2022 CALENDAR Celebrating the diverse and inclusive nature of our IBAO community -promoting respect and understanding between all groups.
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2022 CALENDAR Celebrating the diverse and inclusive nature of our IBAO community—promoting respect and understanding between all groups.
New Year’s Day
Black American:
Emancipation Proclamation
Feast Day of St. Basil Begins
Orthodox Christmas/
Epiphany or Dia de los Reyes Feast of the Nativity
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus Twelfth Night Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh
(Three Kings Day); Armenian
Orthodox Christmas Christmas in Russia
Orthodox New Year
Bodhi Day Lori-Maghi
Makar Sankranti
Thai Pongal Begins
Mahayana New Year
Republic Day of India
International Holocaust
Bell Let’s Talk Day Remembrance Day
(Mental Health)
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caBlack History Month
Lunar New Year Setsubun-Sai
(Chinese New Year) Vasant Panchami
(Beginning of Spring)
Vietnamese New Year
(Tet Festival)
Lantern Festival
Maghi-Purnima
Parinirvana or Nirvana Day
Louis Riel Day Pink Shirt Day
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caLosar Begins
Maha Shivarati Nineteen Day Fast Begins
(Tibetan New Year)
Great Lent Begins International Women’s Day
Purim Begins St Patrick’s Day Holi
Naw-Ruz
International Transgender
Day of Visibility
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caWorld Autism Awareness Day
Ramadan Begins
Tartan Day Vimy Ridge Day Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday
Passover Begins
Sinhalese New Year Begins Vaisakhi Theravada New Year Easter
Good Friday
Puthandu
Easter Monday Rivdan Begins International Earth Day Saint George’s Day National Volunteer Week
Holocaust Memorial Day/ Gathering of Nations Begins Laylat al-Qadr
Yom Hashoah Begins
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caRamadan Ends South Asian Arrival Day
Eid al-Fitr Begins Red Dress Day Vesak
Mental Health Week Cinco de Mayo
International Day Against
Homophobia, Transphobia Asian Gold Ribbon Day
and Biphobia
Victoria Day Declaration of the Bab
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caNational Indigenous Shavout Begins Pentecost
Pride Month (LGBTQIAA+)
Peoples Day
Juneteenth
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caCanada Day
National Injury Martyrdom of the Bab
The Hajj
Prevention Day
Eid al-Adha Begins
Hijri New Year
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caEmancipation Day
Civic Holiday
Muharran Raksha Bandhan
Feast of the Assumption Krishna Janmashtami Begins
Ganesh Chaturthi
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caHispanic Heritage Month
World Suicide Prevention Day
Ukrainian Heritage Day International Literacy Day
Moon Cake Festival
Mexican Independence Day
Gender Equality Week Rosh Hashanah Begins
International Week of the Deaf
National Day for Truth and
Reconciliation
Navrati Begins
(Orange Shirt Day)
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caYom Kippur Begins Sukkot Begins
Canadian Thanksgiving Karva Chauth Begins White Cane Safety Day Shmini Atzeret Begins
Simchat Torah Begins Sikh Holy Day
Diwali Begins
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caRemembrance Day
American Thanksgiving
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.caWorld AIDS Day International Day of Persons
with Disabilities
National Day of
Remembrance and Action on
Violence Against Women
Las Posadas Begins Hanukkah Begins
Yule Winter Solstice Christmas
Kwanzaa Begins New Year’s Eve
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.ca2022 DATES & OBSERVANCE DESCRIPTIONS
JANUARY January 7 January 26 February 1
CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA REPUBLIC DAY OF INDIA VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR (TET
Christmas is considered a high holiday by National holiday in India. It honours the date FESTIVAL)
January 1
the Russian Orthodox Church, one of the 12 on which the Constitution of India came The most important festival of the year in
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Great Feasts, and one of only four of which into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing Vietnam. Its name, Tet, is an abbreviation for
Celebrated within most Western countries
are preceded by a period of fasting. the Government of India Act (1935) as the Tet Nguyen Dan, which is Vietnamese for the
governing document of India and thus, feast of the first morning of the first day of
January 1
January 9 turning the nation into a newly formed their calendar. 2022 is Year of the Tiger.
