January 2013 Holidays

I looked for a calendar of January 2013 and this is what I got:

January 2013 Holidays

Jan 01
New Year’s Day (Around the World)
Circumcision (Christian)
Oshogatsu (or Shogatsu) (Shinto)
Festival of St Basil the Great (Christian)
10th Tevet (Jewish)
Jan 05
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh)
Jan 06
Epiphany (Christian)
Christmas Day (Armenian Orthodox) (Christian)
Theophany (Orthodox) (Christian)
Jan 07
Christmas Day (Ethiopian) (Rastafari)
Christmas Day (Orthodox) (Christian)
Jan 13
St Hilary’s Day (Christian)
Jan 14
Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
Jan 15
Seijin Shiki (Adults’ Day) (Shinto)
Jan 18
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (start) (Christian)
Jan 20
Inauguration Day (every 4 years after President election year in US)
Jan 21
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day (US)
St Agnes (Christian)
Jan 24
Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) (Muslim)
Jan 25
St Paul’s Day (Christian)
Jan 26
Republic Day (India), Australia Day (Australia)
Tu B’Shevat (Jewish )
Jan 28
St Thomas Aquinas (Christian)
Jan 29
Milad un Nabi (Shia) (Muslim)
Jan 31
Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh)

Source:  http://www.wordcalendar.org/january-2013-calendar-us-holidays.html

Now that's what I call a pluralistic view of the current month.   Welcome to the global village! 

 

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