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2013

January 

• 1 January, New Years Day
• 7 January, Orthodox Christmas
• 26 January, Australia Day
• 26 January, Indian Republic Day

February

• 6  February Waitangi Day, New Zealand - 172 yrs old Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840
• 10 February Chinese New Year - Year of the Snake
• 11 February 1991, Nelson Mandela's release from Prison
• 16 February Lietuvos Diena, Lithuania Day, Lithuania
• 21 February, International Mother Language Day

March

•   5 March Arrival of the First Missionaries, French Polynesia
•   8 March International Womens's Day
• 17 March St Patricks Day, Ireland, Australia & Canada
• 21 March Harmony Day
• 25 March Stork Day, Lithuania (Children's Day)
• 29 March Good Friday
• 31 March Easter Sunday

April

• 2 April World Children's Book Day
• 12th, 13th or 14th Sinhala & Tamil New Year, Sri Lanka (Dates vary)
• 22 April Earth Day
• 25 April ANZAC Day, Australia & New Zealand
• 30 April Koninginnedag Day, Queens Day in Holland

May

• 2 May Buddha Festival, Events in Southbank, Brisbane
• 3 May, Hina Matsu Festival in Japan - Girls Day or Festival of Dolls
• 12 May Mother's Day, Australia, Mexico, Venezuela
• 26 May National Day of Healing, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander's, Australia. Also called National Sorry Day
• 26th May -1 June, Samoan Language Week

June

• 1 June International Children's Day
• 3 June Mabo Day, Torres Strait Island
• 5 June World Enviornment Day
• 10 June Matariki, Maori New Year, New Zealand and the South Pacific
• 14 - 21 June National Refugee Week, Australia
• 20 June World Refugee Day (United Nations)
• 21 June National Aboriginal Day, Canada
• 27 June Multicultural Day, Canada

July

• 1 July Canada Day, Canada
• 1-7 July, Maori Language Week, New Zealand
• 4 July, Independance Day, United States of America
• 6 July Dali Lama's Birthday
• 7-14 July NAIDOC Week, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander's celebration throughout Australia
• 9 July - 7 August Ramadan, 2012, Islamic Faith
• 14 July Bastille Day, France
• 18 July Nelson Mandela's Birthday, South Africa

August

• 1 August Swiss National Day, Switzerland
• 2 August Friendship Day, United States of America
• 8 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People, Australia
• 16 August Day of the Child, Paraguay
• 17 August Children's Book Week, Australia
• 23 August Black Ribbon Day, Lithuania
• 23 August Ganesh Chaturthi, Hindu faith

September

• 1 September Fathers Day
• 1 September Indigenous Literacy Day, Australia
• 3 September Australian National Flag Day, Australia
• 5 September Teachers Day, India
• 8 September Dia de Asturias, Spain
• 18 September Rosh Hashanah, Israel
• 19 September Moscow Day, Russia
• 28 September Confucious Birthday, Taiwan
• End of September - early October Phuket Vegetarian Fesitival. Thailand

October

• 4 October World Peace & Animal Day
• 10 October, Double 10 day in Taiwan
• 10 October World Homeless Day 2011
• 24 October Global Oneness Day
• 31 October Halloween, Canada, United States of American, Japan & United Kingdom

November

• 1 & 2 November, Day of the Dead Festival, Dia de Los Muertos, Mexico
• 2 November All Souls Day, Christian faith
• 6 November Kindness Day, Australia
• 11 November Veterans Day, United States of America
• 11 November Armistace/Remembrance Day, Australia & France
• 11 November Feast of St Martin, St Martin, Carribean
• 3 November, Diwali Festival - India, Festival of Lights
• 24 November Loy Krathong - Festival of Floating Bowls, Thailand
• 24 November Birthday of Guru Nanak Day, Sikh faith
• 26 November Thanksgiving Day, United States of America
• 27 November Anniversary of Cerro de Pasco, Peru
• 27 November Eid-Ul-Adha, Islam faith

December

• 3 December Culture Day, Japan
• 5 December The Kings Birthday, Thailand
• 5 December Sinterklaas, The Netherlands
• 10 December Settler's Day, Namibia
• 12 December Our Lady of Guadeloupe Day, Mexico
• 13 December St Lucy's Day, Sweden
• 23 December Feast of Radishes (Oaxaca only) Mexico
• 23 December Emperor's Birthday, Japan
• 24 December Noche Buena, Mexico & Venuezuela
• 25 December Christmas Day
• 26 December Family Day, Namibia, Vanuatu
• 27 December St Stephen's Day, Bulgaria
• 30 December Rizal Day, Phillipines
• 31 December Hogmanay, Scotland

• World Refugee Day 20 June
• World Refugee Week 15-21 June

Please email us on culture@globalkidsoz.com.au if you would to see other dates  included in this list