BLACK AMERICAN: EMANCIPATION
BIRTHDAY OF GURU GOBIND SINGH republic
PROCLAMATION
Sikh festival that commemorates the February 3
President Abraham Lincoln declared all
birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth January 26 SETSUBUN-SAI (BEGINNING OF SPRING)
slaves to be free
Guru of the Sikhs. It is a religious celebration BELL LET’S TALK DAY (MENTAL HEALTH) One day before the start of spring according
in which prayers for prosperity are offered. Bell Canada supports Mental to the Japanese lunar calendar. It is not a
January 1-2
Health initiatives and partners with over 1100 national holiday. For many centuries, people
FEAST DAY OF ST. BASIL
January 10 Organizations to creating positive change. have been performing rituals with the
Commemorating the death of Saint Basil.
BODHI DAY purpose of chasing away evil spirits at the
It is celebrated on January 1 in the Eastern
The Buddhist holiday that commemorates January 27 start of spring.
Churches, on January 2 in the Western
the day that the historical Buddha, INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST
Churches, and on January 14 in churches that
Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), REMEMBRANCE DAY February 5
follow the Julian calendar.
experienced enlightenment, also known as Designated by the United Nations (UN), VASANT PANCHAMI
“bodhi” in Sanskrit and Pali. this day commemorates the genocide that Hindu festival that highlights the coming of
January 3
resulted in the death of millions of people spring.
FEAST OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
January 13 at the hands of the Nazi regime and its
The celebration has been held on different
LORI-MAGHI collaborators. February 15
dates, usually in January, because 1 January,
Wintertime Punjabi folk festival, celebrated LANTERN FESTIVAL
eight days after Christmas, commemorates
primarily by Sikhs and Hindus from the A Chinese festival that marks the final
the naming of the child Jesus.
Punjab region of Indian subcontinent. day of the traditional Chinese New Year
FEBRUARY celebrations.
January 5
January 14
TWELFTH NIGHT
ORTHODOX NEW YEAR February 15
A festival in some branches of Christianity All February
The start of the new year under the Julian PARINIRVANA OR NIRVANA DAY
that takes place on the last night of the BLACK HISTORY MONTH
calendar Remembers Buddha’s passing in 483 BC
Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the Black History Month in the United States
and his final nirvana. Commemoration of
coming of the Epiphany and Canada. Since 1976, the month has been
January 14 Buddha’s death at the age of 80.
designated to remember the contributions of
MAKAR SANKRANTI OR MAGHI
January 6 people of the African diaspora
Hindu: Celebrates the harvest February 16
EPIPHANY OR DIA DE LOS REYES (THREE
MAGHI-PURNIMA
KINGS DAY); ARMENIAN ORTHODOX February 1
January 14-17 Hindu festival especially for worshippers of
CHRISTMAS LUNAR NEW YEAR (CHINESE NEW
THAI PONGAL Lord Vishnu. Millions of devotees take a holy
A Christian festival held in honour of the YEAR)
Thai Pongal is a Tamil and Hindu harvest bath on this day. Devotees also carry out
coming of the three kings to the infant Jesus Lunar New Year is also commonly known
festival designed to give thanks to the Sun charity work on this day.
Christ. as Chinese New Year. Each New Year is
God.
associated with one of the twelve different
February 21
January 7 animals of the Zodiac.
January 18 LOUIS RIEL DAY
ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS/FEAST OF THE
MAHAYANA NEW YEAR (BUDDHIST) Louis Riel Day is an annual general holiday
NATIVITY
Celebrated by the Mahayana Buddhist in the Canadian province of Manitoba on the
The equivalent of December 25th on the
branch third Monday of February. It commemorates
Julian calendar. Many Orthodox Christians
the life of Louis Riel, a politician who
celebrate Christmas day on or near this date.
represented the Métis people's interests.
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.ca2022 DATES & OBSERVANCE DESCRIPTIONS
February 23 March 7-April 23 April 2 April 15
PINK SHIRT DAY GREAT LENT RAMADAN BEGINS GOOD FRIDAY
(Anti-Bullying) – CKNW Kids’ Fund Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most Observed by Muslims as a month Christian holiday commemorating
important fasting season in the church of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection and the crucifixion of Jesus and his death
year in the Eastern Orthodox Church which community. at Calvary.
MARCH prepares Christians for the greatest feast of
the church year, Pascha (Easter) April 6 April 15
TARTAN DAY PASSOVER BEGINS
March 1
March 16-17 Recognizes and celebrates the contributions Jewish: From how to host online to how to
MAHA SHIVARATI
PURIM of Scots and their descendants in Canada make a digital Haggadah.
Hindu: One of the major festivals in
Jewish celebration that marks the time
Hinduism dedicated to worshipping Lord
when the Jewish community living in Persia April 9 April 16
Shiva. People celebrate Maha Shivratri by
was saved from genocide. On Purim, Jewish VIMY RIDGE DAY THERAVADA NEW YEAR
fasting, keeping vigil and doing pujas at
people offer charity and share food with Vimy Ridge was a particularly important The Theravada new year is celebrated for
homes and temples.
friends. tactical feature. Its capture by the Canadians three days from the first full moon in April.
was essential to the advances by the British Theravada means “the teachings of the
March 2-20
March 17 Third Army to the south and of exceptional elders”. Levada is the dominant from of
NINETEEN DAY FAST
ST PATRICK’S DAY importance to checking the German attacks Buddhism mainly practicing in prevalent in
The Nineteen-Day Fast is a nineteen-day
Irish Heritage Day marks the birthday of this in the area in 1918. South East Asian countries including India,
period of the year during which members
Irish saint, who brought Christianity to the Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Sri
of the Bahá’í Faith adhere to a sunrise-to-
Emerald Isle April 10 Lanka
sunset fast. Along with obligatory prayer,
PALM SUNDAY
it is one of the greatest obligations of a
March 18 Christian April 17
Bahá’í, and its chief purpose is spiritual: to
HOLI EASTER
reinvigorate the soul and bring the person
Hindu April 13-14 Christian festival and cultural holiday
closer to God.
SINHALESE NEW YEAR commemorating the resurrection of Jesus
March 21 A Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the from the dead, described in the New
March 3-5
NAW-RUZ traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people Testament as having occurred on the third
LOSAR (TIBETAN NEW YEAR)
Baha’I New Year in Sri Lanka day of his burial following his crucifixion by
The holiday is a new year's festival,
the Romans at Calvary
celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar
March 31 April 14
Tibetan calendar, which corresponds to a
INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF HOLY THURSDAY April 18
date in February or March in the Gregorian
VISIBILITY The day during Holy Week that EASTER MONDAY
calendar.
Annual event dedicated to celebrating commemorates the Washing of the Celebrated in the Catholic church recalling
transgender people and raising awareness Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus the meeting of the angel with the women
March 8
of discrimination faced by transgender Christ with the Apostles, as described in who arrived at Jesus’s tomb.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
people worldwide, as well as a celebration the canonical gospels.
A time to reflect on progress made, to call
of their contributions to society. April 21
for change and to celebrate acts of courage
April 14 START OF RIVDAN
and determination by ordinary women, who
VAISAKHI A twelve-day festival in the Bahá’í Faith,
have played an extraordinary role in the
history of their countries and communities.
APRIL Marks the first day of the month of Vaisakha commemorating Bahá’u'lláh's declaration
and is usually celebrated annually on 13 or that he was a Manifestation of God
The world has made unprecedented
14 April
advances, but no country has achieved April 2
April 22
gender equality. WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY
April 14 INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY
Recognition of people with autism and
PUTHANDU
those who love and support them.
Tamil New Year
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.ca2022 DATES & OBSERVANCE DESCRIPTIONS
April 23 May 2-8 May 24 July 7
SAINT GEORGE'S DAY MENTAL HEALTH WEEK DECLARATION OF THE BAB THE HAJJ
The feast day of Saint George as celebrated Baha’i Islamic; annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi
by various Christian Churches and by the May 5 Arabia, required by all able Muslims at least
several nations, old kingdoms, regions, SOUTH ASIAN ARRIVAL DAY once in their lifetime
states, countries and cities of which Saint In April, 1997 the Indo-Trinidadian Canadian JUNE
George is the patron saint - including Association (ITCA) was formed and July 9
Bulgaria, England, Georgia, Portugal, as well immediately started Indian Arrival Day MARTYRDOM OF THE BAB
All June
as the Spanish communities of Cáceres, celebrations that year. Also that year, On the morning of July 9, 1850 in Tabriz, a
PRIDE MONTH (LGBTQIAA+)
Alcoy, Aragon and Catalonia community activist Asha Maharaj organized 30-year-old Persian merchant known as the
a display of Indian artifacts, the Trinidad and Báb was charged with apostasy and shot by
June 2
April 24-30 Tobago Association of Ottawa held its first order of the Prime Minister of the Persian
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK celebration, and the Caribbean East Indian Empire
Native American
National Volunteer Week (NVW) is a time Cultural Organization headed by radio host
to celebrate and thank Canada's 12.7 million Richard Aziz organized an Indian Arrival July 9-13
June 4-6
volunteers celebration in Toronto EID AL-ADHA
SHAVOUT
Annual Islamic observance for many Muslims
Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth
April 27-28 May 5 in Canada
day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (it may
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY/YOM RED DRESS DAY
fall between May 15 and June 14 on the
HASHOAH National Day of Awareness for Missing and July 28
Gregorian calendar)
A Holocaust memorial day or Holocaust Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls HIJRI NEW YEAR
remembrance day is an annual observance to Muslim
June 5
commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, May 5
PENTECOST
the genocide of six million European Jews by CINCO DE MAYO
Christian holiday of Pentecost is celebrated
Nazi Germany. Commemorates Mexico’s defeat of the
on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday)
AUGUST
French army, observed primarily by Mexican
from Easter Sunday.[2] It commemorates
April 28-30 Americans
the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the August 1
GATHERING OF NATIONS
12 Apostles and the virgin-mother of EMANCIPATION DAY
More than 500 Native American tribes meet May 6
Jesus Christ, while they were in Jerusalem Canadians are invited to reflect, educate
to celebrate their traditions and cultures VESAK
celebrating the Feast of Weeks and engage in the ongoing fight against anti-
Observed by Buddhists in South Asia
Black racism and discrimination
April 29 and Southeast Asia as well as Tibet and
June 19
LAYLAT AL-QADR Mongolia. The festival commemorates
JUNETEENTH August 1
Muslim the birth, enlightenment (Nibbāna), and
Black American; Commentates the liberation CIVIC HOLIDAY
death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in
of slaves in Texas, and celebrated nationwide
Theravada Tibetan Buddhism and Navayana.
August 8
MAY MUHARRAN
May 17
JULY Is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It
INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST
May 2 is one of the four sacred months of the year
HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND
RAMADAN ENDS when warfare is forbidden.
