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Samhain, a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half”...

Canadian Thanksgiving, a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year.

Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, a day of atonement marked by fasting and ceremonial repentance.

Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 to October 15. This month corresponds with Mexican Independence Day, which is...

Ethiopian New Year. Rastafarians celebrate the New Year on this date and believe that Ethiopia is their spiritual home.

Labour Day in North America. Labour Day honors the contribution that laborers have made to the country and is observed...

Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the August 26, 1920, certification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave...