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Cultural Calendar

{ Cultural Calendar: February }

The Month Of...

Black History * American Heart * American History * American Music * Biorhythm Health * AMD Awareness * Canned Food * Celebration of Chocolate * Creative Romance * Great American Pies * Human Relations * International "Boost" Your Ego * International Embroidery * International Friendship * International Twit Award * Marfan Syndrome Awareness * Cat Health * Cherry * Children's Dental Health * Fiber Focus * Snack Food * Weddings * Wild Bird Feeding * Potato Lover's * Responsible Pet Owner * Return Shopping Carts To the Supermarket * Sleep Safety * Vegetation * Wisconsin Farm Woman of the Year * B'Sahvat/Arbor Day (Israel)

First:

- Freedom Day

- Brigmid (Druid Festival)

- Serpent Day (Celtic)

- Women's Heart Health Day

Second:

- Groundhog Day (USA)

- Candlemas (Christian)

- Imbolg (Wicca)

Third:

- Setsubun/Changing of the seasons (Japan)

- Blessing of the Throats Day Cordova Ice Worm Festival

Fourth:

- Torture Abolition Day

- Sri Lanka Independence Day

Fifth:

- Wyrd's Day (Celtic Goddess of Fortune Telling)

- Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)

Sixth:

- Police Brutality Day

Seventh:

- National Fettuccine Alfredo Day

Eighth:

- Boy Scout Day

- Kite Flying Day (Korea)

- Narvik Sun Pageant Day (Norway)

Ninth:

- Feast of Apollo

Tenth:

- World Marriage Day

Eleventh:

- Grandmother Achievement Day

Twelfth:

- Burma Union Day

Thirteenth:

- Parentalia begins (Old Roman family observance to soul of your father)

Fourteenth:

- Valentine's Day (International)

- Shivratri (Hinduism)

- Read to Your Child Day

- Race Relations Day

- Birds Mating Season begins

Fifteenth:

- Lupercalia (Old Roman Festival to Paganism)

- Faunus (Celebrates Animals Helping Humans)

Sixteenth:

- New Year (Chinese and Korean)

- Losar (Tibetan)

- Tet (Vietnamese)

- Lithuanian Independence Day

Seventeenth:

- Random Acts of Kindness Day

Eighteenth:

- Independence Day (Gambia and Nepal)

Twenty first :

- Shaheed Dibash/Martyr's Day (Bangladesh)

Twenty fifth:

- National Day (Kuwait)

Twenty sixth:

- Intercalary Day (Baha'i)

Twenty seventh:

- Independence Day (Dominican Republic)

Twenty eighth:

- Kalevala Day (Finland)

Twenty ninth:

- Leap Year Day (International)

Floating Holidays:

Hai Ba Trung (Vietnam) * Presidents' Day (USA) * Brotherhood Week (USA) * Purim (Jewish) * Mardi Gras (International) * Feast of Okambondondo (Angola) * Magha Puja (Buddhist)