July observances

celebration honoring mothers

celebration honoring fathers

one of many public observances in honor of children

United States holiday held on July 4 to mark the Declaration of Independence

mathematical holiday on March 14

designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation

French National Day

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annual ritual originating from the Indian Subcontinent

Canadian national holiday on July 1

day for celebrating friendship

anniversary

thumb|right|Women dressed in yukata at Tanabata thumb|Tanabata festivities in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa in 2023 , also known as the , is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. The date of Tanabata varies by region of the country, but the first festivities begin on 7 July of the Greg

Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday).

thumb|270px|Naadam opening ceremony at the National Sports Stadium (Mongolia)|National Sports Stadium in [[Ulaanbaatar, 2024]] Naadam (, , , , ) is a traditional festival celebrated in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Tuva, involving Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery. The festival is also locally termed "" (, ), and is held during midsummer.

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or just is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This syncretic folk Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as .

Hindu festival

International observance, 29 July

annual observance

Hindu Festival honouring serpents

U.N. commemorative day, July 20th

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thumb|Ólavsøka – Horses and sportspeople on parade on 28 July thumb|Ólavsøka – Clergymen and politicians on parade on 29 July

alt=MONK AT VASSA|thumb|Monk at Vassa Vassa (, , both "rain") is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada Buddhists. Taking place during the wet season, Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July (the Burmese month of Waso, ) to October (the Burmese month of Thadingyut, ).

Spiritual tradition

one of several holidays dedicated to parents

holiday to recognize non-binary people globally

abbreviated as SAAD, an unofficial celebration day for system administrators

day which is credited as the beginning of the arrival of chocolate in Europe from the Americas in 1550

The Neptunalia was an obscure archaic two-day festival in honor of Neptune as god of waters, celebrated at Rome in the heat and drought of summer, probably 23 July (Varro, De lingua Latina vi.19). It was one of the dies comitiales, when committees of citizens could vote on civil or criminal matters. In the ancient calendar this day is marked as Nept. ludi et feriae, or Nept. ludi, from which Leonhard Schmitz (in Smith, see link) concluded that the festival was celebrated with games (ludi). Respecting the ceremonies of this festival nothing is known, except that the people used to build huts of

Theravada Buddhist festival celebrated in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka

In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar.

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Japanese national holiday

thumb|300px|Yerevan, 2011 Vardavar or Vartavar (, Homshetsi: Vartevor or Behur) is a festival in Armenia where people drench each other with water. It is included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Armenia.

national day to appreciate physicians

day dedicated to the youths of a country

national day of Belgium

thumb|Kwakoe (statue)|Kwakoe statue in [[Paramaribo, representing a former slave whose chains are cut]]

Engineers Day all over the world

Ulster Protestant celebration

thumb|upright=1.75|Chariot races, as depicted on this 2nd-century relief, were among the ludi presented at Roman religious festivals Ludi (Latin for "games"; plural of ludus) were public games held for the benefit and entertainment of the Roman people (populus Romanus). Ludi were held in conjunction with, or sometimes as the major feature of, Roman religious festivals, and were also presented as part of the cult of state.

The Consualia or Consuales Ludi was the name of two ancient Roman festivals in honor of Consus, a tutelary deity of the harvest and stored grain. Consuales Ludi harvest festivals were held on August 21, and again on December 15, in connection with grain storage. The shrine of Consus was underground, it was covered with earth all year and was only uncovered for this one day. Mars, the god of war, as a protector of the harvest, was also honored on this day, as were the Lares, the household gods that individual families held sacred.

Tīja, , literally meaning "third"—denoting the third day after the new moon when the monsoon begins per the Hindu calendar—is a collective term for three Hindu festivals primarily dedicated to the mother goddess Pārvatī and her consort Śiva. It is mainly celebrated by married women and unmarried girls, especially in Nepal and North India, to pray for the long life of their husband or future husband and to welcome the arrival of the monsoon through singing, swinging, dancing, joyous celebration, pūjā, and often fasting.

celebrated every year in honour of the Kargil War's Heroes.

Annual tree planting movement in India

public holiday in various countries to commemorate a liberation

Tirgan (, Tirgān), is an early summer ancient Iranian festival, celebrated annually on Tir 13 (July 2, 3, or 4). It is celebrated by splashing water, dancing, reciting poetry, and serving traditional foods such as spinach soup and sholezard. The custom of tying rainbow-colored bands on wrists, which are worn for ten days and then thrown into a stream, is also a way to rejoice for children.

International day on July 17

Solemnity in the Catholic Church

holiday in North Korea

26th July; anniversary of the publication of Unua Libro, the first book describing Esperanto

Ekadashi

National holiday in Belarus on 3 July, anniversary of the liberation of Minsk in 1944

ancient Roman festival

Christian feast day

The Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina, were ancient Roman festivals which were celebrated on July 7, in favor of the female slaves. During this solemnity, they ran about, beating themselves with their fists and with rods. None but women assisted in the sacrifices offered at this feast.

holiday in Utah, United States