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International Holidays: 204 Countries from 1994 through 2015; with Tabular Appendices of Religious Holidays, 1900-2100 »

Authors: Robert S. Weaver
ISBN-13: 9780786424245, ISBN-10: 0786424249
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Robert S. Weaver

Robert S. Weaver lives in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Book Synopsis

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, two decades of national holidays from 204 countries can be found in this unique reference work. Day-by-day, holidays from 1994 through 2015 are covered, giving religious and government holidays. So-called "soft" holidays such as Mother s Day are included for information purposes.

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"Practical [for] librarians working ready reference."

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
	The Calendars
	1994	10
	1995	19
	1996	28
	1997	36
	1998	45
	1999	54
	2000	63
	2001	72
	2002	81
	2003	90
	2004	98
	2005	107
	2006	116
	2007	125
	2008	134
	2009	143
	2010	152
	2011	161
	2012	169
	2013	178
	2014	187
	2015	196
Appendix A	Fixed Multinational Holidays
A1	New Year's Day (1 January)	207
A2	Bank Holiday (1 January)	209
A3	Epiphany (6 January)	209
A4	Women's Day (8 March)	210
A5	Saint Joseph's Day (19 March)	210
A6	Tomb Sweeping Day (5 April)	210
A7	Labor Day (1 May)	210
A8	Africa Day (25 May)	212
A9	Saint Paul's Day (29 June)	213
A10	Bank Holiday (1 July)	213
A11	Assumption (15 August)	213
A12	Columbus Day (12 October)	214
A13	All Saints' Day (1 November)	214
A14	All Souls' Day (2 November)	215
A15	Armistice Day (11 November)	215
A16	Immaculate Conception (8 December)	216
A17	Christmas Eve (24 December)	216
A18	Christmas Day (25 December)	217
A19	Boxing Day (26 December)	219
A20	Bank Holiday (31 December)	219
A21	New Year's Eve (31 December)	220
Appendix B	Algorithmic Holidays
	Asian
B1	Chinese New Year Eve	221
B2	Chinese New Year	221
B3	2nd Day of Chinese New Year	222
B4	3rd Day of Chinese New Year	222
B5	Dragon Boat Festival	222
B6	Ancestors' Day	222
	Christian
B7	Shrove Monday	223
B8	Shrove Tuesday	223
B9	Ash Wednesday	223
B10	Palm Sunday	224
B11	Maundy Thursday	224
B12	Good Friday	224
B13	Holy Saturday	226
B14	Easter Sunday	226
B15	Easter Monday	227
B16	Ascension Thursday	228
B17	Whitsunday	228
B18	Whitmonday	228
B19	Corpus Christi	229
	Orthodox
B20	Good Friday and Easter Monday	230
	Hindu
B21	Deepavali	230
	Islamic
B22	New Year	231
B23	Ashura	231
B24	Mohammed's Birthday	232
B25	1st Day of Ramadan	232
B26	Eid al Fitr	233
B27	Hari Raya Puasa	233
B28	Eid al Adha	234
B29	Hari Raya Haji	234
B30	Isra a Majraj	235
Appendix C	Table of Dates for Selected Algorithmic Holidays (1900 to 2100)
C1	Chinese New Year	236
C2	Christian	238
C3	Orthodox	243
C4	Hindu (Deepavali)	247
C5	Islamic	249
C6	Jewish	253
C7	Theravada (Thai) Buddhist	258
Appendix D	Tables of Holidays Honored by Each Country
D1	Afghanistan	263
D2	Albania	263
D3	Algeria	264
D4	Andorra	264
D5	Angola	265
D6	Antigua	265
D7	Argentina	265
D8	Armenia	266
D9	Aruba	266
D10	Australia	266
D11	Austria	267
D12	Azerbaijan	267
D13	Bahamas	268
D14	Bahrain	268
D15	Bangladesh	269
D16	Barbados	269
D17	Belarus	269
D18	Belgium	270
D19	Belize	270
D20	Benin	271
D21	Bermuda	271
D22	Bhutan	271
D23	Bolivia	272
D24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	272
