may calendar

Birthday of Guru Amar Das: May 23

Birthday of Guru Amar Das is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.
Sikhs celebrate the birthday of Guru Amar Das on May 23, he was the third of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was a late bloomer and only became Guru in is seventies, but still had a great influence in Sikhism.

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Namibia’s Cassinga Day: May 4

Cassinga Day is a public holiday in Namibia.

Cassinga Day is an important national holiday in Nambia, a country located in the southern portion of Africa bordering Angola and Zambia (north), Zimbabwe and Botswana (east), and South Africa (south-east).

Cassinga Day commemorates those who perished in the massacre in Cassinga, a province in Southern Angola, during the battle of Battle of Cassinga where approximately 600 people were killed (1978). Cassinga Day is celebrated yearly on the 4th of March.

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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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