"repairs in Gibraltar prior to sailing for Britain. The Victory is celebrated in the New Zealand City of Nelson (Named after Horatio Nelson) usually in Trafalgar Square and sometimes involves Pupils from Victory Primary School. Many Streets in Nelson are named after Trafalgar and Crew members of Victory. The victory is celebrated each year in the Australian town of Trafalgar, Victoria, in which the small town of 2,200 hold an annual Battle of Trafalgar Festival with the Trafalgar Day Ball held on the Friday or Saturday closest to 21 October each year. Royal Navy website Trafalgar Day Trafalgar Day is"
"it debased the treaty. Another Waitangi Day Act was passed in 1976 to change the name back to Waitangi Day and restore Northland's anniversary day holiday to that of Auckland. Waitangi Day underwent 'Mondayisation' in legislation enacted in 2013, shifting the public holiday to Monday if 6 February falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Commemorations at Waitangi usually commence the previous day, 5 February, at the Ngāpuhi marae Te Tii, when political dignitaries are welcomed onto the marae and hear speeches from the local iwi. These speeches often deal with the issues of the day, and vigorous and robust debate"
"Waitangi Day a national public holiday, also fulfilled the Māori demand for greater acknowledgement of the Treaty. However it was also a part of the government's programme of nationalism, as the name of the day (New Zealand Day) indicates. New Zealand Day was intended to appeal to New Zealanders of all ethnicities, including those who were neither Māori nor Pakeha. The government's foreign policy reflected its desire for independence from the powerful nations of Europe and North America. It was also influenced by the many left-wing movements of the period, such as environmentalism, the peace movement, and anti-racism. However, in"
"Waitangi in 1834, the flag was of a St George's Cross with another cross in the canton containing four stars on a blue field. After the formation of the colony in 1840, British ensigns began to be used. The current flag was designed and adopted for use on the colony's ships in 1869, was quickly adopted as New Zealand's national flag, and given statutory recognition in 1902. For several decades there has been debate about changing the flag. In 2016, a two-stage binding referendum on a flag change took place with voting on the second final stage closing on 24"
"another public holiday. The Waitangi Day Act of 1960 allowed localities to transfer the holiday from their existing regional public holiday to Waitangi Day. In 1963, after a change of government, the passing of the Waitangi Day Amendment Act transferred the holiday observed in Northland on Auckland Anniversary Day (the Monday closest to 29 January) to Waitangi Day, 6 February. This made Waitangi Day a holiday in Northland only. Waitangi Day became a nationwide public holiday on its observance in 1974 by first undergoing a name change. In 1971 the Labour shadow minister of Māori Affairs, Matiu Rata, introduced a"
"""giri choco"", the man may not be expressing actual romantic interest, but rather a social obligation. White Day White Day is a day that is marked in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day in countries which observe White Day is typically observed by girls and women presenting chocolate gifts (either store-bought or handmade), usually to boys or men, as an expression of love, courtesy, or social obligation. On White Day, the reverse happens: men who received a or on Valentine's Day are expected to return the"
"tradition follows that of the wearing of poppies on Remembrance Sunday in other Commonwealth countries. The day is a public holiday in New Zealand. Shops are prohibited from opening before 1 pm as per the Anzac Day Act 1966. A prior Act passed in 1949 prevented the holiday from being ""Mondayised"" (moved to the 26th or 27th should the 25th fall on a weekend), although this drew criticism from trade unionists and Labour Party politicians. In 2013, a member's bill introduced by Labour MP David Clark to Mondayise Anzac Day and Waitangi Day passed, despite opposition from the governing National"
"Hindus of Bali and Indonesia also celebrate their new year on the same day as Nyepi. Ugadi Ugadi (Ugādi, Samvatsarādi, Yugadi) is the New Year's Day for the people of Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Karnataka states in India. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. This typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The day is observed by drawing colorful patterns on floor called ""kolamulus"" (Telugu: ""Muggulu"", Kannada: ""Rangoli""), mango leaf decorations on doors called ""toranalu"" (Kannada: ""Torana""), buying and giving gifts such as new clothes,"
