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The schedule in brief from D-2 to D+5
- August 23, 2024, : Grand Magal of Touba
- August 23, 2024, : Vulcanalia
- August 24, 2024, : Saint Barthélemy
- August 24, 2024, : Willka Raymi
- August 25, 2024, : Arbain
- August 25, 2024, : opiconsivia
- August 27, 2024, : Volturnalia
- August 28, 2024, : Ludi Circenses
- 29 August 2024, : Décollation de Jean Baptiste
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Holidays of the month
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29April 29, 2024●(1 event) Golden weekApril 29, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese begin Golden Week. Four public holidays take place, April 29, the birth day of Emperor Shōwa; May 3 Constitution Commemoration Day; May 4 Nature Day; May 5 children's day. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #April 29 #GoldenWeek #Japan | 30April 30, 2024 |
1May 1, 2024●●(4 events) Bona DeaMay 1, 2024 ![]() On this day, the Romans celebrated Bona Dea. She was a goddess in ancient Roman religion. She was associated with the chastity and fertility of Roman women, healing and protection of the state and people of Rome. Its rites allowed women to use strong wine and blood sacrifice, things otherwise forbidden to them by Roman tradition. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #romeantique #rome #bonadea #1May #3December Fukuno YotakaMay 1, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese of Nanto celebrate Fukuno Yotaka. This more than 350-year-old festival is known for its paper lamp works lit in the evening. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #1May #FukunoYotaka #japan Lei DayMay 1, 2024 ![]() Today, Hawaiians celebrate Lei Day. Much more than May Day, this day is an opportunity to honor the culture of the island's natives since 1927. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 1st #LeiDay #Hawai Saint JeremiahMay 1, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate Saint Jeremiah (May Yahweh arise). He is the second of the four great prophets, a Judaic prophet of the Tanakh and the Old Testament and the presumed author (without certainty) of the Book of Jeremiah. He is a contemporary of one of the two minor prophets Zephaniah. Jeremiah made many prophecies for which he was brutalized, exiled or put in prison. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 1 #Jeremiah #Christianity #Tanakh | 2May 2, 2024 |
3May 3, 2024●●(3 events) Hakata DontakuMay 3, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese begin the Hakata Dontaku festival in Fukuoka. This festival has two main parts which are the parade and the shows. Locals walk the streets in various costumes, and they play some instruments, and others clap with rice spoons. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #3May #Japan #hakatadontaku day of the crossMay 3, 2024 ![]() Today in El Salvador is the Day of the Cross. Families decorate a Jiote cross with fruits and paper ornaments. This Salvadoran tradition dates back to colonial times and marks the beginning of the rainy or winter season in the country. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #salvador #crossday #3may Saint Philip the Apostle and Saint James the LessMay 3, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate Saint Philip (the apostle, not the evangelist). He is one of the twelve apostles of the New Testament. He preached in Greece, Syria and Asia Minor. James the Less has an unclear identity (son of Alphaeus; brother of Jesus, cousin of Jesus?), he became head of the Church of Jerusalem and played a very important role in the beginnings of the Judeo-Christian religion. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #3May #SaintPhilippe #SaintJacques #Christianity |
4May 4, 2024●(1 event) Florian de LorchMay 4, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate Saint Florian (Florian of Lorch). He is said to have saved a village from a fire by praying and symbolically having a bucket of water thrown at him to put it out; this is why it is associated with firefighters and all those who protect against fire, including chimney sweeps. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #4May #SaintFlorian #Christianity |
5May 5, 2024●●(2 events) Tango no SekkuMay 5, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese celebrate Tango no Sekku, one of the festivals traditionally held by the Gosekku imperial court. This feast fell on the fifth day of the fifth month, before being postponed on the Gregorian calendar. It marks the beginning of summer and the rainy season. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #5May #japan #tangonosekku Toxcatl – ![]() On this day, the Aztecs celebrated Tōxcatl in Tenochtitlán. It featured ceremonies, dances, and rituals honoring Tezcatlipoca, the conflicting god. The festival culminated in the sacrifice of a chosen young man who personified divinity, symbolizing fertility and renewal. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #2June #Tōxcatl #Tezcatlipoca #Aztec |
6May 6, 2024 |
7May 7, 2024●(1 event) Aymara FestivalMay 7, 2024 ![]() Today, the Aymaras are in the spotlight. Peruvian people from the Lake Titicaca area, they dominated the region until the Inca Empire and then the Spanish colonization. This day is an occasion for songs, dances, traditional meals and traditional arts. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #7May #Aymara #Aimara #Peru | 8May 8, 2024 |
