may calendar

Channel Islands Spring Holiday: May 31

Spring Holiday is a public holiday in Channel Islands.

Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel under the jurisdiction of Britain, celebrate Spring Bank Holiday in the last Monday in May.

Due to difference in history in each of the constituent countries in the United Kingdom, each country has their own holiday calendar. However, only holidays with statutory rights are work-free while other holidays are accorded with national holiday status but are worked.

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Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day: May 31

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day is a public holiday in Fiji.

In honor of the country’s first modern statesman, Fiji marks the last Monday or Friday of May as Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day.

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna is a known pubic figure in Fiji. He is a true Fijian leader, statesman, scholar, and soldier. He initiated the establishment of powerful government institutions in Fiji which laid the groundwork for the country’s declaration to self-rule in 1970 from the United Kingdom. His vision formed the basis of the country’s economic course until today.

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Trinidad & Tobago Indian Arrival Day: May 30

Trinidad & Tobago Indian Arrival Day is a public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago celebrates the arrival in May 1845 of the first indentured (contracted) Indian workers (from India) aboard of ship Fatel Razack to Trinidad.

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Ethiopia Dergue Regime Overthrow: May 28

Dergue Regime Overthrow is a public holiday in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia commemorates the end of Derg regime in 1991, a military junta which ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987. The holiday is officially called as Derg Downfall Day and is celebrated yearly in the country every 28th of May.

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Georgia Independence Day: May 26

Independence Day is a public holiday in Georgia.

Georgia, a country in Eurasia and a former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or Soviet Union constituent republic, commemorates the establishment of free and sovereign Democratic Republic of Georgia on May 26, 1918 before it was incorporated in 1922 into the USSR. Georgia’s independence was only restored in 1991 after the collapse of Soviet Union.

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