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Upcoming Global Holidays

The vibrancy of our world culture is perhaps best expressed through the variety of holidays celebrated across the globe.

To help maximize your opportunities for global and international engagement, we’ve highlighted below the upcoming holiday observances around the world. Please keep these dates in mind as you prepare your global communications.

An asterisk(*) denotes a non-official public holiday.


19-May-2013 through 25-May-2013
DateCountryName of Holiday
May 20 CameroonNational Day
May 20 East TimorIndependence Day
May 20 CanadaVictoria Day
May 20 AustraliaAdelaide Cup Day (South Australia)
May 20 Cayman IslandsDiscovery Day
May 20 AnguillaWhitmonday
May 20 BahamasWhitmonday
May 20 BarbadosWhitmonday
May 20 British Virgin IslandsWhitmonday
May 20 DominicaWhitmonday
May 20 GrenadaWhitmonday
May 20 MontserratWhitmonday
May 20 Saint Kitts and NevisWhitmonday
May 20 Saint LuciaWhitmonday
May 20 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesWhitmonday
May 20 Solomon IslandsWhitmonday
May 20 Trinidad and TobagoWhitmonday
May 20 AndorraPentecost Monday
May 20 Antigua and BarbudaPentecost Monday
May 20 AustriaPentecost Monday
May 20 BelgiumPentecost Monday
May 20 BeninPentecost Monday
May 20 Central African RepublicPentecost Monday
May 20 Cote d'IvoirePentecost Monday
May 20 CyprusPentecost Monday
May 20 DenmarkPentecost Monday
May 20 EstoniaPentecost Monday
May 20 FinlandPentecost Monday
May 20 FrancePentecost Monday
May 20 French GuianaPentecost Monday
May 20 GabonPentecost Monday
May 20 GermanyPentecost Monday
May 20 GreecePentecost Monday
May 20 GuadeloupePentecost Monday
May 20 HungaryPentecost Monday
May 20 IcelandPentecost Monday
May 20 LuxembourgPentecost Monday
May 20 MadagascarPentecost Monday
May 20 MartiniquePentecost Monday
May 20 NetherlandsPentecost Monday
May 20 New CaledoniaPentecost Monday
May 20 NorwayPentecost Monday
May 20 Saint BartsPentecost Monday
May 20 Saint MartinPentecost Monday
May 20 SenegalPentecost Monday
May 20 SwedenPentecost Monday
May 20 SwitzerlandPentecost Monday
May 20 TahitiPentecost Monday
May 21 ChileNaval Glories Day
May 22 MartiniqueEmancipation Day
May 22 Sri LankaHeroes' Day, National
May 22 YemenNational Day
May 23 JamaicaLabour Day
May 23 MaltaVilmos Apor (Knights of Malta)
May 23 MoroccoNational Holiday
May 24 CambodiaVisakha Bochea
May 24 IndonesiaVaisakha Puja
May 24 SingaporeVaisakha Puja
May 24 MyanmarVisakha Puja
May 24 ThailandVisakha Puja
May 24 LaosVisakha Bu-saa
May 24 MalaysiaWesak (Hari Wesak)
May 24 MyanmarFull Moon Day of Kason
May 24 BelizeCommonwealth Day
May 24 BermudaBermuda Day
May 24 BulgariaDay of Slavonic Script
May 24 EcuadorBattle of Pichincha
May 24 EritreaIndependence Day
May 25 BangladeshBuddha Purnima
May 25 IndiaBuddha Purnima
May 25 NepalBuddha Jayanti
May 25 Sri LankaVesak Full Moon Day
May 25 GuineaOAU Day
May 25 ArgentinaRevolución de Mayo
May 25 MadagascarAfrica Day
May 25 MaliAfrica Day
May 25 ZimbabweAfrica Day
May 25 SudanRevolution Day
May 25 ZambiaAfrica Freedom Day
May 25 JordanIndependence Day
May 25 BhutanBuddha's Birthday

26-May-2013 through 01-Jun-2013
DateCountryName of Holiday
May 26 Sri LankaDay after Vesak Full Moon Day
May 26 Georgia, Republic ofIndependence Day
May 26 PolandMother's Day*

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