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WIKIMAG n. 6 - Maggio 2013
May
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May (i/meɪ/
may) is the fifth
month of
the year in
the
Julian and
Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31
days.
May is a month of
autumn
in the Southern Hemisphere and
spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore May in the Southern
Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of
November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
No other month begins or ends on the same day of the week as May in
any year. January of the following year always begins and ends on the
same day of the week as May of the current year.
The month May was named for the
Greek goddess
Maia, who was identified with the
Roman era
goddess
of fertility,
Bona
Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet
Ovid
provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is
named for the maiores, Latin for "elders," and that the following
month (June) is named for the iuniores, or "young people" (Fasti
VI.88).
Events in May
-
April 29 to
May 5
in Japan, which includes four different holidays, is called "Golden
Week". Many workers have up to 10 days off. There is also 'May
sickness', where new students or workers start to be tired of their
new routine. (In Japan the
school year and
fiscal year start on April 1.)
- In the
neopagan
Wheel of the Year, May begins on
Beltane in the northern hemisphere and
Samhain in the southern hemisphere.
- May 1
is the feast of
St. Joseph the worker in the
Roman Catholic calendar. In the Catholic Church the month of May
is dedicated to and honors the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
- May 1
in the
Irish calendar is
Beltane (Bealtaine), the first day of
Summer,
and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.
- May is the
month of Music in New Zealand.
- May 1
is
May Day in many countries. This is also celebrated as
Labor Day in many countries.
- May 1
is
May Day in the United Kingdom, however the public holiday is
held on the first Monday in May.
- The night before
May 1
in Germany it is an old custom to plant a "Maypole"
to honor someone. Often young men set up an adorned
birch
in front of their girlfriend's house.
- May 3
is when the Polish Constitution Day is celebrated in
Poland.
- May 3
is Constitution Day in Japan.
- The first Saturday in May is the date of the annual
Kentucky Derby, the most famous
horse race in the United States.
- May 4
is the day of
Remembrance of the Dead in the
Netherlands, commemorating all the casualties in
military conflicts involving the Netherlands.
- May 4
is
Liberation Day in
Denmark, celebrating the ending of the
German occupation from April 9, 1940, to May 4, 1945.
- May 5
is when
Cinco de Mayo or the
Batalla de Puebla is celebrated in
Mexico.
It is also celebrated widely in the United States.
- May 5
is the
Children's Day in Japan and
Korea
- May 5
is
Liberation Day in the
Netherlands, celebrating the ending of the
German occupation.
- May 5
is
Europe Day in Europe (uncommon usage, largely replaced by May
9).
- May 8
is
VE Day in
Western Europe. In
Eastern Europe it is celebrated on
May 9.
- May 9
is
Europe Day in the
European Union.
- May 9
is
Victory Day in the former
Soviet Union, celebrating the capitulation of
Nazi Germany.
- May
10 is
Golden Spike Day (1869 – Completion of the
First Transcontinental Railroad –
Promontory Summit, Utah)
- May
10 is Mother's Day in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
- May
12 is
International Nurses Day.
- May
12 is the
day of the Finnish language in Finland.
- May
12 is International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and
Neurological Diseases (CIND). These diseases include
Neurofibromatosis, Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS)/Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis,
Fibromyalgia,
Gulf War Syndrome and
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
- May
13 is when the Catholic Church honors the first apparition of
Our Lady of Fatima to the three children of
Fátima, Portugal – May 13, 1917.
- May
13 was
Lumeria the day for seeing spirits to the other side in ancient
Rome, the holiday was later moved to November 1st and called
All Souls' Day.
- May
15 is the beginning of
Tourette Syndrome awareness month. It ends on June 15th.
- May
17 is
Norwegian Constitution Day.
- May
17 is
Vesak full moon poya day(Buddhism's Holiest Day, The day of
birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and passing away (Parinirvāna) of
Gautama Buddha.
- May
18 is International Day of Capitalism
- May
21 is when the
Battle of Iquique (Combate Naval de Iquique) is celebrated in
Chile,
and it is a national holiday.
- May
24 is when
Eritrea celebrates its
Independence Day (Independence from Ethiopia).
- May
24 is remembered and celebrated in
Ecuador as the day of the Battle of Pichincha – May 24, 1823.
- May
25 is the
May Revolution (or Revolución de Mayo), a national holiday in
Argentina.
- May
25 is
Towel Day, in tribute to
Douglas Adams, author of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- May
28 is
Armenia's first independence, from the Ottoman Empire;- May 28,
1918.
Monthlong
events in May
Weeklong
events in May
1st Week of May
-
New Zealand Sign Language Week happens once every year in May,
Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand organises NZSL Week with over 500 events
happening in New Zealand to help promote the language as well as
raise awareness about New Zealand’s Deaf community.
2nd Week of May
-
Bike Week (Bicycle Week) is a yearly international event that
advocates the importance of bicycling as a means of transportation.
Bike Week takes place during the second week of May or June and is
typically an entire week of city-wide cycling supplemented with
events.
3rd Week in May
Last Week in May
-
ALIA celebrates Library and Information week in May. Events are
organised by libraries around Australia to encourage people to use
their local libraries. Children's librarians hold a special event
known as National Simultaneous Storytime, where public and school
libraries read the same book, at 11 am
EST, to children around Australia.[5]
- International Headband Week runs from the Monday-Friday in the
last week of May. People all around the world are encouraged to wear
Headbands to work and other social events to promote character
building and confidence in the workplace and other social
environments.
May moving events
First or second Friday
First Saturday
Second Sunday
- Is
Mother's Day in
Anguilla,
Aruba,
Australia,
Austria,
Bahamas,
Barbados,
Bangladesh,
Belgium,
Belize,
Bermuda,
Bonaire,
Brazil,
Brunei,
Canada,
Chile,
Colombia,
Cuba,
Croatia,
Curaçao,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Ecuador,
Estonia,
Finland,
Germany,
Greece,
Grenada,
Honduras,
Hong Kong,
Iceland,
India,
Italy,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Latvia,
Malta,
Malaysia, the
Netherlands,
New Zealand,
Pakistan,
Peru,
Philippines,
Puerto Rico,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
South Africa,
Suriname,
Switzerland,
Taiwan,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Turkey,
United States,
Uruguay,
Venezuela,
Zimbabwe.
Second Saturday
Third Saturday
Last Sunday
Last Monday
- In the United States,
Memorial Day, a public holiday, is on
May 30,
but observed on the last Monday in May.
May symbols
See also
References
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