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Clear filtersNepali New Year (Bikram Sambat) - Baisakh 1 on 13or 14 April, and the nine-day Bisket Jatra that brings the country into it
Nepali New Year, or Nava Barsha, marks Baisakh 1 in the Bikram Sambat calendar on 13 or 14 April. It is a national public holiday, and in Bhaktapur it is the high point of the nine-day Bisket Jatra.
Thingyan - the Burmese water festival, a fixed four-day new year of pouring water and gilded pagodas
Thingyan is the Burmese water festival and Burmese New Year, held over four days from 13 to 16 April. Water is poured over elders and Buddha images for purification, and the dates are a fixed civil holiday rather than a lunar one.
Gudi Padwa - the Marathi and Konkani new year, marked with a gudi flag, neem leaves and the bitter-and-sweet first meal of the year
Gudi Padwa is the Marathi and Konkani Hindu new year on Chaitra Pratipada in March or April. A gudi flag is raised over each home and the day opens with a neem-and-jaggery dish tasting of life's bitter and sweet.
Qingming - April 4 or 5, the Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day, ancestor veneration, and the Cold Food Festival
Qingming (also Tomb Sweeping Day) on April 4 or 5 is a Chinese festival of ancestor veneration, observed by sweeping graves, offering food, and burning paper money. A 3-day public holiday in mainland China, also observed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and the Chinese diaspora.
Sham el-Nessim - the Egyptian spring festival, the Monday after Easter when the Nile goes out and eggs are dyed
Sham el-Nessim is the Egyptian Coptic spring festival held on the Monday after Easter. Families dye and eat eggs, spend the whole holiday at the Nile or the coast, and celebrate the first warm days of spring.
Songkran - Thai New Year water festival, April 13-15, and how Thailand observes it
Songkran is the Thai New Year water festival on April 13-15. Celebrated across Thailand, Laos (Pi Mai), Cambodia (Chaul Chnam Thmey), Myanmar (Thingyan), and the Shan / Dai / Tai diaspora. Public holiday in Thailand. Mass water-throwing tradition reflects Buddhist and Brahmanical roots.
April Fools Day - April 1, the global prank festival, its origin, and how it is observed
April Fools Day on April 1 is the informal western prank-and-joke tradition observed in many countries. First attested in the 1500s, with a US media tradition going back to the 1700s; now surfaces in newspapers, brands, and online platforms worldwide. Not a public holiday.
Beltane - the Gaelic May Day, the fires of purification, and the union of earth and sky
Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival, observed on April 30-May 1 in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. The festival marks the beginning of summer and the union of the Earth Mother and Sky Father, with the lighting of bonfires, the Maypole dance, and the symbolic protection of livestock as they are moved to summer pastures.