Important Cultural Celebrations Calendar - Calendar

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Purpose: To support teachers in understanding the importance of teaching and acknowledging as a part of celebration of cultures in our schools. January

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Eid al-Adha [1]

National Indigenous Hispanic People's Day Heritage Month [2]

Day of the Dead Holidays .

Multicultural Diversity Day Rosh Hashanah 3rd Monday of (Jewish)* the month

Thanksgiving

Follow this link for the "month" of the cultural celebrations. Add a new document for each one listed below. Passover (Jewish)

Asian-Pacific American History Month

New Year's

Women's Groundhog's Day History Month

Martin Luther King Day

Black History Month

St. Patrick's Day (Irish American Heritage Month) Lao New Year

Jewish American History Month

Tu B'Shevat (Jewish)

Valentine's Day

St. Urho Day

Cinco de Mayo

Ethopian New Year (9/11)

Budda's Birthday

May Day

Chinense MidAutumn Festival Diwali (Hindu)

African-American Parent Engagement

Hindu Celebration of Birthday of Rama (Hindu)

Shavuot (Jewish)

Fenkil Day (Eritrea)

Days of Rememberance of the Victims of the Holocaust (US) Memorial Day

Halloween/All Hallow's Eve [6]

President's Day

Gathering of the Nations (Native American) Syttendemai

Chung Yeung [7]

Lunar New Year Korean New Year

FAHM [9]

Spanish

All the Colors We Are (book)

Tigriniya (East African)

Sukkot [5]

Italian-American Heritage Month

Is this for teaching about holidays/celebra tions? And/or teaching for multiple perspectives?

Amharic (Ethopian)

LGBTQ Coming Out Day [3] Diwali

Purim (Jewish)

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Somali

Ramadan *

July 4th Independence Day

Easter *

* indicate cyclical celebration

Vietnamese

Eid *

Lunar New Year Chinese New Year

Lunar New Year Vietnamese New Year

Hmong

Juneteenth

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Hmong New Year

Kwanzaa [4]

Latino Holidays

Questions for American Indian lessons on Heritage Month celebrations

Hanukkah (Jewish) [8]

[1] Eid al-Adha (Arabic: ‫ﻋﯾد اﻷﺿﺣﻰ‬, translit. ʿīd al-ʾaḍḥā, lit. 'Feast of the Sacrifice', IPA: [ʕiːd ælˈʔɑdˤħæː]), also called the "Festival of Sacrifice", is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year (the other being Eid al-Fitr), and considered the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. [2] A City of Saint Paul resolution that honors Native American culture. [3] Thursday, Oct 11, 2018 Description Every year, on National Coming Out Day, people celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) or as an ally. [4] African American 7-day spiritual festival dedicated to 7 principles: Unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility and faith. The American celebration is related to the spirit and rituals of the harvest festivals of Africa. [5] Feast of Tabernacles, Jewish festival of thanksgiving, harvest and the remembrance of the Jews who wandered in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt. [6] Evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day, Traditionally an occasion for masquerading and pumpkin carving and for children to play pranks. [7] Ahttps://www.officeholidays.com/countries/china/chung_yeung.phputumn [8] Begins at sundown on December 2nd and ends at sundown of December 10th. Jewish holiday commemorating rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees. It is a time for fun, songs, games and gift-giving. It starts on the 25th day of the Jewish calendar month of Kislev and lasts for 8 days and nights. [9] Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. In 1991, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) board of trustees proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to commence in October 1992.

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