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Celebrated on the vernal equinox and one of the nine Bahá’í holy days on which work is suspended

Jewish celebration marking the time when the Jewish community living in Persia was saved from genocide. On Purim, Jewish people dress up in costumes, offer charity and share food with friends.

Christian holiday commemorating Jesus' entry into Jerusalem is the last Sunday of Lent and beginning of the Holy Week

Annual Hindu and Sikh spring religious festival often celebrated on the full moon before the beginning of the vernal equinox as based on the Hindu calendar

Christian holiday commemorating the execution of Jesus by crucifixion

Christian holiday celebrating Jesus’ resurrection after the crucifixion

Celebrated to bring awareness to transgender people and their identities and to recognize those who helping to fight for rights for transgender people

Created to raise awareness for autism around the globe

Also called the Spring Festival or Chinese Memorial Day, this traditional Chinese festival falls on the first day of the fifth solar term (the Qingming) of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors.      

First day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, marking the end of Ramadan. Many Muslims attend communal prayers, listen to a khutuba (sermon) and give Zakat al-Fitr (charity in the form of food).