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MemorialMonth: Jun

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Festa Junina - the Brazilian June festivals, when bonfires, quadrilha dancing and corn take over small towns

Festa Junina is the Brazilian June festival season, a quadrilateral of saints running from June 19 to 30. Small towns fill with bonfires, quadrilha square dancing, corn, canjica and the country's most distinctive fireworks.

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Flag Day - June 14 origins, the 1877 centennial, and how the US observes its national flag

Flag Day is observed on June 14 in the United States, commemorating the 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes by the Second Continental Congress. Not a federal holiday, but recognized by presidential proclamation since 1925 and a state holiday in Pennsylvania and a few others.

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Memorial Day in South Korea (Hyeonchungil) - June 6, honoring the Korean War and earlier military dead

Memorial Day (Hyeonchungil, 현충일) on June 6 is a South Korean national public holiday honoring those who died in military service, especially the Korean War dead. Observed with a presidential wreath-laying at the National Cemetery in Seoul. Distinct from US Memorial Day on the last Monday of May.

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Pancasila Day - Hari Lahir Pancasila, June 1

Pancasila Day (Hari Lahir Pancasila) is observed every June 1 to mark the 1945 BPUPKI speech by President Soekarno that first articulated the five principles of the Indonesian state. National public holiday since 2017 under Keppres 24/2016, after decades of discussion.

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