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1st |
May Day, Labour Day, Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.
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Italy - national holiday (Giorno dei Lavoratori).
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Brazil - national holiday (Dia do Trabalho).
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Switzerland - official feast of Spring.
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Czech Republic - "National Love Day" – couples tend to flock to the memorial of the poet Karel Hynek Mácha in Prague and kiss.
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Hawai'I - Lei Day
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Malta - public holiday (L-Ewwel ta' Mejju (1st May Day), or Jum il-Haddiem (Worker's Day)).
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India - Maharashtra Day (Maharashtra Divas)
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2nd |
Poland - Flag Day, an official holiday to honour the Flag of Poland
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Spain - Madrid Day
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Slovenia and Serbia - second day of Labour Day
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Iran - Teacher's Day
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Indonesia - Indonesia National Education Day
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4th |
International Firefighters' Day.
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The Netherlands - Remembrance of the Dead.
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China - Youth Day (???, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
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5th |
Mexico and the United States: Cinco de Mayo
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Council of Europe: Europe Day.
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Portuguese-speaking countries: Day of the Lusophone.
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Albania - Martyrs' Day.
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Denmark - Liberation Day
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Ethiopia - Liberation Day
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Guyana - Indian Immigration Day.
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Buddhism - Buddha's Birthday.
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Japan - Tango no Sekku (Boy's Day) or Kodomo no hi (Children's Day).
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The Netherlands - Liberation Day
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Australia: - May Day.
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South Korea - Children's Day.
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7th |
Russia - Radio Day (commemorating the work of Alexander Popov)
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8th |
South Korea - Parents' Day
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9th |
Armenica - Victory Day to simultaneously mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the victorious end of World War II.
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Romania - Independence Day.
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10th |
Federated States of Micronesia - Constitution Day
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El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico - Mother's Day
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15th |
Paraguay - Independence Day.
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Slovenia - Day of Slovenian armed forces.
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Mexico (Día del Maestro) and South Korea (??? ?) - Teacher's Day
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Palestinian communities - Nakba Day
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17th |
Galicia - Día das Letras Galegas (Galician Literature Day)
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Norway - Norwegian Constitution Day or Syttende Mai.
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Bahá'í Faith - Feast of 'Azaamat (Grandeur)
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18th |
Turkmenistan - Renascence, Unity and Poetry Day of Makhtumkuli
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Haiti - Flag Day
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20th |
Cameroon - National Day
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East Timor - National Day.
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21st |
Chile - Navy Day (Día de las Glorias Navales)
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Colombia - Dia de la Afrocolombianidad marks the abolition of slavery
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Montenegro - Independence Day
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22nd |
Republic of Yemen - National Day.
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23rd |
Bahá'í Faith - Declaration of the Báb
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24th |
Canada - Victoria Day. In Quebec, it is known as National Patriotes Day (Journée nationale des patriotes).
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Christianity - Saints Cyril and Methodius Day in Eastern Orthodox tradition.
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Bulgaria - Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
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Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) - Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day
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Russia - Slavonic Literature and Culture Day
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Bermuda - Bermuda Day.
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Eritrea - National Day.
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25th |
Argentina - Day of May Revolution/National Day
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Chad, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - African Liberation Day
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Lebanon - Liberation Day
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Republic of Yugoslavia - Day of Youth
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26th |
Australia - National Sorry Day
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Poland - Mother's Day
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Georgia - National Day
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27th |
Judaism - Lag Ba'omer
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Bolivia (Día de la Madre) and Sweden (Mors Dag) - Mother's Day
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Nigeria - Children's Day
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28th |
Azerbaijan and Armenia - Republic Day
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Philippines - National Flag Day
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29th |
Bahá'í Faith - Ascension of Bahá'u'llah
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Nigeria - Democracy Day
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United Kingdom - Oak Apple Day.
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30th |
Trinidad and Tobago – Indian Arrival Day (National Holiday).
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