| Pescado de abril - Lunes 1 Abril, 2019 Tarjetas/Flores : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
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| Día de la Pascua Florida - Martes 2 Abril, 2019 Tarjetas/Flores : Florida Aniversario del descubrimiento de Florida en 1513 por Juan Ponce de León, quien buscaba oro y la fuente de la eterna juventud. Es probable que llamara a "Pascua Florida" a esa región porque la fecha era cercana a Pascua.
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| Lunes de Pascua - Lunes 2 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : from 2014 onwards
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| Fiesta de las Madres - Sabado 7 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Sábado Santo ortodoxo - Sabado 7 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Great Saturday – ts’iteli parask’evi
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| Aniversario de Toussaint Louverture - Domingo 7 Abril, 2019 Tarjetas/Flores : A former slave who became a general in the French army of Napoleon, Toussaint Louverture (1743 - 1803)established a new constitution of the Dominican Republic.
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| Pascua Ortodoxa - Domingo 8 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Sunday of Bright Week – didi shabati
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| Lunes de Pascua - Lunes 9 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Día del árbol - Domingo 21 Abril, 2019 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Vesak - Buda Purnima - Domingo 29 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Commemorates to Buddhists the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha.
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| Día de la Deportación - Domingo 29 Abril, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : In the early 1950s, former deportees or their families wanted a national celebration for preserving the memory of the deportation.
The law of 14 April 1954, unanimously passed by the French Parliament has responded to the need to preserve the memory of the deportation by creating the National Day of Remembrance of the victims and heroes of the deportation . Not a public holiday
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| Fiesta de las Madres - Domingo 6 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.
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| 1902 Conmemoración de la erupción de la Montaña Pelée - Martes 8 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Fiesta Nacional de la Oración - Miércoles 9 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : National Day of Honor for troops who contributed to Afghanistan mission
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| Ascensión - Jueves 10 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : not a public holiday
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| Fiesta de las Madres - Jueves 10 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : The mother is given a serenade sung by her family or by a band
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| Abolición de la Esclavitud - Jueves 10 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Día del Padre - Jueves 10 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Fiesta de las Madres - Domingo 13 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Probably linked with a celebration in England in the 1600s ( Mothering Sunday ). Honored all mothers in England. Mothering Sunday gave poor servants who lived and worked for the wealthy a day off to actually go home and dedicate time to their mothers. Mothering Cake , a special cake, was common for the celebration.
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| Día del Padre - Domingo 13 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Ziua Tatălui
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| Inicio del Ramadán (puede cambiarse al día más cercano) - Miércoles 16 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Originally Ramadama is the name of the ninth month in the Arab world.
It is, above all, a month of fasting.
Fasting was not born with Islam. The abstaining from eating and drinking is mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, preceding the prophet Muhammad.
Thus, in the Bible, it is mentioned that Queen Esther asked the Jews to fast for three days before asking her husband to spare the Jews.
According to the New Testament, Jesus fasted for 40 days in the desert. Referring to this episode, Christianity has a fasting period of 40 days called Lent .
Today, the fasting period of practicing Catholics lasts from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday.
The start of Ramadan generally depends on local observation of the moon crescent, but others choose the calculation of the new moon or the statement of Saudi Arabia to determine the start of the fasting period.
The three main prohibitions of Ramadan are: eat, drink and have sex,
It is possible to swallow one's own saliva, but not the water with which mouth was rinsed.
Practitioners can go swimming or take a shower, as long as they do not swallow water.
Alcohol-based perfume is prohibited.
Nail biting is allowed as long as nails are clean.
Dates fruit are recommended after breaking of the fast, provided they do not come from Israel.
Travelers, pregnant or nursing or menstruating women are allowed to stop fasting.
Practitioners usually gain weight during this period.
Punishments are particularly heavy year Algeria, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
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| Día de la Deportación - Viernes 18 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Día del Padre - Domingo 20 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Cumpleaños de Buda - Martes 22 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Fiesta de las Madres - Sabado 26 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.
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| Día de la madre - Sabado 26 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Conmemoración de J.A.G.S. McCartney - Domingo 27 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : In tribute to the first Chief Minister and National Hero of these islands
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| Fiesta de las Madres - Domingo 27 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.
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| Día del árbol - Domingo 27 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores :
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| Día de Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna - Lunes 28 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Grandson of King Thakombau, the last king of Fiji (until 1874), Mr. Sukuna joined the French Legion during WW1. He was highly honored and even has a monument in Souain-Perthes-les Hurlus (France), as a horseman
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| Fiesta-Dios - Corpus Christi - Jueves 31 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : Makeshift altars are displayed on the previous day. Spectacular processions on the Corpus Christi day.
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| Día por la Paz - Jueves 31 Mayo, 2018 Tarjetas/Flores : The Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) was finalized at the All Darfur Stakeholders Conference in May 2011, in Doha, Qatar. In accordance with the DDPD, the Government of Sudan appointed a Darfur Regional Authority and a Darfuri as Second Vice President of the Republic of Sudan.
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