{ "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/holidays-around-the-world", "id": "holidays-around-the-world", "title": "Holidays and Celebrations Around the World", "category": "social-studies", "subject": "World Cultures", "levels": [ "3-5", "6-8" ], "description": "Festivals and holidays celebrated in many countries, with when and why people celebrate.", "tags": [ "holidays", "festivals", "world cultures" ], "frontLabel": "Holiday", "backLabel": "About it", "cards": [ [ "Lunar New Year", "Celebrated in China and many Asian countries in January or February, with family meals and lion dances" ], [ "Diwali", "Festival of lights celebrated in India and by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in autumn" ], [ "Holi", "Spring festival of colors in India and Nepal" ], [ "Eid al-Fitr", "Muslim celebration after the month of Ramadan ends" ], [ "Eid al-Adha", "Muslim holiday during the time of the Hajj pilgrimage" ], [ "Hanukkah", "Eight-day Jewish festival of lights in late autumn or winter" ], [ "Passover", "Jewish spring holiday remembering the exodus from Egypt" ], [ "Rosh Hashanah", "Jewish New Year, often in September" ], [ "Christmas", "Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, December 25 in most places" ], [ "Easter", "Christian spring holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus" ], [ "Orthodox Christmas", "Celebrated on January 7 in several Orthodox churches" ], [ "Kwanzaa", "Seven-day celebration of African American culture, December 26 to January 1" ], [ "Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)", "Mexican holiday on November 1-2 to remember loved ones with altars and flowers" ], [ "Cinco de Mayo", "May 5 remembers a Mexican victory at Puebla in 1862, celebrated widely in the US" ], [ "Mexican Independence Day", "September 16, marks the start of the independence movement in 1810" ], [ "Carnival", "Pre-Lent festival with parades, especially in Brazil" ], [ "Mardi Gras", "Carnival season ending on Fat Tuesday, famous in New Orleans" ], [ "Oktoberfest", "Bavarian autumn festival in Munich, Germany" ], [ "Bastille Day", "July 14, France's national day" ], [ "St. Patrick's Day", "March 17, honoring the patron saint of Ireland" ], [ "Halloween", "October 31, a night of costumes and treats in many countries" ], [ "Thanksgiving (US)", "Fourth Thursday in November, a day for gratitude and family meals" ], [ "Thanksgiving (Canada)", "Second Monday in October" ], [ "Independence Day (US)", "July 4, marks the Declaration of Independence" ], [ "Canada Day", "July 1, marks Canada's confederation in 1867" ], [ "Australia Day", "January 26, Australia's national day" ], [ "Anzac Day", "April 25 in Australia and New Zealand, honoring those who served" ], [ "Waitangi Day", "February 6, New Zealand's national day marking a 1840 treaty" ], [ "Songkran", "Thai New Year in April, with water splashing" ], [ "Loy Krathong", "Thai festival with floating lanterns on water" ], [ "Chuseok", "Korean harvest festival in autumn" ], [ "Seollal", "Korean New Year" ], [ "Obon", "Japanese summer festival honoring ancestors" ], [ "Tanabata", "Japanese star festival on July 7" ], [ "Setsubun", "Japanese festival marking the start of spring" ], [ "Hinamatsuri", "Japanese Girls' Day on March 3 with display dolls" ], [ "Children's Day (Japan)", "May 5, with carp streamers" ], [ "Mid-Autumn Festival", "Celebrated in China and Vietnam with mooncakes and lanterns" ], [ "Dragon Boat Festival", "Chinese festival with boat races, in late spring or early summer" ], [ "Lantern Festival", "Marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations" ], [ "Vesak", "Buddhist festival honoring the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing" ], [ "Nowruz", "Persian New Year at the spring equinox, celebrated in Iran and Central Asia" ], [ "Navratri", "Hindu festival of nine nights" ], [ "Raksha Bandhan", "Indian festival celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters" ], [ "Pongal", "Tamil harvest festival in January" ], [ "Onam", "Harvest festival in Kerala, India" ], [ "Ganesh Chaturthi", "Hindu festival honoring Ganesha" ], [ "Vaisakhi", "Sikh and Punjabi harvest festival in April" ], [ "Hogmanay", "Scottish New Year's Eve celebration" ], [ "Bonfire Night", "November 5 in Britain with fireworks" ], [ "Burns Night", "January 25, Scots celebrate poet Robert Burns" ], [ "Guy Fawkes Night", "Another name for Bonfire Night" ], [ "La Tomatina", "Spanish tomato-throwing festival in August" ], [ "Running of the bulls", "Spanish festival in Pamplona in July" ], [ "Midsummer", "Celebrated in Sweden and across Northern Europe near the June solstice" ], [ "St. Lucia Day", "December 13, celebrated in Sweden with candles" ], [ "Sinterklaas", "Dutch gift-giving tradition in early December" ], [ "Epiphany (Three Kings Day)", "January 6, celebrated in Spain and Latin America" ], [ "Las Posadas", "Mexican pre-Christmas processions" ], [ "Inti Raymi", "Inca festival of the sun, celebrated in Peru" ], [ "Juneteenth", "June 19, US holiday marking the end of slavery" ], [ "Martin Luther King Jr. Day", "US holiday on the third Monday in January" ], [ "Yom Kippur", "Jewish Day of Atonement" ], [ "Ramadan", "Muslim month of fasting" ], [ "Lent", "Christian season before Easter" ], [ "Sukkot", "Jewish harvest festival of booths" ], [ "Purim", "Jewish holiday with costumes and stories" ], [ "Earth Day", "April 22, a day to protect the environment, observed worldwide" ], [ "International Women's Day", "March 8" ], [ "Human Rights Day", "December 10" ], [ "Pi Day", "March 14, celebrating the number pi (3.14)" ], [ "Groundhog Day", "February 2, a North American tradition about predicting spring" ], [ "Arbor Day", "Tree planting holiday celebrated in many countries" ], [ "Winter solstice", "Shortest day of the year, marked by festivals like Yule and Dongzhi" ], [ "Holidays follow calendars", "Many holidays follow lunar or religious calendars, so dates change each year" ] ] }