Macau : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Public holiday
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Monday May 2, 2022
Secular holiday :
Buddha's Anniversary
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Sunday May 8, 2022
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born on April 8th, 623 B.C.E. in ancient northern India (now in Nepal) as Prince Siddhartha. It is a holiday observed by Buddhists throughout the world, though the exact date may differ from country to country.
Mothers' Day
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Sunday May 8, 2022
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Banks are closed
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Monday May 9, 2022
Banks only :
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday May 9, 2022
Secular holiday :
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
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Friday June 3, 2022
Secular holiday : 5th day of the 5th lunar month, honoring the patriotic poet Qu Yuan with colorful dragon boat races. Zogzi dumplings (sticky rice with seasoning wrapped in reed leaves).
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday June 8, 2022
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 19, 2022
cards/flowers :
Banks are closed
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Friday July 1, 2022
Banks only :
Ghost Festival
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Thursday August 11, 2022
Culture : Hungry Ghost Festival (中元節 / 中元节) falls in the middle of the Ghost Month, supposed to be a bad time for business. Spirits being in high gear, thet are treated with a sumptuous feast, to please them and to bring luck to the family.
Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia)
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Tuesday August 30, 2022
Tradeshows : Www.g2easia.com/ lasts 2 days 2022 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 5, 2022
School holidays :
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Sunday September 11, 2022
Secular holiday :
Banks are closed
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Monday September 12, 2022
Banks only :
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday September 12, 2022
Secular holiday :
National Day
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Saturday October 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the foundation of the Chinese Popular Republic in 1949.
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday October 3, 2022
Secular holiday :
Chung Yeung Festival
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Tuesday October 4, 2022
Banks only : Families gather in front of their ancestors' graves and tidy them. They burn paper money, for use by the deceased person.
Defuncts' Day (All Souls Day)
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Wednesday November 2, 2022
Catholic or protestant : This is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years,but which was intended in prehispanic Mexico to celebrate children and the dead. This holiday is a time when Mexican families remember their dead and the continuity of life. The original celebration can be traced to the Aztec civilization, in the month of Miccailhuitontli, presided by the Lady of the Dead , goddess Mictecacihuatl and dedicated to children and the dead. This celebration is also observed in other countries in Latin América. Families visit the graves and engage in sprucing up the gravesite, decorating it with flowers, setting out and eating a festive picnic.