Malachi inspires me to learn about other cultures. So here we go, every Father's Day in existence:
February 23rd: Belarus March 18th: Mongolia March 19th: Andorra, Angola, Bolivia, Croatia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, and for some reason, Antwerp (Belgium) and Ticino (Switzerland) May 7th: Kazakhstan May 8th: South Korea has a consolidated "Parents' Day" Second Sunday of May: Romania Third Sunday of May: Tonga 39th Day after Easter: Germany (this is the weirdest one) First Sunday of June: Lithuania & the rest of Switzerland June 5th: Denmark Second Sunday of June: Austria & the rest of Belgium June 17th: El Salvador & Guatemala June 21st: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, UAE June 23rd: Nicaragua & Poland Last Sunday of June: Haiti Second Sunday of July: Uruguay Last Sunday of July: Dominican Republic August 8th: Taiwan Second Sunday of August: Brazil & Samoa Last Monday of August: South Sudan First Sunday of September: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, PNG Second Sunday of September: Latvia First Sunday of October: Luxembourg Third Sunday of October: Russia Second Sunday of November: Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden November 12th: Indonesia December 5th: Thailand December 26th: Bulgaria Bhadrapada Amavasya (New Moon on the sixth month of the Hindu calendar; roughly August 30th to September 30th): Nepal Rajab (7th month of the Islamic calendar, somewhere between January and March) 13th: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen Full moon on Tabaung (12th month of the Burmese calendar, somewhere between February and March): Myanmar Third Sunday of June: rest of the world
Holy cow! （⊙ｏ⊙） Thank you for the research. I will from now on give my father extra hugs on these days ;-) (Also, it would make a great excuse if you ever forgot the father's day of your own culture: "Ah, but see, this year, I wanted to shake things up and give you a Kiwi father's day!" ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜))
Thanks for the exhaustive research! Regarding "the weirdest one" in Germany as the 39th Day after Easter, it's a bit complicated and vague. This day is traditionally "Christi Himmelfahrt" or "Feast of the Ascension". It's been morphed concurrently in a secular form as "Herrentag" or "Männertag" (men's day) where men gather together to ride bicycles and drink beer together. From there it's been morphing further to "Vatertag" (father's day), and becoming somewhat more commercialized. In any case, as an American living in Germany I stick to the American date as "Father's Day" for me.
Malachi inspires me to learn about other cultures. So here we go, every Father's Day in existence:
ReplyDeleteFebruary 23rd: Belarus
March 18th: Mongolia
March 19th: Andorra, Angola, Bolivia, Croatia, Honduras, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, and for some reason, Antwerp (Belgium) and Ticino (Switzerland)
May 7th: Kazakhstan
May 8th: South Korea has a consolidated "Parents' Day"
Second Sunday of May: Romania
Third Sunday of May: Tonga
39th Day after Easter: Germany (this is the weirdest one)
First Sunday of June: Lithuania & the rest of Switzerland
June 5th: Denmark
Second Sunday of June: Austria & the rest of Belgium
June 17th: El Salvador & Guatemala
June 21st: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, UAE
June 23rd: Nicaragua & Poland
Last Sunday of June: Haiti
Second Sunday of July: Uruguay
Last Sunday of July: Dominican Republic
August 8th: Taiwan
Second Sunday of August: Brazil & Samoa
Last Monday of August: South Sudan
First Sunday of September: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, PNG
Second Sunday of September: Latvia
First Sunday of October: Luxembourg
Third Sunday of October: Russia
Second Sunday of November: Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
November 12th: Indonesia
December 5th: Thailand
December 26th: Bulgaria
Bhadrapada Amavasya (New Moon on the sixth month of the Hindu calendar; roughly August 30th to September 30th): Nepal
Rajab (7th month of the Islamic calendar, somewhere between January and March) 13th: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen
Full moon on Tabaung (12th month of the Burmese calendar, somewhere between February and March): Myanmar
Third Sunday of June: rest of the world
There you have it. 32 ways to annoy your dad.
Holy cow! （⊙ｏ⊙）
DeleteThank you for the research. I will from now on give my father extra hugs on these days ;-)
(Also, it would make a great excuse if you ever forgot the father's day of your own culture: "Ah, but see, this year, I wanted to shake things up and give you a Kiwi father's day!" ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜))
Brilliant! This will annoy my dad and also me, as a dad
DeleteThanks for the exhaustive research! Regarding "the weirdest one" in Germany as the 39th Day after Easter, it's a bit complicated and vague. This day is traditionally "Christi Himmelfahrt" or "Feast of the Ascension". It's been morphed concurrently in a secular form as "Herrentag" or "Männertag" (men's day) where men gather together to ride bicycles and drink beer together. From there it's been morphing further to "Vatertag" (father's day), and becoming somewhat more commercialized. In any case, as an American living in Germany I stick to the American date as "Father's Day" for me.
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