Indien (Tamil Nadu) : helgdagar, stängning av banker, skolan semester

Katolska och protestantiska : I Europa, det vintersolstånd firades med bonfires och ritualer. Den romerska Saturnalier pågick i flera dagar i december. Folket spelat. Den germanska stammar också firas mitt i vintern genom att dricka alkohol. Den bulgariska och polska (med Koleduvane och Gwiazdka) fortsätter denna tradition. Jesus från Nasaret var förmodligen född våren (men reformerta tror att Jesus föddes i höst). Men i den 4: e århundradet, påven Julius Jag valde den 25 december för att fira Jesu födelse. Alltså, en kristen element ingick i det sedan länge etablerade midvintern festivaler.

Skollovens :

Sekulär semester : Världens mest firade semester, nyår bildades den 1 januari av Julius Caesar, eftersom det var den dag då romerska konsulerna tog över sina uppgifter. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Skollovens : Https://tnschools.gov.in
International schools may follow a different calendar
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Schooling is mandatory till age 14
Teaching languages: Tamil, English
Number of instructional days: 210
schools are open on Saturday
school uniforms required
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Skollovens :

kultur : Makar Sankranti: apart from a harvest festival is also regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase in Indian culture, it is said as the 'holy phase of transition'. It marks the end of an inauspicious phase which according to the Hindu calendar begins around mid-December. [Wikipedia]

Hinduism : Celebration of the harvest, which is observed for three days: Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Mattu Pongal. A colourful and traditional festival with many a ceremony devoted to various deities and cattle races.

Hinduism : The symbol is the movement from one place to another which leads to meeting someone or something. The sun leaves its present constellation to get into Sakranti .

Sekulär semester : A celebrated Tamil poet who wrote the Thirukkural, a work on ethics in Tamil literature. [Wikipedia]

Hinduism : Also called Thai Pongal: a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils Unusually for South Indian Hindu festivals, Thai Pongal is timed by an astronomical event - the winter solstice. Pongal is traditionally dedicated to the Sun God Surya and marks the beginning of the northward journey of the Sun from its southernmost-limit, a movement traditionally referred to as uttarayana. [Wikipedia]

Skollovens :

Hinduism : Marks the end of a 10-day fasting period during which people go to the local temple and get themselves pierced with various needles attached to various object.

Sekulär semester : It was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress at midnight of December 31, 1929 - January 1, 1930, that the Tri-Colour Flag was unfurled by the nationalists and a pledge taken that every year on January 26, the Independence Day would be celebrated and that the people would unceasingly strive for the establishment of a Sovereign Democratic Republic of India. The professed pledge was successfully redeemed on January 26, 1950, when the Constitution of India framed by the Constituent Assembly of India came into force, although the Independence from the British rule was achieved on August 15, 1947. It is because of this that August 15 is celebrated as Independence Day, while January 26 as Republic Day.

Vykort/Blommor :

Katolska och protestantiska : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

mässa :

Sekulär semester : Det hinduiska nyåret, även känt som Ugadi, är dagen efter nymånen på eller efter vårdagjämningen.

Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed. In India, except in Arunachal Pradesh.

Sekulär semester : This lawyer and politician drafted the constitution of India.

Lamaismen (Theravada) : Sri Lankans and Tamilnadu people celebrate their national new year's day (Puththandu in Tamil and Aluth Avurudhu in Sinhala). The specific time of the New Year is set by astrologers on the 13th or 14th. The sun moving from the house of Pisces to the house of Aries signals the dawn of the new year.

Jainism : Jain festival honoring Lord Mahavira on the founder's birthday.

Skollovens :

Sekulär semester : Chicago, lördag den 1 maj 1886: 350.000 arbetstagare i strejk. De vill ha en 8-timmars arbetsdag. Alla branscher är förlamade landet. På måndag, polisen öppnar eld. På tisdag, är Chicago en gång i strejk. Efter en bomb inletts mot dem, polisen öppnar eld. 12 döda, varav 7 poliser. 8 anarkister kommer att bli dömda och avrättade. 1889, den socialdemokratiska internationella rörlighet möttes i Paris och förklarade i dag internationella arbetarnas dag . Sovjet tog samma beslut, på samma sätt som nazisterna. I Frankrike under Vichy regimen (1940-1944), firandet döptes arbetsdag .

Vykort/Blommor : Commemorates to Buddhists the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha.