but fall and winter are Great celebrations
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July 13th.Im not sure about it at all!!But you'll find out as soon as may ends.\n\nBest of luck.Don't worry about it.
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This is what I found.....in a nutshell. It explains the meaning of Cinco de Mayo too. (Hmm....I am learning too!) :)\n\nCinco de Mayo (SEEN-co day MAH-yo) is a Mexican national holiday that is observed on the fifth of May by Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The phrase cinco de mayo means the 'fifth of May' in the Spanish language. The day is set aside in remembrance of the Battle of Puebla, when a small group of Mexican soldiers defeated the powerful French Army on May 5, 1862. It represents the continued courage of the Mexican people to overcome oppression throughout history.
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May 5.  Specifically, the holiday that celebrates the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla.