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Race Relations Day

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on the 21st of March each year. Declared by the...
Te Tiriti-based Multicultural Day

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION On the last Friday of August each year in Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Tiriti-based Multicultural Day is celebrated. This is a day...
Auckland Pasifika Festival

The Pasifika Festival is an annual festival dedicated to celebrating the people, food, and culture of the Pacific Islands. Usually held at Western Springs Park, the festival attracts over 100,000 visitors each year, and features peoples representing the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tahiti, Tuvalu, Hawaii, and...
Hanukkah

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish festival observed in the Hebrew calendar month of Kislev. It commemorates the...
Día de los Muertos

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Día de los Muertos is a two-day holiday celebrated in Mexico, and by people of Mexican heritage all over the world. Known in...
Pongal

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Pongal is a Hindu festival celebrated by Tamil people in Southern India and Sri Lanka, and by Tamil diaspora all around the...
Hogmanay

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Hogmanay is the Scottish New Year celebration, with the word itself meaning the last day of the year in the Scots language....
Vesak

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Vesak, or Buddha Day, is a festival which commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of The Buddha. Observed by...
Puthandu

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Puthandu, also known as Puthuvarudam, or Tamil New Year, is the first day of the year according to the Tamil calendar. It is...
Mha Puja

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Paste copy here. Be careful to avoid deleting more than this instruction copy. LIKELY DATES Paste copy here. Be careful to...
Niue Constitution Day

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION This day commemorates Niue's independence from New Zealand's rulership in 1974. The Niue Constitution Act 1974 specifies the...
Tonga Language Week

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Tongan is an Austronesian language of Polynesia, which is unique to Tonga. Tonga Language Week is a time when the culture,...
Hijri - Islamic New Year

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION The first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar begins at sunset. The event falls on a different day...
Eid al-Adha

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Eid al-Adha is also known as the Greater Festival and translates as Festival of Sacrifice. Eid al-Adha is held around the 10th...
Teej Festival

Cultural events are listed here with basic background details. For specific events, dates, and times, please see the Featured Events on the Cultural Calendar main page. EVENT DESCRIPTION Paste copy here. Be careful to avoid deleting more than this instruction copy. LIKELY DATES August 30th,...