Waitangi Day is celebrated in New Zealand on the 6th February each year. The day celebrates the Treaty which was signed between forty Māori chiefs and the British Crown making... read more →
Republic Day in India is celebrated on January 26th and is a gazetted holiday. The term ‘gazetted holiday’ is used in countries such as India, Singapore and Australia which were... read more →
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all... read more →
The New Year is celebrated around the world in different ways and at different times. For people living in countries that follow the Gregorian calendar the New Year begins... read more →
The Junkanoo Festival is celebrated every year by the island nation of The Bahamas. People in the Bahamas do not need formal occasions to party as this is a nation... read more →
On November 1st, 2009 the first Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi took place on the Yas Marina Circuit. Designed chiefly by the German engineer Hermann Tilke, the 5.55-kilometre circuit saw... read more →
Although it has been around for over five thousand years it is still a mystery why Newgrange was built. Situated in the Boyne Valley in County Meath, Newgrange is older... read more →
The Giant Omelette Festival is held in seven different locations around the world however the biggest of these is the town of Abbeville in Louisiana, USA where more than five... read more →
Chhath Puja is a festival celebrated in certain parts of northern and eastern India as well as in Nepal and by the diaspora from these countries. Prayers are dedicated to... read more →
On Monday November 11th 1918 at 11am in the morning the First World War ended. It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day on the eleventh month and was... read more →