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Chusok – Korean Thanksgiving Day

Chusok - Thanks giving day, Harvest festival is celebrated on fifteenth day of eighth Lunar month.

Chusok – Korean Thanksgiving Day Date: September 14

Chusok Thanksgiving Day is a public holiday in South Korea.

The Chusok Harvest festival is one of the most important festivals in whatever culture or religion it might be. It may be named as Thanksgiving in America, Pongal in India and in this case it’s known as Chusok in Korea. This festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth Lunar month of every Lunar year. Let us see more about the Festival of Chusok, its Legacy, its rituals and what it means to the people of that culture.

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Posted on 13 Sep 2011 in : September Holidays,South Korea Holidays


Bal Divas/Children’s Day in Nepal

Bal Divas/Children's Day is a public holiday in Nepal.

Bal Divas/Children’s Day in Nepal: September 14

Nepal celebrates Bal Divas/Children’s Day as a public holiday.

Children’s day or Bal Divas day is created everywhere in order to honor the children and minors. It is celebrated in Nepal and all over its kingdom on August 20. This is the day that children get full freedom to enjoy a play. It is a special day only for the children. This day reminds everyone to look after the welfare of the people and to tell them to live as per the dream and quality Chacha Nehru had.

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Posted on 13 Sep 2011 in : Nepal Holidays,September Holidays


North Korea Observes Foundation of the State

Foundation of the State is a National Holiday in North Korea

North Korea Foundation of the State: September 9

Foundation of the State is a National Holiday in North Korea.

An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation’s assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state, more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Most countries honor their respective independence day as a national holiday.North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula.It celebrates the Foundation of the State Day on 9th September every year. It is also known as Independence Day popularly.

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Posted on 09 Sep 2011 in : North Korea Holidays,September Holidays


Tajikistan celebrates Independence Day

Independence Day is a National Holiday in Tajikistan

Tajikistan Independence Day: September 9

Independence Day is a Public Holiday in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan celebrates its Independence Day on 9 September. On this day Tajikistan got Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Tajikistan officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People’s Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.

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Posted on 08 Sep 2011 in : September Holidays,Tajikistan Holidays


Liechtenstein Observes Feast Day

Liechtenstein celebrates Nativity of the Virgin Mary as a public holiday.

Liechtenstein Nativity of the Virgin Mary Date: September 8

Feast Day or the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is celebrated as a public holiday.

Liechtenstein is a catholic country with a population of 35,000. It has a great tradition of celebrating catholic holidays with great enthusiasm. In the same way, it celebrates the birth of Virgin Mary as a public holiday on September 8th every year. The day has great religious value as it is directly related to the birth of Christ.

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Posted on 07 Sep 2011 in : Liechtenstein Holidays,September Holidays