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Religious Festivals and Events 2012

Religious Festivals and Events 2012. Dr Parvin Damani MBE. JANUARY. 1–3 Japan Ganjitsu – Japanese New Year’s 5 Sikh Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh 13 Hindu Lohri / Makara Sankrant – Winter Solstice Festival 23 China Yuan Tan – Chinese New Year’s Day 25 Scotland Burns’ Night

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Religious Festivals and Events 2012

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  1. Religious Festivals and Events 2012 Dr Parvin Damani MBE

  2. JANUARY 1–3 Japan Ganjitsu – Japanese New Year’s 5 Sikh Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh 13 Hindu Lohri / Makara Sankrant – Winter Solstice Festival 23 China Yuan Tan – Chinese New Year’s Day 25 Scotland Burns’ Night 27 Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day 28 Hindu Vasanta Panchami – Beginning of Spring CALENDAR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  3. FEBRUARY 2 Pagan Imbolc – Festival of Light 8 Buddhist Nirvana Day – Death of Gautama Buddha 8 Jewish Tu B’Shevat – New Year for Trees 14 Christian Valentine’s day 15 China Teng Chieh – Lantern Festival 20 Hindu Mahashivratri – Worshipping Lord Shiva 22 Buddhist Losar – Tibetan New Year 22 Christian Ash Wednesday – First day of Lent CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  4. MARCH 1 Wales St David’s Day 8 Hindu Holi – Spring Festival 8 Jewish Purim 12 Commonweath Day 17 Ireland St Patrick’s Day 18 Christian Mothering Sunday 21 Baha’I Naw Ruz – New Year’s Day 21 Zoroastrian Jamshedi NoRuz – New Year’s Day 21 Pagan Spring Equinox - Ostara 26 Zoroastrian Birthday of Prophet Zarathustra CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  5. APRIL 1 Hindu Rama Navami – Birthday of Lord Rama 1 Christian Palm Sunday 5 Christian Maunday Thursday 6 Christian Good Friday 6-13 Jewish Pesach / Passover 8 Christian Easter Day 9 Christian Easter Monday 13 Jain Birthday of Mahavira Jayanti 13/14 Sikh Vaisakhi – New Year Festival 20/4 – 2/5 Baha’i Festival of Ridvan 23 England St George’s Day CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  6. MAY 1 Pagan Beltaine – Heralding the Return of Summer 5 Buddhist Wesak / Buddha Day Commemorating the Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment & Death Channel Islands Liberation Day Stow Fair Christian Ascension Day 19 Wickham Fair 22 Baha’I Declaration of the Bab 27 Christian Whit Sunday / Pentecost CALENDAR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  7. JUNE Jewish Shavuot / Pentecost 7-13 Appleby Horse Fair 17 Fathers Day 21 Pagan Midsummer Solstice 23 China Dragon Boat Festival CALENDAR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012 javascript:; javascript:;

  8. JULY 4 USA Independence Day 5 Isle of Man Tynwald Day – the Island’s National Day 8 Baha’I Martyrdom of the Bab 20 Muslim First Day of Ramadan 23 Rastafarian Birthday of Haile Selassie CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  9. AUGUST 1 Pagan Lughnasadh – Celebrating the Start of the Harvest 2 Hindu Raksha Bandhan – Celebrating the bond between Brothers & Sisters 10 Hindu Janamashtami – birthday of Lord Krishna 13-16 Buddhist O-Bon-Reuniting the Living with Dead Ancestors 17 Rastafarian Birthday of Marcus Garvey 19 Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr – End of Ramadan 21 Zoroastrian NoRuz – New Year’s Day (Shenshai Calendar) 27 England Notting Hill Carnival 27 Rastafarian Anniversary of the Death of Haile Selassie CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  10. SEPTEMBER 11 Rastafarian Ethiopian New Year 19 Hindu Worshipping Ganesh Chaturthi 16-18 Jewish Rosh Hashanah – New Year 21 Pagan Autumn Equinox - Mabon 26 Jewish Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement CALENDAR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  11. OCTOBER 1 Jewish Sukkot – Feast of the Tabernacles 16 Hindu First day of Autumn Navaratri – Worshipping the Goddess Devi 20 Baha’I Birthday of the Bab 26 Muslim Eid-ul-adha – Festival of Sacrifice 31 Halloween 31 Pagan Samhain – Celtic New Year CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  12. NOVEMBER 2 Rastafarian Anniversary of the Crowning of Hailse Selassie 5 UK Guy Fawkes – Bonfire Night 11 Remembrance Sunday 12 Baha’i Birthday of Bahaullah 13 Hindu / Sikh Diwali – Festival of Lights 15 Muslim Al-Hijra – New Year’s Day 22 USA Thanksgiving Day 28 Sikh – Birthday of Guru Nanak 30 Scotland – St. Andrew’s Day CALENDAR RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

  13. DECEMBER 2 Christian – Beginning of Advent 8-16 Jewish Hanukah – Festival of Lights 21 Pagan Winter Solstice - Yule 24 Christian Christmas Eve 25 Christian Christmas Day 26 Christian St. Stephen’s Day / Boxing Day 26 Zoroastrian Zartusht-No-Disco – Death of the Prophet Zarathustra (Fasli calendar) 31 UK New Year’s Eve / Hogmanay CALENDARRELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2012

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