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Diversity Calendar 2021 Religious Days January 2021 Special Days Major observances are denoted in bold 1 New Years’ Day 1 Mary, mother of God (Christian) * movable days Independence Day for: Australia, Brunei, Feast of St. Basil (Orthodox Christian) Cameroon, Samoa, Slovakia, Sudan 5 Twelfth Night (Christian) Declaration of Independence (Haiti) Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Birth of Czech Republic 6 Epiphany - Three Kings Day (Christian) 2 Bank Holiday Scotland 1 2 3 Festival of Sleep Day Feast of Theophany—Christmas Eve 3 (Orthodox Christian, Ethiopian, Rastafari, 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 Myanmar Independence Day 7 Christmas Day (Orthodox Christian) World Braille Day (UN) (Christian) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day (International) 10 Baptism of the Lord* (Christian) Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day 11 Seijin Shiki/Adults Day* - (Shinto) International Thank—You Day 13 Maghi (Sikh) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 12 Chinese New Year*; The year of the Ox St Hilary’s Day (Christian) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 14 STiQ Day (UK) 14 New Year’s Day (Orthodox Christian) 17 World Religion Day* (International) Makar Sankranti* (Hindu) 18 Germany Independence Day 17 St. Anthony's of Egypt (Christian) Bank holiday: 1 January Winnie the Pooh Day (Fictional/UK) Birthday of Dorothy Clutterbuck (Pagan, 19 Martin Luther King Day (USA) 19 January is Love your liver month; Cervical health awareness month; Celtic) 20 Penguin Awareness Day (UN) 20 Celtic Tree Month of Birch –end (Pagan, Dry January month 21 National Hug Day Day of Unity of Ukraine 21 Celtic Tree Month of Rowan– beginning 22 (Pagan, Celtic) National obesity awareness week*: 13 – 20 January 23 Liechtenstein Independence Day 24 The Festival of Sementivae (Roman) Week of prayer for Christian unity (Christian) - 18—25 January Netherlands Independence Day 25 St Paul’s Day (Christian) 24 World Leprosy Day* (UN) Orange Day (UN) - a day to raise awareness & Up Helly Aa* (Scotland/Pagan) National storytelling week*: 30 January – 6 February 25 take action against violence against women and girls 28 Mahayana New Year* (Buddhist) Celtic Tree Month of Rowan (Pagan) begins 21st January Burns Night (Scotland) Tu Bishvat* (Jewish) 26 Republic Day (India) 30 Birthday of Z Budapest (Pagan) Australia Day 27 Holocaust Memorial Day (UN) 31 Parkash Utsav Dasveh Patshah (Sikhism) 28 Data Protection Day (European) 30 Young Carers Awareness Day* (UK) New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 31 Nauru Independence Day Religious Days February 2021 1 Imbolc (Wikka/Pagan) Major observances are denoted in bold Special Days 2 Candlemas (Christian) * movable days 2 Hedgehog day Setsubun-sai (Shinto) 3 4 Sri Lanka Independence Day 11 Losar—Tibetan New Year* (Buddhist) World Cancer Day (UN) Death of Gerald Gardner (Pagan) 12 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday National Time to Talk Day* (UK) Chinese New Year*; The year of the Ox International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Parentalia (Pagan-ends on 21st) 6 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Genital Mutilation (UN) Lupercalia –ends on 15th (Pagan, Wicca) 14 St Valentine's Day (Christian) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 Grenada Independence Day 15 Parinirvana/ Nirvana Day (Buddhist) - or 8th British Yorkshire Pudding Day* (UK) February 9 Toothache Day (International) Shrove Tuesday /Pancake Day* (Christian) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 Safer Internet Day* (UK) Mardi Gras* (Christian) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 11 Vatican City Independence Day Saraswati Puja/Basant Panchami/Basant Festival International Day of Women and Girls in Science of Kites* (Hindu, Sikh) (UN) 17 Celtic Tree Month of Rowan ends (Pagan) School half term (SPRING)*: 15—19 February 12 Chile Independence Day (from Spain; and 18th Ash Wednesday—Lent Begins* (ends 1 April — September) Christian) Darwin Day* (Atheist/Humanist) February is: LGBT history month; World cancer awareness month; 18 Celtic Tree Month of Ash-begins—ends 17th 13 World Radio Day (UN) March (Pagan, Wicca) Youth leadership month and Fairtrade fortnight month; National hearth 14 St Valentine's Day (International) Birthday of author Patricia Telesco (Pagan) 21 month; Raynaud's and scleroderma awareness month 15 Serbia Independence Day Gambia Independence Day Triodion begins* (Orthodox Christian) 18 Birthday of author Sybil Leek (Pagan) 22 Lithuania Independence Day National eating disorders awareness week*; 22 Feb. — 28 March 25 Fast of Esther* (Jewish) 20 World Day of Social Justice (UN) 26 Lantern Festival* (Chinese, Confucian, Daoist, Tinnitus awareness week*: 3— 9 February 21 International Mother Language Day (UN) Buddhist) 22 Saint Lucia Independence Day MAGHA PUJA* (Buddhist) Fair trade fortnight*: 22 February—7 March Fair trade fortnight (ends 7 March) Purim* (Jewish) - begins at sundown (21-22th) World interfaith harmony week (UN): 1—7 February 23 National Fuel Poverty Awareness Day (UK) Shushan Purim* - begins at sundown (Jewish) 26-27 24 Estonia Independence Day 25 Orange Day (UN) - a day to raise awareness and Quickening Moon* (Pagan) take action against violence against women and 27 girls Transfiguration Sunday* (Christian) 27 Dominican Republic Independence Day New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 28 Egypt Independence Day Religious Days March 2021 Major observances are denoted in bold Special Days 1 Nineteen day fast begins (ends 20th -Baha’i) * movable days 1 Zero Discrimination Day (UN) Hinamatsuri/Dolls’ Festival/Girls’ Day (Japanese) 3 Self-harm awareness Day (UK) British Summer time begins* 28 March 5 Women’s World Day of Prayer* (Christian) World Wildlife Day (UN) At 1am CLOCKS GO FORWARD 1 HOUR—at 1am 3 11 Lailat al Miraj* (Muslim) 4 World Book Day* (UK and Ireland) 11-20 Fravardin/ Muktad* (Iranian Zoroastrian) - or 7- 8 International Women’s Day (UN) 16th July (Kadmi) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Commonwealth Day* (Commonwealth) 12 Maha Shivaratri * (Hindu) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 No smoking day* (UK) Orthodox Sunday* (Orthodox Christian) 12 World Sleep Day * (World wide) 14 Nanakshahi New Year (Sikh) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 Pi Day (World wide) Mothering Sunday* (Christian) 18 Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day (UK) 15 Clean Monday* (Orthodox Christian) - Great 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Global Recycling Day Lent Begins* (ends 1 May—Orthodox Christian) 20 Spring Equinox* 17 St. Patrick’s Day (Christian) - Bank holiday-NI) International Day of Happiness (UN) 19 St. Joseph’s Day (Christian) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 French Language Day (UN) 20 Fast ends (begins on 1st March—Baha’i) World Social Work Day (International) Spring Equinox/Eoster/Ostara* (Pagan) 29 30 31 21 International day for the Elimination of Racial Dis- Nowruz* (Persian, Baha’I) crimination (UN) 21 March is: Prostate cancer awareness month; Ovarian cancer awareness month; Jamshedi Noruz* (Zoroastrian) International women's month; Red Cross month World Poetry Day (UN) 23 Yom HaAliyah*(Jewish) International Day of Nowruz (UN) 25 Feast of Annunciation* (Christian) Fast of First born* (Jewish) Nutrition and hydration week*: 15—21 March World Down Syndrome Day (UN) World water day (UN) 26 Khordad Sal* (Zoroastrian) (or 28th March) - Brain awareness week: 13—19 March 22 23 World Meteorological Day (WMO) somethimes celebrated on 22nd July Tick bite prevention week:24 —30 March Lords Evening Meal/ Memorial* (Jehovah’s Wit- Pakistan Republic Day 27 Down's syndrome awareness week: 18—24 March ness) 24 World Tuberculosis day (UN) Endometriosis awareness week: 3—9 March 25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Lailat al Bara’ah* (Muslim) Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 27.03. Pesach* (Passover), first day (Jewish) National salt awareness week*: 4— 11 March - Greece Independence Day Shakespeare Week*: 15-21 March Orange Day (UN) - a day to raise awareness and 28 Palm Sunday* (Christian & Orthodox Christian) take action against violence against women and girls 29 Holi* (Hindu) 27 World Theatre Day (UN) 29-31 Holla Mohalla* (Sikh) New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter Religious Days 1 Maundy Thursday* (Christian) April 2021 Special Days Lent ends* (Christian) Major observances are denoted in bold 2 Good Friday* (Christian) - National holiday 1 April Fools’ Day * movable days 3 Holy Saturday* (Christian) Atheist Day (Secular) 4 Easter Sunday* (Christian) 2 World Autism Awareness day (UN) Final Day of Passover* (Jewish) (from 8-16 April) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 3 The World Pillow Fight Day* 5 Easter Monday* (Christian) 5 First Contact Day (Star Trek) 6 International day of Sport for Development and 8 Visakha Puja* - Buddha Day (Buddhism) 1 2 3 4 Peace (UN) Vesak the Day of the Full Moon* (UN, Buddhist) 7 World Health day (UN) 11.05. Vaisakhi—Creation of Khalsa* (Sikh)- TBC—in 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 or 07-08 Yom HaShoah* (Israel Holocaust Memorial Day) 18.05. Southampton the procession is usually organ- th th ised on Sunday closest to 13 or 14 April 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 8 International Roma Day (Roma/International) 12.04. Ramadan begins*: 12 April—11 May Comfortable Clothing Day (Fictional) — 10 11.05. 12 International day of Human Space Flight (UN) 13 Songkran-New Year Festival (Buddhist in Thai- 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 land) 15-16 Yom Hazikaron* (Israeli Memorial Day) 13-21 Ramayana* (Hindu) Yom Ha’atzmaut* (Israeli Independence Day) 26 27 28 29 30 16-17 14 Akshaya Tritiya* (Jain) 20 Chinese Language Day 16.04. Ridvan 1st day* (Baha’i) - ends 2nd May — Bank Holiday: 2 April (Good Friday) & 5 April (Easter Monday) 21 Queen’s Birthday (official Birthday is in June) - 02.05. Happy Birthday! Ramadan begins*: 12 April—11 May 18 Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh) 22 International Mother Earth Day (UN) 21 Rama Navami* (Hindu) April is autism awareness month; stress awareness month; Bowel can- 23 Shakespeare Birthday cer awareness month; Sarcoidosis awareness month; IBS awareness Adar Mah Parab* (Zoroastrian) UN English Language Day month; Caesarean awareness month 23 St.
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