May observances

holiday honouring relationships of siblings

world day to celebrate the International System of Units on the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention

traditional Japanese Festival in Kyoto

day to recognize and honor midwives

Auspicious day of Hindu Tradition

an ancient Roman celebration held at the completion of various eras or on important anniversaries

World Day

An Agonalia or Agonia was an obscure archaic religious observance celebrated in ancient Rome several times a year, in honor of various divinities. Its institution, like that of other religious rites and ceremonies, was attributed to Numa Pompilius, the semi-legendary second king of Rome. Ancient calendars indicate that it was celebrated regularly on January 9, May 21, and December 11.

Liberation Day in the Netherlands is celebrated each year on May 5th, to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Slavic religious holiday. valiant of Saint George's Day. Slavic folk Christianity

day dedicated to the youths of a country

Engineers Day all over the world

annual festival to encourage protection and knowledge of turtles and tortoises

Universal festival

national holiday in Japan

public holiday in Georgia commemorating the 1918 declaration of independence

public holiday in Commonwealth realms

public holiday in the Indian state of Maharashtra commemorating its formation

Dutch day of remembrance of war dead

Korean festival

national holiday in Russia on 7 May

Canadian public holiday

traditional rite in some Asian countries

national holiday in Japan

thumb|right|Relief depicting the three animals sacrificed at the Ambarvalia as part of a suovetaurilia (a sow, a sheep, and a bull) Ambarvalia was a Roman agricultural fertility rite, involving animal sacrifices and held on 29 May in honor of Ceres, Bacchus and Dea Dia. However, the exact timing could vary since Ambarvalia were "feriae conceptivae" - a festival not bound to a fixed date.

annual holiday

Shinto festival in Japan

annual observance to honor firefighters

Solemnity in the Catholic Church

world day

Thargelia () was one of the chief Athenian festivals in honour of the Delian Apollo and Artemis, held on their birthdays, the 6th and 7th of the month Thargelion (about May 24 and May 25).

public holiday in Croatia

public holiday in Namibia

world day

public holiday in various countries to commemorate a liberation

international holiday of Ukrainian ethnic embroidered clothes

Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church in May

Spanish festival

a former national holiday in Ukraine commemorating victory in World War II

public holiday in Azerbaijan

Mercuralia is a Roman celebration known also as the "Festival of Mercury". Mercury (Greek counterpart: Hermes) was the god of merchants and commerce, among other things. On May 15 merchants would sprinkle their heads, their ships and merchandise, and their businesses with water taken from the well at Porta Capena.

day celebrated on various dates across the world. The event originated in Canada

annual Turkish national holiday

the first holiday in the United States dedicated to the celebration of birds, and more events

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Sankranti () refers to the transmigration of the sun from one zodiac to another in Indian astronomy. In Saurmana varsha (Hindu Solar year), there are twelve Sankrantis corresponding with twelve months of a year. The Sankrantis can be broadly classified into four main categories: Ayan (Solstice), Vishuva (Equinox), Vishupadi and Shadshitimukhi sankrantis. Each Sankranti is marked as the beginning of a month in the sidereal solar calendars followed in South Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka; Himalayan states: Jammu region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nort

festival of roses in the Roman Empire

annual event

thumb|A recreation of the Statue of Athena that would have been found inside the Parthenon. thumb|Recreation of the west pediment of the Parthenon.

Kaamatan (; ) is a form of harvest festival celebrated on 30 and 31 May annually in the state of Sabah in Malaysia.

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Helena finding the cross| thumb Roodmas (from Old English rood "rod", "cross" and mas, Mass; similar to the etymology of Christmas) is a name for the celebration of the Feast of the Cross. It has been applied to both historical commemoration on May 3 and September 14. It commemorates the finding by Saint Helena of the True Cross in Jerusalem in 326.

Holiday in former Soviet Union

In ancient Rome the month of March was the traditional start of the campaign season, and the Tubilustrium was a ceremony to make the army fit for war. The ceremony involved sacred trumpets called tubae.

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public holiday in Bulgaria & several other Slavic countries

The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.

Day to promote the importance of information and communications technology

annual celebration on 16 May