"Be ashamed to die until you have seen some victory for humanity."
Horace Mann
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celebrate humanity
This section goes to show that if you're a real humanitarian, you can
celebrate every day. There are always some fellow human beings somewhere
acknowledging something that's worth a day off! 
But what is it we truly are celebrating?
Just as ceremony serves to focus our attention, what is it that
attracts us to celebration? Like our spectacular planet-wide block party
to mark the millennium, what does the urge to celebrate say about our
shared humanity?
How can we remember -- when we most need it, not just when
history invites us to salute something -- that common core of
community that should unite us, indeed, that does unite us as the
human family, resplendent in our diversity?
| Jan 01 | Independence Day in Haiti (from France 1804), the Sudan (from the UK and Egypt 1956), and Slovakia (from the Czech Republic 1993) |
| Jan 04 | Independence Day, Burma (from the UK 1948);
Black & White Days, Colombia |
| Jan 07 | Christmas, Russia and Ethiopia;
7 Herbs Festival, Japan |
| Jan 08 | Marco Polo Day |
| Jan 09 | Martyrs' Day, Panama |
| Jan 10 | League of Nations Day |
| Jan 11 | National Unity Day, Nepal;
Hostos Day, Puerto Rico |
| Jan 12 | Zanzibar Revolution Day, Tanzania (1964) |
| Jan 13 | Liberation Day, Togo (from France 1960);
St Knut's Day, Sweden and Norway |
| Jan 15 | Coming of Age Day, Japan |
| Jan 16 | Religious Freedom Day, USA;
John Chilembwe Day, Malawi |
| Jan 17 | Skanderberg Day, Albania |
| Jan 18 | Camel Wrestling Day, Turkey |
| Jan 20 | Heroes' Day, Cape Verde;
Grandmother's Day, Bulgaria |
| Jan 21 | Errol Barrow Day, Barbados |
| Jan 22 | Discovery Day, St. Vincent |
| Jan 25 | Burns Night, Scotland;
St Lazarus Day, Brazil |
| Jan 26 | Republic Day, India (1950) |
| Jan 27 | Auschwitz liberated (1945) |
| Jan 28 | New Year in China, South Korea, Vietnam |
| Jan 29 | Common Sense (!) Day, USA;
Martyrs' Day, Nepal |
| Feb 02 | Groundhog Day, USA;
Iemanja Day, Brazil |
| Feb 03 | Heroes' Day, Mozambique |
| Feb 04 | Pagerwesi, Bali (to sustain the universe!) |
| Feb 05 | Unity Day, Burundi |
| Feb 26 | People Power Day, Philippines |
| Feb 27 | Tibetan New Year;
Independence Day in Western Sahara, Dominican Republic |
| Feb 28 | Kalevala Day, Finland |
| Mar 04 | Hai-Ba-Trung Day (Patriotic women day) in Vietnam |
| Mar 08 | International Women's Day;
Phujllay Festival in Bolivia |
| Mar 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| Mar 22 | World Water Day |
| Mar 27 | Resistance Day, Burma |
| Mar 28 | Lac Long Quan Festival, Vietnam |
| Apr 03 | Kite flying Day in Nagasaki, Japan |
| Apr 07 | World Health Day |
| Apr 13 | Songkran (Old Thai New Year), Thailand |
| Apr 14 | Indian New Year (Baisakhi), India |
| Apr 15 | Galungan (visit of the gods) Bali, Indonesia |
| Apr 20 | Sham an-Nessim, Egypt;
The Blajini, Romania |
| Apr 22 | Earth Day |
| Apr 25 | Anzac Day, Australia and New Zealand |
| | Liberty Day (Dia da Liberdade), Portugal |
| Apr 26 | Landsgemeinden, Switzerland |
| Apr 28 | Islamic New Year (1419) |
| May 1-3 | Okoakyere Festival, Ghana |
| May 02 | Alacitas begins, Peru |
| May 09 | Rocket Festival, Thailand |
| May 10 | Vaisakha Puja, South East Asia |
| May 11 | Wesak, Buddha's birth, death, enlightenment |
| May 15 | International Day of Families |
| May 21 | World Day for Cultural Development;
Wedding with the Sea, Venice, Italy |
| May 25 | Lala Sukuna Day, Fiji |
| May 30 | Dragon Boat Festival, China;
Tano, South Korea |
| Jun 05 | World Environment Day |
| Jun 16 | Day of the African Child |
| Jul 11 | World Population Day |
| Jul 13 | Start of the Naadam Games, Mongolia. This is the largest event in central Asia, where wrestlers, archers, and horse riders vie to be overall champion. It is also the one occasion for all tribes to come together from all over Mongolia to catch up on gossip, eat, drink, and get married. Let's all go! |
| Aug 09 | International Day of Indigenous Peoples |
| Aug 15 | Treading the Grapes, Freyburg, Germany. A medieval festival at Neuenburg Castle. Ancient arts and crafts; meals prepared in medieval fashion; a "royal" banquet; tests of strength and skill with Benedictine monks, maids and servants (wow!) |
| Aug 16 | In Kyoto, Japan, bonfires are lighted on five mountains to send the souls of ancestors on their way after a trip to this world. (August is such a fun month!) |
| Sep 05 | Moon Cake Day, China |
| Sep 08 | International Literacy Day |
| Sep 15 | International Day of Peace |
| Oct 05 | World Habitat Day and International Teachers' Day |
| Oct 16 | World Food Day |
| Oct 17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| Oct 31 | Samhain |
| Nov 19 | Fête National, Monaco |
| Dec 01 | World AIDS Day |
| Dec 03 | International Day for Disabled Persons |
| Dec 10 | Human Rights Day |
| Dec 29 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
Please send us your additions (and invitations!) to this list.
Write to us at: peace@humanity.org
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