9May 9, 2024●(1 event) LemuriaMay 9, 2024 ![]() On this day, the Romans celebrated Lemuria. They paid homage to the dead and exorcised malevolent ghosts from their homes. The rites took place during the night, around midnight. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 9 #May 11 #May 13 #rome #lemuria | 10May 10, 2024 |
11May 11, 2024●(1 event) Saint Cyril and MethodiusMay 11, 2024 ![]() Today the Orthodox celebrate the Synaxis of Saint Cyril and Methodius. These two brothers evangelized the Slavic peoples of Central Europe and are nicknamed the apostles of the Slavs. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 11 #cyril #methodius | 12May 12, 2024 |
13May 13, 2024 |
14May 14, 2024●(1 event) ReisaiMay 14, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese of Izuma celebrate Reisai in one of the oldest Shinto temples in Japan, Izumo-taisha. It is dedicated to the god Ōkuninushi, famous as a Shinto divinity of marriage, and to Kotoamatsukami, distinguishing the celestial kami. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 14 #Japan #IzumoTaisha #Reisai |
15May 15, 2024●●(5 events) Birthday of Siddhartha GautamaMay 15, 2024 ![]() Today, Buddhists in East and South Asia celebrate Buddha's birthday. The exact date of Buddha's birthday is based on Asian lunisolar calendars and is mainly celebrated during the Baisakh month of the Buddhist calendar and the Hindu Bikram Sambat calendar. According to Buddhist tradition, Gautama Buddha was born c. 563–483 BCE in Lumbini, Nepal. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #Buddha #Vesak #Gautama #Nepal Aoi MatsuriMay 15, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese celebrate Aoi Matsuri in Kyoto. The origin of the festival dates back to the period of Emperor Kimmei (5th century CE). The harvests were not satisfactory, and this was experienced as a curse from the Kamo spirit. A horse was equipped to run with bells and the harvests were plentiful. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 15 #AoiMatsuri #kyoto Candles FestivalMay 15, 2024 ![]() Today is the Candle Festival in Umbria and Perugia (Italy). Tradition has it that it is a celebration dedicated to Sant'Ubaldo Baldassini, citizen, bishop and patron of Gubbio. This festival would be the commemoration of a gift of wax that the medieval corporations of the city offered to the patron saint. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 15 #festadeiceri #ombria #Perouse Kanda MatsuriMay 15, 2024 ![]() The weekend closest to May 15 takes place Kanda Matsuri in Japan, in Tokyo. The festival began in the early 17th century to celebrate Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at the Battle of Sekigahara and continued as a demonstration of the prosperity of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. Additionally, the current form of the festival is also held in honor of Kanda Myōjin's kami. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 15 #KandaMatsuri #Japan #Tokyo MercuraliaMay 15, 2024 ![]() On this day, the Romans celebrated the Mercuralia. Mercury is the god of merchants and commerce. Merchants sprinkled their heads, their ships, their goods and their businesses with water taken from the well of Porta Capena. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #rome #May 15 #mercuralia |
16May 16, 2024●●(2 events) Saint BrendanMay 16, 2024 ![]() Today, the Irish commemorate Saint Brendan, nicknamed the navigator. The account of his journey is linked to an Irish tradition of initiatory journeys containing obligatory passages, the imrama. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #ireland #May 16 #saintbrendan honored SaintMay 16, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate Saint Honoré of Amiens. Patron saint of bakers and of Picardy, his legend comes from a donation from a baker to build a chapel for the bishop. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #Christianity #Honore #May 16 |
17May 17, 2024●(1 event) sanjamatsuriMay 17, 2024 ![]() Today, the Japanese celebrate Sanja matsuri, one of Tokyo's three major festivals. The festival is held in honor of Hinokuma Hamanari, Hinokuma Takenari and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men who founded Sensō-ji. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #tokyo #japan | 18May 18, 2024 |
19May 19, 2024●●(2 events) PentecostMay 19, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate Pentecost. It celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the fiftieth day from Easter on a group of disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, including the Twelve Apostles. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #Pentecost Saint YvesMay 19, 2024 ![]() Today, the Bretons celebrate Saint Yves or Gouel Erwann. He is the patron saint of sailors, lawyers and jurists in Brittany. Saint-Yves is at the origin of the Brittany festival. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 19 #SaintYves #GouelErwann #Bretagne |
20May 20, 2024 |
21May 21, 2024●●(2 events) AgonaliaMay 21, 2024 ![]() On this day, the Romans celebrate an Agonium. Rites of early Rome, there are few sources describing the customs. Four Agonalia take place during a year. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #9January #21May #17March #11December #agonalia #rome VejovisMay 21, 2024 ![]() On this day, the Romans celebrated Vejovis, a god of Etruscan origin. A goat was sacrificed in his Capitol temple to prevent epidemics. There are few sources of early Roman ritual. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 21 #Rome #Vejovis #Capitole |
22May 22, 2024●(1 event) Saint Constantine the GreatMay 22, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians commemorate Augustine I. This Roman emperor put an end to the Christian persecutions by the edict of Milan. He also created the capital of Constantinople and solidified the borders against the Germans. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 22 #ConstantinI #Constantinople #EditFromMilan |
23May 23, 2024●●(3 events) Etzalcualiztli – ![]() On this day, the Aztecs began the month of Etzalcualiztli, in honor of Tlaloc and Chalchihuitlicue. Gods of water in all its states and its forms of violence (storms) and fertility, they were of crucial importance for the Aztec empire, their way of life, their food and everything that touches Lake Texcoco and its sacred hills. Satisfying these two gods was the duty of all citizens. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #texcoco #Aztec #Tlaloc #23May TubilustiumMay 23, 2024 ![]() On this day, the Romans celebrate the Tubilustium. The month of March marked the beginning of the war season. The lustration ceremony accompanied by the sacred trumpets and the Saliens prepared the men and the city for future military campaigns. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #March 23 #May 23 #rome #tubilustrium VesakMay 23, 2024 ![]() Today, Buddhists around the world celebrate Vesak. First comes the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini, Nepal which took place under the arbor of Sat trees where Queen Mahamaya gave birth to him. The second event was the supreme achievement of Siddhartha Gautam as Buddha, the Enlightened One. The third event was the Parinibbana of Lord Buddha over 2,500 years ago in Kusinagar. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #Vesak #Buddism #SiddharthaGautama #Gautama #Buddha | 24May 24, 2024 |
25May 25, 2024●(1 event) Lag BaOmerMay 25, 2024 ![]() Today, Jews celebrate Lag BaOmer. The holiday is mentioned for the first time in medieval rabbinical literature which links it to Rabbi Akiva. A tradition strongly associates him with Rabbi Shimon bar Yohaï, legendary author of the Zohar, while Zionism celebrates the valor of Shimon bar Kokhba. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #18iyar #LagBaOmer #RabbiShimon #Judaism | 26May 26, 2024 |
27May 27, 2024●(1 event) Peru DayMay 27, 2024 ![]() Today, Peruvians celebrate their mother tongue. Before the conquest of America in the territory of Tahuantinsuyo the official language was Quechua; but there were also local languages like Aymara in the south of the country, Uro around Lake Titicaca, Culle and Muchick in the northern region of Peru. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 27 #Peru #Quechua #Aymara #Uro #Culle #Muchick | 28May 28, 2024 | 29May 29, 2024 |
30May 30, 2024●●(2 events) Celebrates GodMay 30, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate Corpus Christi or Corpus Christi. It is an essentially Catholic religious holiday designated on the Thursday following Trinity, that is to say sixty days after Easter, or the Sunday after in certain countries such as France. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #Christianity #FeastGod #CorpusChristi KaamatanMay 30, 2024 ![]() Today the Kadazan-Dusuns of Malaysia celebrate Kaamatan. The Harvest Festival falls under what is known as Momolianism. There is a dance show called Sumazau, a singing contest called Sugandoi, a bodybuilding contest, and other arts and crafts shows. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #May 30 #Kaamatan #Maya |
31May 31, 2024●(1 event) Visitation of the Virgin MaryMay 31, 2024 ![]() Today, Christians celebrate the visitation of the Virgin Mary. The feast of the Visitation commemorates an episode from the Gospel according to Luke: the visit that Mary, pregnant with Christ, pays to her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John the Baptist. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #Virgin Mary #May 31 |
1June 1, 2024●(1 event) Gawai DayakJune 1, 2024 ![]() Today, the Dayak people of Malaysia and Indonesia celebrate Gawai Dayak. Many religious, family and community rites take place over two days. #mythology #myth #legend #June 1 #dayak | 2June 2, 2024 |
Multicultural and multi-religious almanac
An almanac is a calendar showing the main dates of the calendar, the religious holidays, bearing ephemerides such as the phases of the moon or the duration of the days (lunar and solar calendars).
A calendar is a system for marking dates according to time. Such a system was invented by men to divide and organize time over long periods. The observation of the periodic phenomena of the environment in which they lived — such as the daily movement of the shadow, the return of the seasons or the lunar cycle — served as the first references for organizing the agricultural, social and religious life of societies.
The calendar used today in most of the world is the Gregorian calendar. In everyday language, an ephemeris designates what happens daily; the ephemeris of the day is the list of the significant events of this day.