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Clear filtersChuseok - the Korean harvest festival on 15 Chuseok, observed on the 8th month of the lunar calendar
Chuseok (한가위, Han-ga-wi) is the Korean harvest festival observed on the 8th day of the 8th lunar month, plus a one-day pre- and post-period. A 3-day public holiday in South Korea (and North Korea). Marked by charye ancestor rites, songpyeon rice cakes, family visits to ancestral hometowns, and gift-giving between employers and employees.
Dashain - the fifteen-day Nepalese autumn festival that ends with red tika on Vijayadashami
Dashain is the greatest festival in the Nepalese calendar, running fifteen days in the lunar month of Kartika and culminating on Vijayadashami. It opens with Ghatasthapana fire rituals to Shiva and closes with tika, shubha labh and jamara.
Halloween - October 31, Celtic Samhain roots, and how the US observes it
Halloween on October 31 is a US cultural holiday with Celtic Samhain roots. Not a federal holiday. Observed with trick-or-treating, costumes, and decorations. Second-largest commercial holiday in the US after Christmas by consumer spending.
Batik Day - October 2, the Indonesian national observance of UNESCO-listed batik
Batik Day (Hari Batik Nasional) on October 2 is the Indonesian national observance marking the 2009 UNESCO inscription of batik on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Observed across Indonesia with batik-clad ceremonies, exhibitions, and community workshops.
Chongyang Festival - the Chinese Double Ninth Festival, the festival of high places, and the celebration of the long-lived
The Chongyang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the 9th day of the 9th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, marking the convergence of the auspicious yang number 9 and the autumn season.
Hangul Day in South Korea (Hangulnal) - October 9, the proclamation of the Korean alphabet
Hangul Day (한글날, Hangulnal) on October 9 is a South Korean national public holiday marking the 1446 proclamation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet, by King Sejong the Great. Originally a national holiday from 1945 to 1991, it was reinstated in 2013 after a 22-year lapse.
Mid-Autumn Festival - the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, moon cakes, and how Asia observes it
Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu / Tết Trung Thu) falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Celebrated across China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Chinese diaspora with moon cakes, lanterns, and family reunions. Date moves between mid-September and early October in the solar calendar.
National Foundation Day in South Korea (Gaecheonjeol) - October 3, the mythic founding of Gojoseon
National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol, 개천절) on October 3 is a South Korean national public holiday marking the mythic founding of Gojoseon in 2333 BCE by Dangun. Established as a holiday in 1909 under Japanese rule and revived in 1949 by the ROK government.
Oktoberfest - the Munich beer festival, mid-September to early October, and how it is observed
Oktoberfest is the worlds largest folk festival, held annually in Munich, Bavaria from mid-September to the first Sunday in October. Runs 16-18 days. Public holiday in Munich on the first day. Cultural + beer festival, not a religious or federal holiday.
Samhain - the Gaelic beginning of winter, the festival of the dead, and the source of Halloween
Samhain is the Gaelic beginning of winter, observed on October 31-November 1 in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. The festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and is the traditional time when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinnest.