World Fair Trade Day is celebrated every year on the second Saturday in May. It is organized by the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), which operates in 80 countries around the globe. The WFTO boasts a membership of 350 different fair trade organi

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世界节假日博览第95期:国际护士节

Nurses do one of the most important jobs in the world. There is a special day for us to celebrate them. International Nurses Day (IND) is on May 12 every year. Of course, this is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. On IND, nurses take pa

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世界节假日博览第94期:母亲节

Mother's Day is an important day all around the world, even though it started in North America and Europe. Not all countries celebrate it on the same day, but the most popular day is the second Sunday in May. It is, of course, a day to honour our mot

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世界节假日博览第93期:红十字和红新月日

The 8th of May is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. It is on this day because this is the date of birth of the founder of the Red Cross Henry Dunant. He got the first ever Nobel Peace Prize. Red Cross Day was celebrated for the first time in 1948

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世界节假日博览第92期:五月五日节

Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican celebration that remembers a military victory against the French on May 5, 1862. Cinco de Mayo means May the fifth in Spanish. It is not a public or a national holiday in Mexico. It is largely celebrated in the Mexican stat

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世界节假日博览第91期:星球大战日

Fans of the Star Wars movies have a special day to celebrate the films, characters and culture of the franchise. That day is May the 4th. Why this day? It is not the day on which the first Star Wars was released, nor is it director George Lucas' birt

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世界节假日博览第76期:复活节

Easter Sunday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important Christian celebration. The date of Easter Sunday changes every year, and that changes the date of all the important holy days that come before Easter. It falls betw

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世界节假日博览第77期:全国果冻豆日

April 22 is a very important holiday. It's National Jelly Bean Day. Anyone who loves these delicious, flavoursome, colourful little sweets should treat themselves on this day. They should also check and make sure their family and friends are jelly be

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世界节假日博览第78期:世界图书与版权日

World Book and Copyright Day is on the 23rd of April every year. It is also called International Day of the Book or World Book Days. UNESCO started it in 1995 to promote reading, publishing and to raise awareness of and protect copyright. There are s

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世界节假日博览第79期:澳新军团纪念日

ANZAC Day (April 25) is when Australia and New Zealand honour members of their World War I soldiers. ANZAC means Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. These brave soldiers fought half way across the world in Turkey, where they landed in Gallipoli on

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世界节假日博览第80期:世界防治疟疾日

Former U.S. President George W. Bush declared April 25 as World Malaria Awareness Day in 2007. He asked the world to join the fight to wipe out malaria on the African continent. He said: We focus our attention on all who suffer from this terrible dis

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世界节假日博览第81期:世界企鹅日

World Penguin Day happens on or around April 25th each year. This is the time when millions of penguins migrate north. Unlike other birds that migrate each year, penguins do not fly. Instead, they walk, or waddle to their new home and breeding ground

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世界节假日博览第82期:世界知识产权日

World Intellectual Property Day takes place on April 26 every year. It was on this day in 1970 that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being. It organizes many of the awareness campaigns that happen on World Intellectual Pr

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世界节假日博览第84期:世界太极拳和气功日

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event held on the last Saturday of April each year. Its aim is to promote practices of Tai Chi and Qigong. In particular, followers of Tai Chi and Qigong hope to educate the world about the health benefits of

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世界节假日博览第85期:国际舞蹈日

International Dance Day, also known as World Dance Day, is celebrated on April 29 each year. It started in 1982 to commemorate the birthday of the dancer Jean-Georges Noverre. The day is organized by the International Dance Council (IDC), which is pa

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世界节假日博览第86期:诚信日

Be honest. That's all you have to do on Honesty Day. It would be great if we were all honest every day of the year, but it's good that there's an official day to encourage honesty. That day is April 30th. The man who started Honesty Day, M. Hirsh Gol

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世界节假日博览第87期:国际爵士日

International Jazz Day is usually celebrated each year on May 23. It is one day of the year when people around the world can celebrate this great music form. Jazz started in the USA and is America's only indigenous art form. Music lovers and musician

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世界节假日博览第88期:劳动节

Labor Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world. It originated from the eight-hour day movement in the nineteenth century. Labor unions called for eight hours for work, eight hours for play, and eight hours for sleep. It then became a re

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世界节假日博览第89期:世界新闻自由日

World Press Freedom Day is on May 3 every year. The U.N. General Assembly introduced it in 1993. The aim of the day is to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press. It is also a reminder to governments to respect the right to freedom

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世界节假日博览第90期:世界哮喘日

World Asthma Day takes place every year to raise awareness of asthma throughout the world. It is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). Many other healthcare groups pool resources to help GINA spread the word. All of these groups prepa

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