BIPHOBIA July 1
Muslim
CANADA DAY
August 11
May 20 Federal statutory holiday celebrating
May 2-3 RAKSHA BANDHAN
ASIAN GOLD RIBBON DAY Canadian Confederation
EID AL-FITR Traditionally Hindu, annual rite, or ceremony,
Stand in Solidarity against Anti-Asian Racism
Celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it which is central to a festival of the same
July 4
marks the end of the month-long dawn-to- name celebrated in South Asia, and in other
May 23 NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION DAY
sunset fasting of Ramadan parts of the world significantly influenced by
VICTORIA DAY First Monday of July
Hindu culture
Queen Victoria's birthday
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
We recognize that there are holidays that we may not be aware of or do not have the lived experience to fully understand, so we welcome your feedback and will modify the calendar for years to come. Email: contact@ibao.on.ca2022 DATES & OBSERVANCE DESCRIPTIONS
August 15 September 19-25 October 12-13 December 3
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION GENDER EQUALITY WEEK KARVA CHAUTH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH
Roman Catholic; celebrating the belief of the Fourth week of September A festival celebrated by Hindu women from DISABILITIES
entry into heaven of the Virgin Mary the Northern and Western India on the Promotes the dignity, rights, and well-being
September 25–27 fourth day after Purnima (a full moon) in the of people with disabilities
August 18 ROSH HASHANAH month of Kartika
KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI BEGINS The Jewish New Year December 6
Annual Hindu festival that celebrates the October 15 NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. September 26-30 WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY AND ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST
INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF THE DEAF Blind awareness WOMEN
August 31 Celebrated annually across the world during
GANESH CHATURTHI the last full week of September since 2009 October 16-18 December 16-24
Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Lord SHMINI ATZERET LAS POSADAS
Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his September 26-October 5 Biblical Jewish holiday Mexico; Commemorates events associated
mother Goddess Parvati/Gauri NAVRATI BEGINS with the birth of Jesus
Hindu festival that spans nine nights (and October 17-18
ten days) and is celebrated every year in the SIMCHAT TORAH December 18-26
SEPTEMBER autumn. It is observed for different reasons Biblical Jewish holiday HANUKKAH
and celebrated differently in various parts of Jewish; Honors the Jewish triumph over
the Hindu Indian cultural sphere October 20 Syrian Greeks and Jewish independence
All September
SIKH HOLY DAY
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
September 30 Birth of Guru Granth December 21
NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND YULE WINTER SOLSTICE
September 7
RECONCILIATION (ORANGE SHIRT DAY) October 24-28 Pagan
UKRAINIAN HERITAGE DAY
Canadian statutory holiday to commemorate DIWALI
Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Day is officially
the legacy of the Canadian Indian residential A festival of lights and one of the major December 25
celebrated in Ontario and Alberta. On the
school system. festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains, CHRISTMAS
last Saturday of July, Manitoba celebrates
Sikhs and some Buddhists, notably Newar Christian; Celebrates the birth of Jesus, the
Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Day.
Buddhists Christian messiah
September 8
OCTOBER
December 26-January 1
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY
October 4-5
NOVEMBER KWANZAA BEGINS
Celebration of African-American culture
September 10 YOM KIPPUR
that is held from December 26 to January 1,
WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY November 11
culminating in a communal feast called
Provides an opportunity for us to increase October 9-16 REMEMBRANCE DAY
Karamu, usually held on the 6th day
our awareness and understanding about SUKKOT BEGINS
suicide Jewish celebration of the Three Pilgrimage November 25
December 31
Festivals on which those Israelites who could THANKSGIVING
NEW YEAR’S EVE
September 10 were commanded to make a pilgrimage to
MOON CAKE FESTIVAL the Temple at Jerusalem.
Traditional festival celebrated in mainland DECEMBER
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and October 10
Vietnam, as well as by overseas Chinese and THANKSGIVING
December 1
Vietnamese communities.
WORLD AIDS DAY
September 16
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
IBAO has created a multi-cultural calendar to share with our members. The calendar features a wide range of holidays, celebrations and observations should you chose to honour our communities and the people we work with.
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