Republic Day (26 January)
Republic Day is a national holiday in India.It honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India and thus, turning the nation into a newly formed republic.
The Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing the country’s transition towards becoming an Independent Republic 26 January was chosen as the date Republic day because it was on this day in 1929 when the declaration of Indian Independence was proclaimed by the Indian National Congress as opposed to the Dominion status offered by the British Regime.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a christain holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at calvary.It is observed during Holy Week as part of the paschal triduum on the friday preceding easter sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of passover.It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, and Black Friday.
Members of many Christian denomination, including the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Oreintal Orthodox and Reformed traditions, observe Good Friday with fasting in church services. Communicats of the Moravain Chruch have a Good Friday tradition of cleaning gravestones in Moravain cemeteries.
Ambedkar Jayanti
Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is an annual festival observed on 14th April to commemorate the memory of B.R.Ambedkar, Indian polymath, the father of the Constitution of India and civil activist. It marks Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birthday who was on 14 April 1891. Since 2015 it has been observed as an official public holiday throughout India. Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated not just in India rather all around the world.
Ambedkar struggled for equality throughout his life, hence his birthday is celebrated as”Equality Day” in India, and the demand to declare this day as “International Equality Day” goes to the United Nations.
Rama Navami
Rama Navami is a spring HIndu festival that celebrates the birthday of the Hindu God Rama. He is particulary important to the vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, as the seventh avatar of God Vishnu. The festival celebrates the decent of Vishnu as Shri Rama avatar, through his birth to king Dasharatha and queen kausalya in ayodhya. The festival is a part of the spring Navaratri, and falls on the ninth day of the bright half in Hindu calendar month of chaitra. This typically occurs in the Gregorian months of march or april every year. Rama Navami is an optinal government holiday in India
Labour Day
Labour Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.
For most countries, Labour Day is synonymous with, or linked with, International Worker’s Day, which occurs on 1 may.For other countries,Labour Day is celebrated on a different date, often one with special significance for te labour movement in the country. Labour Day is a public holiday in many countries.
Eid-al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr also called as the “Festival of breaking the fast”, is a religious holiday celebrated by muslims worldwide that marks the end of month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan.This religious eid is the only day in the month of Shawwal during which muslims are not permitted to fas.The date for start of any lunar Hijri month varies based on when the new moon is sighted by local religious authorities, so the day of celebration varies by locality.
Eid al-Fitr has a particular salat(Islamic Prayer) that consists of two rakats generally performed .
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year and considered the holier of the two. Also called Tabaski, it honours the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as act of obedience to God’s command. Before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, however, Allah provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this interventation, an animal (usually a sheep) is sacrificed ritually. One third of its meat is consumed by the family offering the sacrifice, while the rest is distributed to the poor and needy . Sweets and gifts are given, and extended family are typically visited and welcomed.
Independence Day (India)
Independence Day is celebrated annnually on 15th August as a national holiday in India commemorating the nation’s independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the day when the provisions of the 1947 Indian Independence Act, which transferred legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly, came into effect. India retianed King George VI as head of state until its transition to a full republic, when the nation adopted the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950 and replaced the dominion prefix, Dominion of India, with the enactment of the sovereign law Constitution of India. India attained independence.
Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 october, and it is one of the three national holidays of India. The UN general assembly annouced on 15 june 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that 2 october will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Voilence.
Gandi Jayanti is marked by prayer service and tributes all over India, including at Gandhi’s memorial, Raj Ghat, in new delhi where he was cremated. popular activites include prayer meetings, commemorative ceremonies in different cities by colleges, local government institutions ans socio-political institutions.
Dussehra
Dussehra, also called Dasara or Vijayadashami, in Hinduism, holiday marked the triumph of Rama, an avatar of Vishnu, over the 10-headed demon king Ravana, who abducted Rama’s wife, Sita. The festival’s name is derived from sanskrit words dasha(“ten”) and hara(defeat”). Symbolizing the victory of goog over evil, Dussehra is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Ashvina (September-October), the seventh month of the Hindu calendar, with the appearance of the full moon, an event called the “bright fortnight”. Dussehra coincides with the culmination of the nine-day Navratri festival and with the tenth day of durga puja festival
Eid Milad un Nabi
Eid Milad un Nabi or Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif is “birth of the Prophet”, is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which is commemorated in Rabi al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar. 12th Rabi al-awwal is the accepted date among most of the Sunni scholars, while most Shia regard 17th Rabi al-awwal as the accepted date, though not all Shias consider it to be this date.
The history of this celebration goes back to the early days of Islam when some of the Tabi’un began to hold sessions in which poetry and Islamic songs composed to honour Muhammad were recited and sung to the crowds.
Diwali
Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the HIndu lunisolar month kartika. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spirituak “victory o light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance”. The festival is widely associated with Lakshmi, godness of prosperity, with many other regional traditions connecting the holiday to sita and rama, vishnu, krishna, yama, yami, durga, kali, hanuman, ganesha, kubera.
Christmas
Chritmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Chirst, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian Liturigical Year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the west lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world’s nations, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an intergral part of the holiday season centered around it.
