Holidays Possibly in August

See also:  August's movable holidays,  August

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15 degrees Leo - usually celebrated August 1

•  Lammas a/k/a/ Lughnassad - a cross-quarter day, one of the four High Holidays or Greater Sabbats of Witchcraft
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  •  Lammas - recipes and chants
  •  Mything Links

Full Moon Day of 8th lunar month

•  Esala Perahera - Sri Lanka

Sometime in August

•  Eyo Masquerade - Nigeria

Sometime during 1st week

•  Eisteddfod Genedlaethol - Wales

Sometime during 2nd week

•  Burry Man's Walk - Scotland

Week in Late August/early September

•  Umhlanga - Swaziland

a Sunday near Assumption

•  Navasard Armenian Grape Festival - USSR

Late August

•  Lou Bunch Day - Central City, Colorado; salute to madams and girls of Colorado's 1st Century

weekend before Labor Day

•  Labor Day weekend - since Labor Day is on Monday, the weekend before it makes it a 3-day holiday
  •  August 30 - September 1, 2003
  •  September 4 - 6, 2004
  •  September 3 - 5, 2005
  •  September 2 - 4, 2006

Persian calendar

•  Farvardigan - August 12 - 21, 1999
•  Khordad Sal - August 27, 1999
•  No Ruz - August 22, 1999

4th Day of bright 1/2 of Bhadrapada, 6th Hindu month - @ Aug/Sep

•  Ganesh Chaturti

8th Day of dark 1/2 of Bhadrapada, 6th Hindu month - @ Aug/Sep

•  Janmashtami

7th day of 7th Chinese moon - @ Aug/Sep

•  Double Seventh

15th Day of 7th Chinese moon - @ Aug/Sep

•  Chinese Hungry Ghosts Festival

Halfway through Sha'ban, 8th Islamic month

•  Shab-Barat - Night of Forgiveness

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last edited Tuesday, March 09, 2010