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Cultural Calendar

{ Cultural Calendar: August }

The Month Of...

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First:

- Swiss Confederation Day

- Lammas Day (UK, Celtic, 8th Station)

- Cheyenne Frontier Day

Second:

- Freedom Day (Guyana)

- Jamaica Independence Day

Fourth:

- Munchkins of Oz Convention

Fifth:

- Atomic Bomb Day

Sixth:

- Friendship Day

- Peace Festival (Japan)

- Feast of Transfiguration

Seventh:

- Feast of 'Aut-Yeb

- Personification of Female Joy (Egypt)

Eighth:

- Burryman Festival (Scotland)

- National Frozen Custard Day

Ninth:

- Feast of the Milky Way (China)

- Singapore Independence Day

- National Polka Festival

Tenth:

- Ecuador Independence Day

- Middle Children's Day

Eleventh:

- Daughter's Day

- Night of the Shooting Stars

- Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival

Thirteenth:

- Women's Day (Tunisia)

- Congo National Festival begins

Fourteenth:

- Assumption Eve (France)

- Pakistan Independence Day

- La Torta dei Fieschi (Italy)

- Festival of Sassari (Sardinia)

- Bud Billiken Day

- Bahrain Independence Day

Fifteenth:

- Great Mother Goddess Day

- Congo Independence Day

- India Independence Day

- Korea Independence Day

Sixteenth:

- Restoration of the Republic (Dominican Republic)

Seventeenth:

- Indonesia Independence Day

- National Thrift Shop Day

Nineteenth:

- Afghanistan Independence Day

Twentieth:

- Moon's Birthday (Aztecs)

- National Homeless Animals Day

- Victory Day (Turkey)

Twenty third :

- Romania Liberation Day

- Schuetzenfest (German Hunter's Festival)

Twenty fourth:

- Bartholomew Fair (UK)

- Ukraine Independence Day

- Schaferlauf (Germany)

Twenty fifth:

- Discovery of the Runes

- Uruguay Independence Day

- Paraguay Constitution Day

- Begonia Festival (Belgium)

Twenty sixth:

- Woman's Equality Day

- Susan B. Anthony Day (Massachusetts)

Twenty seventh:

- Moldova National Day

- Notting Hill Carnival (London)

- Ould Lammas Fair (Ireland)

Twenty eighth:

- Dream Day

- World Sauntering Day

- Nativity of Nephthys (Egyptian Goddess of Love)

- Liberation Day (Hong Kong)

- St. Moses the Black's Day

Twenty ninth:

- Nativity of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Joy)

- Swiss Winegrower's Fete

Thirtieth:

- International Pow Wow Ceremony (Gallup, NM)

Thirty first:

- Grape Blessing Day (Armenia)

- Solidarity Day (Poland)

- Festal Day (Order of Eastern Star)

- Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day

- Merdeka Day (Malaysia)

Floating Holidays:

1st Sunday - National Day of Peace * 1st Sunday - Scottish Bagpipe & Highland Dance Festival * 2nd Week - Elvis Week * Last Week - Be Kind to Humankind Week