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Cultural Calendar

{ Cultural Calendar: May }

The Month Of...

Flores de Mayo (Philippines) * Asian-Pacific Month (United States) * American Bike * Better Hearing * Better Sleep * Correct Posture * Date Your Mate * Family Support * Flower * Foot Health * Freedom Shrine * Fungal Infection * Awareness * Good Carkeeping * Mental health * Allergy/Asthma * Arthritis * Asparagus * Barbecue * Egg * Hamburger * High Blood Pressure * Photo * Physical * Fitness and Sports * Radio * Salad * Senior Travel * Sight Saving * Strawberry * Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness * Older Americans * Personal History Awareness * Project Safe Baby * Revise Your Work Schedule * Senoir Citizens * Steelmark * Stroke Awareness * Touring Theatre

First:

- Santa Cruzan Day (Philippines)

- labor Day

- May Day

Second:

- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (UN)

Third:

- May Day (U.K., Ireland)

Fourth:

- Yom Ha-Sho'ah (Martyrs' and Heroes' rememberance day (Jewish))

Fifth:

- Rememberance Days (Netherlands)

-Cinco De Mayo (Mexico)

- Kodomono-hi/boys' day (Japan)

- Urini Nal/children's Day (Korea)

Eighth:

- World Red Cross Day

- Parents' Day (Korea)

- Liberation Day (USA)

Ninth:

- Independnece Day (Tanzania)

Eleventh:

- National Day (Loas)

Twelfth:

- Constitution Day (Cambodia)

Fourteenth:

- Constituion Day (Cambodia)

- Independence Day (Paraguay)

- Constitution Day (Philippines)

Fifteenth:

- Pista NG Anihan/Harvest fest (Philippines)

Sixteenth:

- Nine Days of Posada (Mexico)

- Bijoy Dibash / Victory Day (Bangladesh)

- National Day (Bahrain)

Seventeenth:

- Constitution Day (Norway)

Eighteenth:

- Republic Day (Niger)

Nineteenth:

- St. Nicholas Day (Russian Orthodox)

Twenty Second:

- Buddha's Birthday

- National Day (Yemen)

Twenty fourth:

- Independence Day (Libya)

Twenty fifth:

- Independence Day (Jordan)

- National Day (Argentina)

- African Liberation Day

Twenty sixth:

- Independence Day (Guyana)

Thirty first:

- Republic Day (South Africa)

- National day (Brunei)

Floating Holidays:

Monday before May 24th--Victoria day (Canada) * second Sunday-- Mother's Day (USA) * Last Sunday--Mother's Day (France, Sweden) * last Monday--Memorial Day (USA)