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Festival Calendar 2010-2011

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December 2010

DATE FESTIVAL
2 Hanukah (Jewish)
8 Bodhi Day (Buddhist) 
8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) 
10 Human Rights Day
16 Ashura (Islamic) (recognizing the creation)
21 1st day of winter
Shortest day
24 Christmas Eve (Christian) 
25 Christmas Day (Christian)
26-1st January Kwanzaa (African-American)
26 Zartusht - No - Diso (Fasli - Zoroastrian)
31 Omisoka (Japanese) 
31 Hogmany (Scotland)

January 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 New Years Day
5 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikh)
6 Epiphany
20 Shevat (Jewish)
25 Burn's Night

February 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
2 Candlemass Day
3 Chinese New Year
8 Paranirvana Day (Buddhist)
12 Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (USA)
14 Valentine's Day
15 Milad Al-Nabi Prophets birthday
17 Chung Yuan (Ghost Festival, Lantern Festival) (Chinese)
28 President's Day (USA)

March 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 St. David's Day (Patron Saint of Wales)
6 Quadragesima (Christian)
8 Shrove Tuesday
9 Ash Wednesday
14 Commonwealth day
17 St. Patrick's Day (Patron Saint of Ireland)
19 Holi (Hindu)
20 Purim (Jewish)
20 1st Day of Spring
21 Feast of Naw-Ruz (Baha'i)

April 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 April Fool's Day
3 Mothering Sunday (UK)
4 New Year (Hindu)
13 Baisakhi (Sikh)
17 Palm Sunday
19 Passover or Pesach (Jewish)
21 Maundy Thursday
21 First Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)
22 Good Friday (Christian)
23 St. George's Day (Patron Saint of England)
24 Easter Day

May 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 May Day
8 VE Day
8 Mother's Day (USA)
17 Wesak (Buddha Day)
29 Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

June 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
2 Ascension Day
8 Shavout (Jewish)
12 Queen's Official Birthday (UK)
12 Witsuntide
16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikh)
19 Trinity Sunday
19 Father's Day (USA and UK)
21 1st Day of Summer
Longest Day
23 Corpus Christi
29 Lailat-Ul-Isra' Wal Mi'raj (The Prophet's Night Journey to Jerusalem & Ascension) (Muslim) 

July 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 Canada Day
4 Independence Day (USA)
7 Tanabata or Star Festival (Japan)
9 Martyrdom of Bab (Baha'i)
14 Bastille Day (France)
15 Lailat - Ul - Bara'h (The Night of Forgiveness) (Muslim) 

August 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 Ramadan (Muslim)
13 Raksha Bandhan (Humanity Day)(Hindu)
13-15 Bon (Japanese Festival of Souls)
15 Assumption (Roman Catholic)
23 Ulambana (Ancestor Day) (Chinese Buddhist) 
31 Eid - Ul - Fitr (Muslim)

September 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
2-10 Paryushana - Parva (Svetambara & Digambara Sects - Jain) 
5 New Year (Hindu)
5 Lailat - Ul - Qadr (The Night of Power) (Muslim)
11 Ethiopian New Year's Day (Rastafarian) 
16 Harvest Festival
23 Shubun No Hi (Higan) (Autumn Equinox) (Japanese) 
23 1st Day of Autumn
23 Native American Day (USA)
28 - 5 oct Navaratri / Durga Puja / Dusserah (Hindu) 
29 Rosh Hashana (New Year's Day) (Jewish)

October 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 Grandparent's Day
6 Padmasambhava Day (Buddhist)
8 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (Jewish)
10 Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
13 Sukkot (Harvest Festival) (Jewish) 
20 Anniversary of the Birth of the Bab (Baha'i) 
TBC Inter Faith Week of Prayer for World Peace 
20 Simchat Torah (Progressive - Jewish) 
20 Simchat Torah (Jewish) 
24 United Nations Day
26 Divali (Sikh) /Divali (Deepavali) (Hindu)
31 Halloween

November 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
1 All Saints' Day (All Hallows' originally All Martyrs') (Christian)
2 All Souls' Day (Christian) 
2 Anniversary of the Crowning of Haile Selassie 1 (Rastafarian) 
7 Eid Al-Addha (Islamic)
10 Birthday of Guru Nanak  (Sikh) 
12 Anniversary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
13 Remembrance Sunday (UK National) 
15 Shichi-Go-San (Seven Five - Three) (Japanese) 
16 Sangha Day (Buddhist)
21 Kathina Day (Buddhist) 
24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (1675) (Sikh) 
26 Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year)
26 Day of the Covenant (Baha'i) 
27 Advent Sunday (Christian) 
28 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Baha'i) 
30 St. Andrew's Day (Christian)

December 2011

DATE FESTIVAL
5 Ashura (Islamic) (recognizing the creation)
8 Bodhi Day (Buddhist) 
8 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) 
10 Human Rights Day
21 Hanukah (Jewish)
21 1st day of winter
Shortest day
24 Christmas Eve (Christian) 
25 Christmas Day (Christian)
26-1st January Kwanzaa (African-American)
26 Zartusht - No - Diso (Fasli - Zoroastrian)
31 Omisoka (Japanese) 
31 Hogmany (Scotland)

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