Category: Guyanaian

Easter Monday: Angel’s Monday, Wet Monday, Dyngus Day

Published April 9, 2007 in CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Christian, Courtship, Czech, Fertility, Guyanaian, HOLIDAYS, Hungarian, Italian, Pakistani, Polish, Slovak, Spring, Water | Comments [0]
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday. It is an official holiday in many largely Christian cultures in Europe, Africa and Central and South America. It is sometimes called Angel’s Monday, because it is the day that, according to Christian traditions, the angels gave the message of Christ’s resurrection to the women [...] Read More »

Commonwealth Day

Published March 10, 2007 in Antiguan, Australian, Bahamian, Bangladeshi, Barbadian, Belizean, Botswanian, British, Bruneian, CULTURES, Cameroonian, Canadian, Cyprian, Dominican, Gambian, Ghanaian, Grenadian, Guyanaian, Indian, Jamaican, Kenyan, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysian, Maldives, Maltese, Mauritian, Mozambiquian, Namibian, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaraguan, Nigerian, Pakistani, Papuan, Samoan, Seychelles, Sierra Leonean, Singaporean, Solomon Islands, South African, Sri Lankan, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucian, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tanzanian, Tongan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvaluan, Ugandan, Vanuatu, Zambian | Comments [1]
The second Monday in March is Commonwealth Day. About one quarter of the people in the world live in one of the countries in the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations, all of which, with the exception of Mozambique are former colonies of the United Kingdom. According to the Commonwealth Secretariat, “the aim of commemorating [...] Read More »