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World XXX Day
Here is a large collection of days remembered worldwide for a special purpose.
Some have an entry of their own, so click on the hyperlink, please.
World Memorial Days, World Days.
If you google with the name of any day, I am sure you will find all the basic informations yourself.
The seasons are corresponding to the Japanese Haiku Seasons.
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Kigo for Spring
International Woman's Day
International Development Week
February 01
World Wetlands Day
February 02
World Cancer Survivors Day
February 02
NO CELLPHONE DAY
February 04 (March 20)
World Day of the Sick
February 11
Festival of Women as Cultivators
February 18
International Mother Language Day
February 21
Central Excise Day
February 24
National Science Day
February 28
Universal Human-beings Week
March 01
National Safety Week
March 04
International Women's Week
March 04
World Sustainable Energy Day
March 07
International Women's Day
March 08
United Nations Day for Women's Right & International Peace
March 08
Commonwealth Day
March 10
World Disabled Day
March 15
World Consumer Rights Day
March 15
World Forestry Day
March 21
World Poetry Day
March 21
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21
World Water Day
March 22
World Meteorological Day
March 23
World TB Day - World Tuberculosis Day
March 24
World Theatre Day
March 27
World Apitherapy Day Bee Therapy Day
March 30
Earth Hour
last Saturday of March
APRIL, National Poetry Month, USA
Prevention of Blindness Week
April 01
International Children's Book Day
April 02
National Maritime Day
April 05
World Health Day
April 07
Arbor Day (tree day)
April 10
Customs Day
April 14
Fire Service Week
April 14
World Heritage Day
April 18
World Amatuer Radio Awarness Day
April 18
World Earth Day
April 22
World Book and Copyright Day
April 23
International Dance Day
April 29
Anti-Child Labour Day
April 30
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Kigo for Summer
World Music Day
World Youth Day
International Labour Day
May 01
Week of Solidarity with the People of Non Self Governing Territories
May 02
World Press Freedom Day
May 03
National Labour Day
May 05
World Asthma Day
May 07
World Red Cross Day
May 08
Universal Family Week
May 09
Europe Day
May 09
National Technology Day
May 11
International Migratory Bird Day
May 11
International Family Day
May I5
World Telecommunication Day
May 17
International Museum Day
May 18
World Day for Cultural Development
May 21
Week of Solidarity with the People of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
May 25
Missing Children's Day
May 25
World No Tobacco Day
May 31
International Day Of Innocent
June 04
World Children Victims of Aggression
June 04
World Enviroment Day
June 05
World Oceans Day
June 08
Day of the African Child Kenya, Africa, worldwide
June 16
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 17
World Refugee Day
June 20
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 26
Anti Drug Day
June 26
World Diabetes Day
June 27
World War 1 Commemoration
June 28
World Population Day
July 11
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Kigo for Autumn
World Alzheimer's Day
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World Deaf Day
September 23, 25 or other dates are quoted.
On 27 September 2004 a unique happening took place in Flanders, Belgium. That day, the Flemish Deaf embraced their northern colleagues from the Netherlands by organising a World Deaf Day together.
http://www.eudnet.org/update/online/2004/nov04/eudm_01.htm
daylight noises:
she realises that her world
is a blaring silence
a silent cry--
clapping hands to see
her newborn smile
Kala Ramesh, India, September 2006
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Sitting together
Deaf and Dumb; no door for foes
Eyes open, the loopholes.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, 2006
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deaf boys --
their sign language argument
comes to blows
deaf couple
grabbing each other's hands
to shut each other up
sudden deafness --
the lonely stillness
in my head
waterfall...
the echo of silence
sounds the same
i close my eyes
to make the world disappear --
deafness
hortensia anderson, 2006
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the first ever DeafRenga - Bristol Sign Poetry Festival2010
source : Alan Summers
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World Peace Day
... Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, August 06 and 09
International Day of Indigenous People
August 09
World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag). Italy, Germany, worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)
Women's Equality Day
August 26
National Nutrition Week
September 01
International Literacy Day
September 08
World Trade Centre Tragedy (2001)
Nine Eleven 2001, USA 9/11. September Eleven
September 11
International Cross-Cultural Day
September 14
Ozone Day
September 16
International Day For Peace, World Peace Day
September 17
World Car Free Day, Carless Day
September 22
World Rose Day
September 22
Playing for Change Day
September 22
We Day We Schools in Action
September 27
World Tourism Day
September 27
Arthur's Day - Arthur Guinness - Beer
September 27
World Heart Day
September 28
Green Consumer Day
September 28
World Elders Day
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)
October 01
World Vegetarian Day
October 1
Wildlife Week
October 01
Universal Children's Week
October 01
World Habitat Day
October 03
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World Animal Day
October 04
It started in Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists.
