September
2013 |
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5-6 |
Rosh Hashanah | Jewish New Year festival. |
9 |
Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu festival in honour of the elephant-headed god Ganesh. |
10 |
Paryushana-Parva | Jain festival of forgiveness and confession of sins. |
11 |
Ethiopian New Year’s Day | Rastafarian New Year celebration. |
14 |
Yom Kippur | Day of atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. |
19 |
Mid-Autumn Festival | Chinese harvest moon festival. |
19 |
Sukkot | Jewish harvest festival commemorating the 40 years the Israelites spent in the wilderness after leaving Egypt. |
22 |
Mabon | Pagan observance of the autumnal equinox and the approach of winter. |
22 |
Shunbun-no-hi | Japanese festival marking the autumn equinox. |
27 |
Simchat Torah | Jewish festival celebrating the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Torah. |
| August 2013 |