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Cultural Calendar

{ Cultural Calendar: September }

The Month Of...

Autumn * Baby Safety * Classical Music * Emergency Care * Library Card Sign Up * International Gay Square Dance * Mom & Apple Pie (Massachusetts) * National Cholesterol Education * National Courtesy * National Hispanic Heritage (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) * National Literacy * National School Success * Organic Harvest * Self-Improvement * Stop the Violence and Save Our Kids * Women of Achievement * Youth

First:

- Iroquois Indian Festival

- Creation Day

- St. Gile's Day

- Libya Independence Day

- United Arab Republics Day

- Presidential Message Day (Mexico)

Second:

- Vietnam Independence Day

- V-J Day

- Festival of P'ing An Fu Wang, the Star King (China)

- Feast of Bishamon-Ten Day (Japan)

- Historical Regatta (Italy)

Third:

- Running of the Sheep (Montana)

- San Marino Independence Day

- South Carolina Apple Fest

- St. Gregorian Chant

Fourth:

- Looking for the Boundaries (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands)

- National Macadamia Nut Day

- Anthracite Coal Miners Day

Fifth:

- National Cheese Pizza Day

- Western Samoa National Day

Sixth:

- Read a Book Day

- National Do It Day

- Goddess Month of Mala begins

- Pakistan Defense Day

- St. Athansius Day (patron of fullers)

Seventh:

- Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

- Brazil Independence Day

- Fiesta de Santa Fe

- Festival of Durga

- United Tribes International Pow-Wow

Eighth:

- International Literacy Day

- One World Festival (New York)

- National Neighborhood Day

- St. Adrian's Day

- Guinea-Bissau Independence Day

Ninth:

- Chusok (Korea)

- Bulgarian Freedom Day

- North Korean Independence Day

- Tajikistan Independence Day

- St. Peter Claver's Day (Columbia)

Tenth:

- Moon Festival

- Festival of the Poets (Japan)

- Swap Ideas Day

- St. Theodard's Day

- National Employee/Boss Exchange Day

Eleventh:

- Diocletian New Year

- Harvest Festival (Hungary)

- St. Ethelburga's Day

- Jinnah Day (Pakistan)

Twelfth:

- Saudi Arabian National Day

- Virgin's Fair (Greece)

- Respect for the Aged Day (Japan)

- Diocletian New Year

- Feast of Atabei

Thirteenth:

- Defy Superstition Day

- Vintage Feast (Andalusia, Spain)

- Knabenschiessen (Zurich, Switzerland)

Fourteenth:

- Greek New Year

- Wo-Zha-Wa Festival

- Festival of Lights (Ancient Egypt)

Fifteenth:

- Birth Day of the Moon (China)

- Costa Rica Independence Day

- Guatemala Independence Day

- Nicaragua Independence Day

Sixteenth:

- World Peace Day

- Papua New Guinea Independence Day

- Cherokee Strip Day (Oklahoma)

- Mexico Independence Day

- National Working Parents Day

- Malaysia Independence Day

Seventeenth:

- Constitution Day (USA)

- Day of National Hero (Angola)

- St. Lambert's Day

Eighteenth:

- Chile Independence Day

- Festival of Inner Worlds

- Kasteilet (Switzerland)

Nineteenth:

- World Peace Day

- Feast of Mato (Lakota & Ogalala Sioux; Bear Spirit)

- Fast of Thoth (Eqyptian God of Wisdom & Magic)

Twentieth:

- Birthday of the Sun (Inca)

- Italian National Feast

- Airborne Operations Day (Netherlands)

- Feast of Zywie (Goddess of Longevity, Poland)

- Feast of Orlog (Deity of Destiny, Scandinavia)

Twenty first :

- Belize Independence Day

- International Banana Festival

- Malta Independence Day

Twenty second:

- Festival of the Sea Goddess (Eskimo)

Twenty third:

- Autumnal Equinox

- Unification Day (Saudi Arabia)

- Feast of Chukem (Diety of Footraces, Colombia)

- Feast of Carpo

- Frontier Day (Wyoming)

Twenty fourth:

- Feast of Feast Day of Nuestra

- Senora de las Mercedes (Dominican Republic)

- Trinidad Republic Day

- Guinea-Bissau Independence Day

- American Indian Day (New York)

- Third Republic Day (Ghana)

Twenty fifth:

- Salute the Sun Day (China)

- Origin of Life Begins

- Kamarampaka Day (Rwanda)

- Mozambique Popular Liberation Forces Day

- Feast of Nariwiinyapah

Twenty sixth:

- Feast of Lamps (India)

- Feast of Zame ye Mebege

- Ceremony of the Dead (Cambodia)

- Neptune Festival

Twenty seventh:

- Festival of Namakungwe

- Festival of Varuni

- Cosme e Damiao (Brazil)

Twenty eighth:

- Teacher's Day (China)

- Thailand Independence Day

- Feast of Khepera

Twenty ninth:

- All Angels Day

- Goose Day (Germany)

Thirtieth:

- Botswana Independence Day

- Nedetrinalia

- St. Otto's Day

- Feast of Soma

- Festival of Maheo

Floating Holidays:

1st Sunday - Working Mother Day * 1st Monday - Labor Day