D25	Botswana	272
D26	Brazil	273
D27	Brunei	273
D28	Bulgaria	274
D29	Burkina Faso	274
D30	Burma	275
D31	Burundi	275
D32	Cambodia	275
D33	Cameroon	276
D34	Canada	276
D35	Cape Verde	276
D36	Cayman Islands	277
D37	Central African Republic	277
D38	Chad	277
D39	Chile	278
D40	China	279
D41	Colombia	279
D42	Comoros	280
D43	Congo	280
D44	Costa Rica	280
D45	Croatia	281
D46	Cuba	281
D47	Cyprus	282
D48	Czech Republic	282
D49	Denmark	282
D50	Djibouti	283
D51	Dominica	283
D52	Dominican Republic	284
D53	Ecuador	284
D54	Egypt	285
D55	El Salvador	285
D56	England	286
D57	Equatorial Guinea	286
D58	Eritrea	286
D59	Estonia	287
D60	Ethiopia	287
D61	Fiji	288
D62	Finland	288
D63	France	289
D64	Gabon	289
D65	Gambia	290
D66	Georgia	290
D67	Germany	291
D68	Ghana	291
D69	Gibraltar	291
D70	Greece	292
D71	Grenada	292
D72	Guam	293
D73	Guatemala	293
D74	Guinea	294
D75	Guinea-Bissau	294
D76	Guyana	295
D77	Haiti	295
D78	Honduras	296
D79	Hong Kong	296
D80	Hungary	297
D81	Iceland	297
D82	India	297
D83	Indonesia	298
D84	Iran	298
D85	Iraq	299
D86	Ireland	299
D87	Israel	299
D88	Italy	300
D89	Ivory Coast	300
D90	Jamaica	301
D91	Japan	301
D92	Jordan	302
D93	Kazakhstan	302
D94	Kenya	303
D95	Kiribati	303
D96	Kuwait	303
D97	Kyrgyzstan	304
D98	Laos	304
D99	Latvia	305
D100	Lebanon	305
D101	Lesotho	306
D102	Liberia	306
D103	Libya	306
D104	Liechtenstein	307
D105	Lithuania	307
D106	Luxembourg	308
D107	Macao	308
D108	Madagascar	309
D109	Malawi	310
D110	Malaysia	310
D111	Maldives	310
D112	Mali	311
D113	Malta	311
D114	Marshall Islands	312
D115	Mauritania	312
D116	Mauritius	313
D117	Mexico	313
D118	Micronesia	314
D119	Moldova	314
D120	Monaco	314
D121	Mongolia	315
D122	Morocco	315
D123	Mozambique	315
D124	Namibia	316
D125	Nauru	316
D126	Nepal	316
D127	Netherlands	317
D128	New Guinea	317
D129	New Zealand	317
D130	Nicaragua	318
D131	Niger	318
D132	Nigeria	319
D133	North Korea	319
D134	Northern Ireland	320
D135	Norway	320
D136	Oman	320
D137	Pakistan	321
D138	Palau	321
D139	Panama	321
D140	Paraguay	322
D141	Peru	323
D142	Philippines	323
D143	Poland	324
D144	Portugal	324
D145	Puerto Rico	325
D146	Qatar	325
D147	Romania	325
D148	Russia	326
D149	Rwanda	326
D150	Saint Kitts	326
D151	Saint Lucia	327
D152	Saint Vincent	327
D153	San Marino	327
D154	Sao Tome and Principe	328
D155	Saudi Arabia	328
D156	Scotland	328
D157	Senegal	328
D158	Seychelles	329
D159	Sierra Leone	329
D160	Singapore	330
D161	Slovakia	330
D162	Slovenia	331
D163	Solomon Islands	331
D164	Somalia	331
D165	South Africa	332
D166	South Korea	332
D167	Spain	333
D168	Sri Lanka	333
D169	Sudan	334
D170	Suriname	334
D171	Swaziland	335
D172	Sweden	335
D173	Switzerland	336
D174	Syria	336
D175	Taiwan	337
D176	Tajikistan	337
D177	Tanzania	338
D178	Thailand	338
D179	Togo	339
D180	Tonga	339
D181	Trinidad and Tobago	339
D182	Tunisia	340
D183	Turkey	340
D184	Turkmenistan	341
D185	Tuvalu	341
D186	Uganda	341
D187	Ukraine	342
D188	United Arab Emirates	342
D189	United Kingdom	343
D190	United States	343
D191	Uruguay	343
D192	Uzbekistan	344
D193	Vanuatu	344
D194	Vatican	345
D195	Venezuela	345
D196	Vietnam	346
D197	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	346
D198	Wales	347
D199	Western Samoa	347
D200	Yemeni Republic	347
D201	Yugoslavia	348
D202	Zaire	348
D203	Zambia	349
D204	Zimbabwe	349
	Index and Holiday Register (Subject access to appendices; dates for holidays)	351