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The cultural category is a vast collection of events covering several topics, including the arts, languages, customs, racial and ethnic groups, food, beverages, and fairs.
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Created by the late Peggy Shirley, The Duchess Who Wasn't Day honors Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford who wrote under the pen name of 'The Duchess'. The Duchess is also the title of her most popul...
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Tomorrowland is the biggest electronic music festival in the world. Held over two weekends in Belgium, it includes electronic shows, live music and one-of-a-kind shows. The event is simulcast to local ven...
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The bowtie appears to have originated in Croatia during the 1600s. It was functional and decorative, serving to keep collars closed, in much the same way we use cravats today. Of course, French aristocrat...
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Over 2 million people a year attend Europe's largest street festival to say goodbye to summer. The Notting Hill Carnival is a celebration of Caribbean culture, dance, food and festivities is an end of sum...
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Burning Man is an arts inspired carnival held annually from the last Sunday of August to the first Monday of September in Black Rock, Nevada. First held in San Francisco in 1986, Burning Man has become o...
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Today is the day to celebrate the matchmakers in your life, whether your best friend, a cousin, coworker or professional. Matchmakers are the people that bring people together and often introduce us to th...
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Mother Tongue Day in Moldova marks the anniversary of August 31, 1991, the day the nation officially exchanged the Cyrillic alphabet with the Latin alphabet. This is a national holiday. This is a nation...
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National Anti-Boredom Month is an unofficial observance in the United States designed to help parents keep children busy and engaged during their summer vacation. Most cities have a list of activities t...
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Black Family Month is an unofficial observance each July created by Shaun McLaughlin in New York specifically to focus on the needs of Black families and utilize the tradition of family reunions during th...
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National Culinary Arts Month falls in July, which is the same month the American Culinary Federation was formed in 1929. Throughout the years various organizations have sponsored this month. Currently...
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Mental illness affects one in five adults and one in ten children in America, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is a leading cause of disability, yet...
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Embracing both Canada Day (July 1) and the Fourth of July, Eastport Maine, the eastern most city in the United States surrounded by the Canadian Islands of the Atlantic and Bay of Fundy, celebrates both n...
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Born in 2020 in the wake of the Black Lives Matter global protest, Black Pound Day in the United Kingdom is a monthly event occurring on the first Saturday of each month (except the first day, which was h...
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It's a day for your creativity to shine. International Drop a Rock Day was created in 2015 to encourage rock painting and creativity with children. Examples and projects are available on the World Rocks P...