"Waitangi Day. After considerable debate in the public arena the group adopted various tactics to raise awareness of the issues, including lobbying Transit New Zealand and Parliament, submissions to the Human Rights Commission and holding an annual ""Fly the Flag"" competition, to more direct protest actions including bungee jumping off and traffic-jamming the Harbour Bridge, as well as flying the flag from the bridge. Organisers of the campaign included Tia Taurere, Gareth Seymour and Teanau Tuiono. On 14 December 2009 Prime Minister John Key and Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples announced that the Maori Tino Rangatiratanga flag has been chosen"
"Ugadi Ugadi (Ugādi, Samvatsarādi, Yugadi) is the New Year's Day for the people of Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Karnataka states in India. It is festively observed in these regions on the first day of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Chaitra. This typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The day is observed by drawing colorful patterns on floor called ""kolamulus"" (Telugu: ""Muggulu"", Kannada: ""Rangoli""), mango leaf decorations on doors called ""toranalu"" (Kannada: ""Torana""), buying and giving gifts such as new clothes, giving charity to the poor, special bath followed by oil treatment, preparing and sharing a special"
"Swanti (festival) Swanti (Devanagari: स्वन्ति) is a five-day festival of Nepal which is one of the year's greatest celebrations for the Newar people. It is the Newar version of Tihar or Diwali. The festival highlights the central role of women in the household, and the rituals are related to wishing for good fortune of the family members by presenting them auspicious items and praying for longevity by placating the god of death. During the festival, windows and doorways are decorated with flower garlands and lamps. Deities, animals, and people are honored as part of the celebrations. The festival is marked"
"a result of the localism of the music during this era. ""The Top 100 Retro Reggae Tracks"" was first aired on 17 February 2008 and remains as a scheduled yearly event on the second to last Sunday of every February. This feature has previously been compiled by audience vote, via a polling system through Polldaddy. ""The Great Kiwiana Bash"" is a music feature broadcast every year on 6 February, since 2008. Only New Zealand music of the 80s and 90s is played throughout the day, to celebrate the national holiday Waitangi Day. While a 24-hour New Zealand music station once"
"White Day White Day is a day that is marked in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day in countries which observe White Day is typically observed by girls and women presenting chocolate gifts (either store-bought or handmade), usually to boys or men, as an expression of love, courtesy, or social obligation. On White Day, the reverse happens: men who received a or on Valentine's Day are expected to return the favor by giving gifts. Traditionally, popular White Day gifts are cookies, jewelry, white chocolate, white lingerie,"
"13/14 April of the Georgian calendar. Pohela Baishakh in Bangladesh and in West Bengal, Rangali Bihu in Assam, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, and Vaishakhi in Punjab are observed on the same day. These festivals mark the beginning of new year in their respective regions. Software available for working in the language is available from the government and from private vendors. Here is a list of links, with no order implied, to download software: Maithili language Maithili (; ""Maithilī"") is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent, mainly spoken in India and Nepal. In India, it is spoken in the"
"Bhogi Bhogi is the first day of the four-day Pongal festival. According to the Gregorian calendar it is normally celebrated on 13 January but sometimes it is celebrated on 14 January. In the Tamil calendar, this corresponds to the last day of the month of Maargazhi. It is a festival celebrated widely in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. On Bhogi, people discard old and derelict things and concentrate on new things causing change or transformation. At dawn, people light a bonfire with logs of wood, other solid-fuels and wooden furniture at home that are no longer useful. The"
"waiting time was 12 seconds (6 February, which was a public holiday due to Waitangi Day) was the only day in the entire month the waiting time was below four minutes. In January 2013, the ""Sunday Star-Times"" revealed that mistakes by Novopay have begun to involve other government departments and ""spawned a number of serious side-effects"" that have misdirected ACC levies, child support payments, superannuation funds, KiwiSaver and student loan payments which are not getting through to the right account – despite being debited from teachers' payslips. Novopay was also forced to make bulk payments to schools after teachers had"
