April
2013 |
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4 |
Qing Ming | Chinese remembrance festival for the dead. |
7 |
Yom Ha-Shoah | Jewish day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust. |
8 |
Hanamatsuri | Japanese flower festival honouring the Buddha’s birth. |
11 |
Varsha-Pratipada | Hindu lunar New Year. |
13
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Vaisakhi | Sikh New Year observance that honours the founding of the khalsa. |
20 |
Rama Navami | Hindu festival for Rama, the human incarnation of Vishnu. |
21/4-2/5 |
Ridván | Baha’i festival celebrating Baha’u’llah’s proclamation of his mission. |
23 |
Mahavira Jayanti | Honours birth of teacher who shaped modern Jainism. |
23 |
St George’s Day | Feast day of patron saint of England. |
25 |
Hanuman Jayanti | Hindu festival in honour of the monkey-headed god. |
28 |
Lag B'Omer | Jewish festival falling on the 33rd day of “counting the omer”. |
| March 2013 |