Thanksgiving

This is a federal holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It originated as a harvest festival, and Thanksgiving dinner remains the centrepiece. The dinner traditionally consists of foods and dishes indigenous to the Americas like Turkey, potatoes, stuffing, squash, corn, green beans, cranberries and pumpkin pie. It is considered the start of theContinue reading “Thanksgiving”

Holidays on 25th November

Bosnia and Herzegovina Statehood Day This day commemorates when the ZAVNOBiH made Resolution of ZAVNOBiH declaring the country peoples’ will for the country to be their own. Suriname Independence Day This day marks the country’s independence from the Netherlands in 1975. In 1593 Spanish explorers visited the country and named it. In the first halfContinue reading “Holidays on 25th November”

Holidays on 15th November

Dia da Proclamação da República (Brazil) This day celebrates the establishment of the First Brazilian Republic on this day in 1889 after a military coup d’etat. The proclamation took place in Rio de Janiero, when a group of military officials of the Brazilian Army, led by Mardhal Deodoro da Fonseca, staged a coup d’etat withoutContinue reading “Holidays on 15th November”

Happy Diwali

Diwali is a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus. The festival usually lasts five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika (between Mid-October and mid-November). It symbolises the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.” It is associated with Lakashmi, goddess of prosperity, and also a celebrationContinue reading “Happy Diwali”