"Nyepi Nyepi is a Balinese ""Day of Silence"" that is commemorated every ""Isakawarsa"" (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2018, it falls on March 17). It is a Hindu celebration mainly celebrated in Bali, Indonesia. Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New Year's Day. On this day, the youth of Bali in the village of Sesetan in South Bali practice the ceremony of Omed-omedan or 'The Kissing Ritual' to celebrate the new year. The same day celebrated in"
"falls in the month of November. In Chang Mai, the festival lasts three days, and in 2018, the dates will be 21–23 November. In Thailand, the festival is known as ""Loi Krathong"" (ลอยกระทง). Outside Thailand, this festival is celebrated under different names, including India as the ""Kartik Poornima"" or ""Tripurari Poornima"", Myanmar as the ""Tazaungdaing festival"", Sri Lanka as ""Il Full Moon Poya"" and Cambodia as ""Bon Om Touk"". According to the ""Royal Institute Dictionary"" 1999, ""loi"" (ลอย) means ""to float"", while ""krathong"" (กระทง) has various meanings, one of which is ""a small container made of leaves which can be"
"of this month. In many parts of the country, especially in the urban areas, this day is celebrated by spraying colorful water-filled ""pumps"" (""pichkari,"" पिचकारी) and colorful powders at each other. Traditionally, women wear yellow saris to celebrate this day. Falgun Fālgun or Phālgun (; ; ) is the eleventh month in the Bengali calendar and Nepali calendar. This month is named after the star Uttorfalguni ( ""Uttôrfalguni""). It marks the arrival of spring, the sixth and final season in Bangladesh, Nepāl and Assam. The first of Falgun usually falls on 13 February of the Gregorian Calendar. The first day"
"year. From 1952, the Governor-General attended, and from 1958 the Prime Minister also attended, although not every year. From the mid-1950s, a Māori cultural performance was usually given as part of the ceremony. Many of these early features remain a part of Waitangi Day ceremonies, including a naval salute, the Māori cultural performance (now usually a ceremonial welcome), and speeches from a range of Māori and Pākehā dignitaries. The Labour Party stated in its 1957 election manifesto that it would make Waitangi Day a public holiday. After winning that year's election, the party said that the country could not afford"
"They fast for the whole day. Vat Purnima Vat Purnima or pournima chavan or Wat Purnima (, , also called Vat Savitri is a celebration observed by married women in the Western Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and some regions of eastern Uttar Pradesh. On this Purnima or ""full moon"" during the three days of the month of Jyeshtha in the Hindu calendar (which falls in May-June in the Gregorian calendar) a married woman marks her love for her husband by tying a ceremonial thread around a banyan tree. The celebration is based on the legend of Savitri and"
"Tirhuta Panchang Tirhuta Panchang (Devanagari: तिरहुता पंचांग ""Tirhut pan̄cāṅg"" / Tirhuta: তিবহুতা পঞ্চাঙ্গ ""Tirhutā pan̄cāṅg"") is a calendar followed by the Maithili community of India and Nepal. This calendar is one of the many Hindu calendars. It is a sidereal solar Hindu calendar in which the year begins on the first day of Baishakh month i.e. Mesh Sankranti. Every year, this day falls on 13/14 April of the Gregorian Calendar. Pohela Boishakh in West Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, and Vaisakhi in the Punjab region are observed on the same day. These festivals also mark the"
"there have been proposals to make Matariki an official holiday. In 2006, Māori Language Commissioner Haami Piripi made such a proposal. Following the death of Sir Edmund Hillary, the Green Party proposed a public holiday in his honour. There is also support in some quarters for the old Dominion Day holiday to be revived as ""New Zealand Day"". From the 1950s to the 1970s it was frequently suggested that the Provincial Anniversary holidays be abolished, as the Provinces ceased to exist in 1876. Before Waitangi Day was made a national public holiday it was sometimes suggested that a Waitangi Day"
"Sami National Day The Sami National Day (, , , , , , ) is an ethnic national day for the Sami people that falls on February 6 as this date was when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway. This congress was the first time that Norwegian and Swedish Sámi came together across their national borders to work together to find solutions for common problems. In 1992, at the 15th Sámi Conference in Helsinki, a resolution was passed that Sámi National Day should be celebrated on February 6 to commemorate the first Sámi congress in"
"on the fifth day of the bright half of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month of Magha, which typically falls in late January or February. It is treated as the start of spring, though it is generally winter-like in northern India, and more spring-like in central and western parts of India. The festival is particularly observed in the north, central and western parts of India and Nepal. It has been a historical tradition of Sikhs as well. On the island of Bali and the Hindus of Indonesia, it is known as """"Hari Raya Saraswati"""" (great day of Saraswati). It also marks"
