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Holidays and Festivals Around the World

 

Holidays This Month

Date Religion Holiday
Apr. 1 Christianity Palm Sunday

Apr. 2 - Apr. 4

Buddhisim Therevada New Year
Apr. 2 Hinduism Hanuman Jayanti
Apr. 3 Judaism Passover
Apr. 5 Christianity Holy Thursday
Apr. 5 Islam Milad un Nabi (Shi'a)
Apr. 6 Christianity Good Friday
Apr. 8 Christianity Easter Sunday
Apr. 13 Sikhism Vaisakhi - Baisakhi
Apr. 14 Hinduism Vaisakhi - Baisakhi
Apr. 14 Sikhism Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi Calander)
Apr. 14 Sikhism Hola Mohalla (Nanakshahi Calander)
Apr. 15 Judaism Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Apr. 18 Sikhism Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (Nanakshahi Calander)
Apr. 18 Sikhism Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi Calander)
Apr. 21- May 2 Baha'i Ridvan
Apr. 21 Baha'i First Day of Ridvan
Apr. 29 Baha'i Ninth Day of Ridvan

 

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Holidays By Religion
(Name of Practitioner)

Baha'i ( Baha'i)
Buddhism (Buddhist)
Christianity (Christian) 
Hinduism (Hindu)
Islam (Muslim)
Jainism (Jain)
Judaism (Jewish)

Shintoism (Shinto)
Sikhism (Sikh)
Wicca (Wiccan)
Zoroastrian (Zoroastrianism)

Holidays By Country
Country

Holidays By Year
2007

Last Updated: 09-Oct-2007

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