Category: Thanksgiving celebrations
Vaisakhi: the Punjabi New Year and Harvest Festival
Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi, is the Punjabi and Nepali New Year, and the beginning of the harvest season in Punjab, India and Nepal. It is one of the major Sikh religious festivals, and is celebrated by Sikh communities around the world.
The date of Vaisakhi is determined by the solar calendar; it is the [...] Read More »
Eid-Ul-Adha, The Festival of Sacrifice
Eid-Ul-Adha is a three-day Muslim holiday and celebration. It begins on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar, and falls at the end of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Eid-Ul-Adha celebrations start with attendance at the Eid Prayer and sermon in the morning. [...] Read More »
The American Thanksgiving Weekend
The American Thanksgiving Day celebrations kick off what for most people is a four-day holiday. Aside from eating a big Turkey dinner on Thursday, here are some of the other activities that people engage in over that weekend:
1. American football: There are two nationally-televised football games on Thanksgiving Day, with special entertainments scheduled [...] Read More »
American Thanksgiving Day
On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate their Thanksgiving Day festival. It is a day centered on bringing families together for a Thanksgiving Day feast, followed by a long weekend holiday that begins the holiday season leading up to Christmas and the end-of-year celebrations.
It is one of the busiest travel times of the [...] Read More »
Canadian Thanksgiving
The Canadian Thanksgiving celebration falls on the second Monday of October – more than a month ahead of the American Thanksgiving -- Canada’s colder climate puts its harvest celebration well in advance of its southern neighbor’s. In spite of its connections to some of the American Thanksgiving origins and some political origins, the Canadian [...] Read More »
Chuseok — the Korean Mid-Autumn Festival
Chuseok, also celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eight lunar month (see Harvest Moon Festival) is one of the three biggest national holidays in Korea, together with "Seollal" (the Lunar New Year) and "Dano" (the fifth of May by the lunar calendar). Chuseok is also called "Hangawi." "Han" means great or large, and [...] Read More »
