Forthcoming Events, Holidays and Celebrations ...

[muckshifter]

Just a few ...

3rd March 2006 - Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) - Japan
3rd March 2006 - Fete Du Trone - Morocco
4th March 2006 - Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras - Australia
5th March 2006 - Missionary Day - French Polynesia
6th March 2006 - Independence Day - Ghana
7th March 2006 - Peace Corps Day - USA
9th March 2006 - Commonwealth Day - Canada
10th March 2006 - Dry Season Celebration - Myanmar / Burma
12th March 2006 - Employee Day - USA
14th March 2006 - Medin Full Moon Poya Day - Sri Lanka
14th March 2006 - Holi (Spring Festival) - Hinduism
14th March 2006 - Purim / Feast of Lots - Judaism
14th March 2006 - Sikh New Year - Sikhism
16th March 2006 - St. Urho's Day - Finland
17th March 2006 - St. Patrick's Day - Christianity
17th March 2006 - Birthday of Bangabnadhu - Bangladesh
20th March 2006 - Independence Day - Tunisia
21st March 2006 - Día de Nacimiento de Benito Juárez (Birthday of Benito Juárez) - Mexico
21st March 2006 - Shunbun no Hi / Vernal Equinox Day - Japan
25th March 2006 - Waffle Day - Sweden
25th March 2006 - Maryland Day - USA
26th March 2006 - Mothering Sunday - UK
29th March 2006 - Memorial Day - Madagascar
30th March 2006 - Birthday of Sultan of Kelantan - Malaysia
31st March 2006 - National Day - Malta

This is NOT a comprehensive list of every 'special' days in March ... but you can add some more if you like

Saint Patrick's Day

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Saint Patrick's Day(March 17th) is the Irish feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (386-461), the patron saint of Ireland. It is a legal holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the overseas territory of Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is celebrated worldwide by the Irish and those of Irish descent and increasingly by many of non-Irish descent. A major parade takes place in Dublin and in most other Irish towns and villages. The four largest parades of recent years have been held in Dublin, New York City, Manchester, and Montreal. Parades also take place in other places, including London, Paris, Rome, Munich, Moscow, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Copenhagen and throughout the Americas.
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As well as being a celebration of Irish culture, St. Patrick's Day is a Christian festival celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland (among other churches in the Anglican Communion) and some other denominations. However, as a Christian festival, St. Patrick's Day sometimes is required to give way to a more important feast. The day always falls in the season of Lent, and it may fall in Holy Week. In church calendars, though rarely in secular ones, if St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday, it is moved to the following Monday. If it falls in Holy Week, it is moved to the second Monday after Easter. In Ireland it is traditional that those observing a lenten fast may break it for the duration of St. Patrick's Day (as well as many American Roman Catholic dioceses which contain a large percentage of Irish American parishioners.

 

[V_R]

This is NOT a comprehensive list of every 'special' days in March ... but you can add some more if you like

Heres another one for your calender mucks.


Put 'march 20th' (no quotes) into Google.com not .co.uk and see whats first up......

 

[crazylegs]

I don't eat steak......but.....

 

[muckshifter]

Heres another one for your calender mucks.

Hmmm, I'm watching you ...

 

[ChristopherP]

Lol

 

[crazylegs]

Now now some people just have dirty minds.....