18 Terms
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Festivals
Mardi Gras
Holiday; Festivals
Originally a French term for "fat Tuesday" or "Shrove Tuesday", Mardi Gras is celebrated as a day of exuberance before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. practises can include dressing up and ...
Mars Hoax Day
Holiday; Festivals
Celebrated on August 27 of each year, Mars Hoax Day originated in an 2003 e-mail that claimed Mars would be so close to earth on the 27th day of August that it would appear in the night sky as large ...
Dragon Boat Festival
Holiday; Festivals
Celebrated in China, as well as other Southeast Asian countries, Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. On this day, people eat sticky rice dumplings ...
World Youth Day
Holiday; Festivals
World Youth Day is a religious event that is celebrated every three years. Open to youths from all around the world, World Youth Day aims to connect young religious people with their contemporaries, ...