"Rabindra Jayanti Rabindra Jayanti (রবীন্দ্র জয়ন্তী) is an annually celebrated cultural festival, prevalent among Bengalis around the world, in the remembrance of Rabindranath Tagore's birthday anniversary. It is celebrated in early May, on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh (২৫শে বৈশাখ), since Tagore was born on this day of the year 1268 (1861 AD) (২৫শে বৈশাখ, ১২৬৮) of the Bengali calendar. Every year, numerous cultural programmes & events, such as : ""Kabipranam"" (কবিপ্রণাম) – the songs (Rabindra Sangeet), poetries, dances and dramas, written and composed by Tagore, are organised in this particular day, by various schools, colleges"
"where it is called Day of the Covenant or Day of the Vow, involves the belief that the Voortrekker victory of the Zulus was ordained by the God of Christianity. The General Synod of the Afrikaners' Natal Churches chose 16 December as ""an ecclesiastical day of thanksgiving by all its congregations"" in 1864. Later, in 1894, Dingane's Day was declared a public holiday by the Government of the Free State. During the Apartheid era, 16 December continued to be celebrated as the Day of the Vow and the Day of the Covenant. In 1952, Dingane's Day was changed to Day"
"Loi Krathong Loi Krathong (, ) is a Siamese festival celebrated annually throughout the Kingdom of Thailand and in nearby countries with significant southwestern Tai cultures (Laos, Shan, Mon, Tanintharyi, Kelantan, Kedah and Xishuangbanna). The name could be translated as ""to float a basket,"" and comes from the tradition of making ""krathong"" or buoyant, decorated baskets, which are then floated on a river. ""Loi Krathong"" takes place on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar, thus the exact date of the festival changes every year. In the Western calendar this usually"
"This is followed by ""manuh"" (human) bihu on 15 April, the New Year Day. This is the day of getting cleaned up, wearing new cloths and celebrating and getting ready for the new year with fresh vigor. The third day is ""Gosai"" (Gods) bihu; statues of Gods, worshiped in all households are cleaned and worshiped asking for a smooth new year. The folk songs associated with the Bohag Bihu are called Bihugeets or Bihu songs. The form of celebration and rites vary among different demographic groups. Rongali Bihu is also a fertility festival, where the bihu dance with its sensuous"
"in the states of Kedah, Kelantan, Penang, Perak, Perlis and Terengganu where most Siamese are located. The festival is celebrated as Sangken in northeastern areas of India and as Bizu, Boisuk, Shangrai, and Boisabi in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, which is the traditional New Year's Day by the indigenous people and Buddhist community. The Sangken festival is celebrated by the people of the Khampti tribe. The festival is also celebrated by Singpho, Khamyang, Tikhaks (Tangsa) and Phakyal community of Arunachal Pradesh, and Tai Phake community of Assam. Sangken generally falls in the month of 'Naun Ha', the fifth"
"children gathered at the temple on the day of Vidhyarambham’ to be initiated into learning. It is during the full moon phase in the month of ‘Ashwini’ that the ‘Navarathri’ festival is celebrated all over India. In Bengal the 10-day festival is celebrated as ‘Durga pooja’, while in Karnataka it is celebrated as ‘Dussera’. In kerala it is celebrated as ‘Saraswathi pooja’. The 10th day of the celebration is marked as Lord Rama’s victory over the demon king ‘Ravana’. This festival is also known as ‘Ayudha Pooja’, meaning the worship of weapons. The 10-day-long ‘Saraswathi Pooja’ is celebrated in grant"
"year, in most of the areas in Chittoor district (like Chittoor, Palamaner and Tirupati etc.), Andhra Pradesh, India. The Jatara(Folk Festival) Officially begins with Chatimpu (official announcement) during midnight of 2nd Tuesday of the month of May. Traditionally town folk stay away from streets during Chatimpu. This announcement is carried by playing musical instruments known as Dappu. The day after chatimpu is Bhairagi Vesham. On this day(Wednesday) people used to smear their body with white color paste(Namam Kommu) and wear a garland made of ""Rella kaya""(fruit). They will hold neem leaves with the hand and also tie their waist with"
"animals are set free. People engage in prayers, chanting and giving across the country. In Mongolia, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as ""Ikh Duichen"" and its date is determined by the Mongolian lunar calendar. As a result, the date falls in line with celebrations of Buddha's Birthday/Vesak in South and Southeast Asian countries as opposed to neighbouring East Asian countries. While not a public holiday the festival is popularly celebrated by many Mongolian Buddhists. In Myanmar, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as ""Full Moon of Kason"" and is a public holiday. It is celebrated by watering the Bodhi tree and chanting. In"