Category: Nicaraguan

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 »

All Souls’ Day (Defuncts’ Day)

Published November 2, 2006 in Autumn, Belgian, Bolivian, Brazil, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Death, Ecuadorean, European, French, German, HOLIDAYS, Haitian, LEGENDS, Lanterns and Lights, Latin American, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Parades, Salvadorean, Uruguayan | Comments [6]
All Souls’ Day is a Roman Catholic holiday celebrated on November 2nd. (If that day falls on a Sunday, then All Souls’ Day is moved to November 3rd, since it is not permitted to wear black clothing on Sundays.) Like All Saints’ Day (November 1st), it is celebrated in many countries, including Belgium, [...] Read More »