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International Holidays
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Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world by date, country and religion.World-Calendar contains holidays of over 75 countries and holidays of four religions: Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Orthodox. In addition, it includes four other calendrical systems, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, and Islamic, all of which are relative to Gregorian.
Resources available at the Hartford Public Library:
Chase's: Calendar of Events 2000
Imprint: Chicago, Ill. : Contemporary Books, 2000The Folklore of World Holidays edited by Margaret Read MacDonald.
Imprint: Detroit : Gale Research, 1992.
Notes: Arranged according to the Gregorian Calendar, January 1 to December 31. Within each holiday section, the entries are arranged by country. Includes a detailed subject index.International Holidays:
204 Countries from 1994 through 2015 by Robert S. Weaver.
Imprint: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1995.
Notes: Includes tabular appendices of religious holidays, 1900-2100.
Last update: January 7, 2008