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| 1 | Secular | Canada Day |
| 3 | Ancient Egypt | Sothis |
| 3 | Native American | Seminole Green Corn Dance |
| 7 | Japan | Tanabata - star festival |
| 9 | Baha'i Faith | Martrydom of the Bab |
| 10 | Old England | Lady Godiva Day |
| 11 | Mongolian | Naadam Festival |
| 12 | Tibet | The Old Dances |
| 13 | Native African | Reed Dance Day |
| 15 | China | Festival of the Dead |
| 20 | Lithuania | Binding of the Wreaths |
| 22 | Christian | St. Mary Magdalene's Birthday |
| 23 | Roman | Neptunalia festival |
| 25 | Roman | Furrinala festival in honor of Goddess of springs |
| 26 | Native American | Hopi Kachina ceremony |
| 31 | Wiccan | Lammas Eve, August Eve |
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| 1 | Wiccan (etc) | Lammas; First Festival of Harvest |
| 3 | Japan | Aomori Nebuta (start of harvest) |
| 6 | Cherokee | Day of the Earth and Sun Goddesses |
| 6 | Gnostic | The Day of the Transfiguration. |
| 6 | Buddhist, etc. | Hiroshima Day (anniversary of the dropping of the first nuclear bomb used in war.) See: http://www.sangha2000.de/ |
| 7 | Ancient Egypt | Breaking of the Nile (river flooding) |
| 11 | Ancient Ireland | Puck Fair (Irish fertility festival) |
| 13 | Ancient Greece | Hecate's day |
| 15 | Chinese | Moon festival |
| 15 | Roman | Festival of Vesta, Goddess of the hearth |
| 17 | Roman | Festival of Diana, Goddess of chastity |
| 18 | China | Festival of Hungry Ghosts |
| 27 | East Indian | Festival of Devaki, honoring the Mother Goddess Krishna |
| 28 | Norway | Harvest festival |
| 29 | Native African | Gelede - dancing and mask ritual |
| 1 | Zoroastrianism | Birthday of Zoroaster circa 6 century BCE |
| 3 | Hopi | Maidens of the Four Directions healing celebration |
| 5 | India | Day of Nanda Devi |
| 8 | Gnostic | The Descent of Holy Sophia |
| 8 | Native American | Pinnhut Festival |
| 9 | English | Horned Dance at Abbots Bromley |
| 14 | Ancient Egypt | Ceremony of Lighting the Fire in honor of the dead |
| 18 | Ancient Greece | Festival of Demeter |
| 19 | Ancient Babylon | Annual feast for Gula, the Goddess of birth |
| 20 | Aztec | Birthday of Quetzalcoatl |
| 21 | Canada | National Aboriginal Day; Celebration of the contributions of Aboriginal peoples |
| 22 | Wiccan/Aboriginal | Mabon - Fall Equinox |
| 24 | Ancient Egypt | Annual death and rebirth of the God Osiris |
| 28 | Confucianism | Birthday of Confucious |
| 29 | Christian | Michaelmas |
| 4 | Roman | Jejunium Cereris in honor of Ceres, Mother Earth |
| 6 | India | Festival to honor the Hindu God Vishnu begins |
| 8 | China | Festival of High Places, a good luck festival |
| 10 | Brazil | Festival of Light begins |
| 11 | Jewish | Yom Kippur begins |
| 11 | Gnostic | The memorial of the Martyrdom of the Holy Templars |
| 15 | Roman | Festival of Mars, God of war |
| 16 | Jewish | Sukkoth |
| 17 | Shinto | Japanese ceremony of Kan-name-Sai |
| 28 | Ancient Phoenician | Festival of Sun-god Baal, God of nature and fertility |
| 28 | Ancient Egypt | Ceremonies for Goddess Isis started |
| 29 | Iroquois | Feast of the Dead |
| 31 | Wiccan | Samhain, end of summer celebration |
| 31 | Christian | All Hallow's Eve |
| 31 | Secular | Halloween |
| 1 | Christian | All Saints Day; All Souls Day |
| 2 | Gnostic | All Souls Day. |
| 3 | Gaelic | New Year |
| 6 | Babylonian | Birthday of Tiamat |
| 7 | Hawaiian | Makahiki Harvest Festival |
| 8 | Japanese | Hearth Festival |
| 10 | French | Goddess of Reason Festival |
| 11 | Celtic | Samhain (original) |
| 12 | Baha'i | Faith Birthday of Baha'u'llah |
| 13 | Roman | Jupiter Festival |
| 17 | Christian | Feast of St. Hilda |
| 18 | Persian | Day of Ardvi Sura |
| 22 | Norse | Winter Festival |
| 23 | Japanese | Shinjosai |
| 26 | Tibetan | Light Festival |
| 30 | Christian | St. Andrew's Day |
| 2 | Hindu | Festival of Shiva |
| 6 | Tibetan | New Year |
| 8 | Ancient Egypt | Festival of Neith |
| 10 | French | Goddess of Liberty Festival |
| 11 | Roman | Day of Bruma |
| 14 | French | Festival of Nostradamus |
| 15 | Greek | Festival of Alcyone |
| 18 | Roman | Saturnalia (Day 1) |
| 21 | Wiccan/Taoist etc | Yule / Winter Solstice; |
| 22 | Gnostic | The Festival of Lights |
| 25 | Christian/Secular | Christmas |
| 26 | African-American | Kwanzaa (Day 1) |
| 26 | Zoroastrian | Death of Prophet Zarathustra |
| 28 | Scottish | Bairns' Day |
| 29 | Ancient Egypt | Birthday of Ra |
| 31 | Secular | New Year's Eve |
Copyright © 1997 & 2001 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Latest update: 2001-DEC-2
Author: B.A. Robinson
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