source : wikipedia
World Animal Day:
they observe it feasting
on rich animal flesh.
© Aju Mukhopadhyay, India, 2006
World Animal Day <>
a huge truck waits
at the slaughter house
Gabi Greve, Japan
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World Homeless Day
October 10
August 25 is the annual Day of the Homeless in Toronto.
Columbus Day
October 12
World Food Day
October 16
Anti Poverty Day, World Poverty Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 17
. United Nations Day .
October 24
. International Day of Climate Action .
- World Environment Day
October 24
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Kigo for Winter
Sushi Day 寿司の日 Sushi no hi
November 1
World Quality Day
November 08
Legal Services Day
November 09
World Kindness Day
November 13
Children's Day
November 14
World Heritage Week
November 14
National Cooperative Week
November 15
International Day for Tolerance and Peace
November 16
National Integration Day
November 19
Child Rights Day
November 20
Universal Children's Day
November 20
Africa Industrialization Day
November 20
World Television Day
November 21
World Mother-in-Law's Day. Mother in Law
November 23
International Day on Violence against Women
November 25
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November 29
International Computer Security Day
November 30
World AIDS Day
December 01
World Pollution Prevention Day
December 02
World Handicap Day, Black Day for the Blind
December 02
World Human Rights Day
December 10
World Photography Day
December 28 (sometimes on August 19)
Oil Conservation Week
January 04
World Braille day
January 04
Road Safety Week
January 10
National Youth Day
January 12
World Army Day
January 15
Pin Code Week
January 15
Eros Day
January 22
National Day of Patriotism
January 23
International Customs Day
January 26
World Leprosy Day
January 27
CRY Day
January 28
World Martyrs Day
January 30
National Cleanliness Day
January 30
Here is a list with a few more (external LINK):
http://www.webngos.org/socialcalendar.php
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World Days celebrated by the Catholic Church
Compiled by Cristian Mocanu, 2006
January 1-st: World Peace Day
January 18-th-25-th:World Week of Prayers for Christian Unity
(jointly celebrated by the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches)
January 22-nd: World Migrants'and Refugees' Day
January 29-th: World Leprosy Day
February 2-nd:World Day of Consecrated Life (monks, friars, nuns etc.)
February 11-th: World Day of the Sick
Palm Sunday: World Youth Day-yearly local celebration Holy Thursday (Thursday before Easter): World Priests'Day
May 7-th: World Vocations'Day
May 28-th: World Media Day
June 23-rd: World Day of Prayers for the Sanctification of Priests (not to be confused with World Priests'Day)
October 22-nd:World Missions Day
(Some of them have already been mentioned in the long list above.)
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World Days with differing dates
World Friendship Day, Happy Friendship Day
To demonstrate the extraordinary power and importance of simple human kindness by promoting the practice of kind acts, large and small, on a regular basis.
March 1, November 13, December 8
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Contribution from Isabelle :
> -- Missing Children's Day
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> Another World Day that is very popular in Kenya, is the Day of the African Child, 16 June. A few months ago, I started a little collection of materials for it. Here already is the UNICEF link, which recalls that it was started to commemorate the children's uprising in apartheir South Africa :
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> http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/southafrica_34550.html
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> A European event -- not a day, but a week -- is Mobility Week, when we all try to use various forms of transport, particularly those which are not cars, and those which are fuelled by sustainable energy sources.
Last year, we had wonderful modern cycle rickshaws on the streets of Brussels during Mobility Week -- and in any case, bicycles come out in force!
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> Mobility Week is here :
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> http://www.mobilityweek-europe.org/
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> In Brussels, Car-free Sunday (my favourite Sunday of the whole year!) falls within Mobility Week.
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