HOLIDAYS NOVEMBER 2020

OBSERVANCES AND EVENTS

All-in-one holidays November 2020, observances and event calendar has been compiled with all the events happening worldwide and which days are celebrated with their observance and events listed.

We have tried to list the international days like this month of November 2020 has world children’s day, world television day, etc. Similarly there are many more.

Feel free to add any event through our contact page or by simply writing a comment so that we can add it to our list.

1st November 2020 – Sunday

All Saints’ Day: All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown.

Daylight Saving Time ends: Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2020, at 2:00 A.M. On Saturday night, set your clocks back one hour (i.e., gaining one hour) to “fall back.”

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel’s Coronation: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the Druk Gyalpo or “Dragon King” of the Kingdom of Bhutan. After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne in his favour, he became the monarch on 9 December 2006.

Loy Krathong: Loi Krathong is a Siamese festival celebrated annually throughout the Kingdom of Thailand and in nearby countries with significant southwestern Tai cultures.

New York City Marathon: The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 52,812 finishers in 2018 and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race.

2nd November 2020 – Monday

Additional Special Non-Working Day: If the employee works more than eight hours (overtime work) during a special non-working day that also falls on his/her rest day, he/she shall be paid an additional 30% of his/her hourly rate on said day (Hourly rate of the basic wage x 150% x 130% x number of hours worked).

All Saints’ Day: All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown.

All Souls’ Day: All Souls’ Day, also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed and the Day of the Dead, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the souls of those who have died, which is observed by some Christian denominations.

Marlborough Anniversary Day: The Marlborough region of New Zealand has its founding day, called “Marlborough Anniversary Day”, on the first Monday following Labour Day. You can therefore expect Marlborough Anniversary Day to arrive sometime in late October or early November each year.

Recreation Day: Recreation Day is a public holiday in northern Tasmania. It is held on the first Monday in November, and was instituted to offset Regatta Day in southern.

3rd November 2020 – Tuesday

Culture Day: Culture Day (文化の日, Bunka no Hi) is a national holiday held annually in Japan on November 3 for the purpose of promoting culture, the arts, and academic endeavor. Festivities typically include art exhibitions, parades, and award ceremonies for distinguished artists and scholars.

Election Day (General Election): In the United States, Election Day is the annual day set by law for the general elections of federal public officials

Melbourne Cup Day: Melbourne Cup Day is Australia’s best known horse racing event held on the first Tuesday of November every year. It is an annual public holiday in the state of Victoria. This event is popularly dubbed as “the race that stops the nation”.

The Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday: Muhammad was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet, sent to preach and confirm the monotheistic teaching preceded by Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets.

4th November 2020 – Wednesday

Karva Chauth: Karva Chauth is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women from some regions of India, especially northern India, four days after purnima in the month of Kartika.

Unity Day: Unity Day is a national holiday in Russia held on November 4. It commemorates the popular uprising which expelled Polish–Lithuanian occupation forces from Moscow in November 1612, and more generally the end of the Time of Troubles and turning point of the Polish-Muscovite War.

5th November 2020 – Thursday

Guy Fawkes Day: Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in the United Kingdom.

Guy Fawkes Night: Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in the United Kingdom.

Return Day: Return Day is a traditional festival for the state of Delaware that is held on the Thursday after Election Day in November. It can fall on or around November 4 every other year to celebrate the announcement of the election results in Georgetown, Delaware.

6th November 2020 – Friday

Birthday of the Sultan of Perak: Perak is a constitutional monarchy with the Sultan as the constitutional head. The current Sultan of Perak is Nazrin Shah, who became the 35th Sultan of Perak on May 29th 2014. Sultan Nazrin Shah was born on November 27th 1956. Until 2017, this holiday was observed on November 27th.

7th November 2020 – Saturday

Descending Day of Lord Buddha: Descending Day of Lord Buddha (Lhabab Duchen) is a national public holiday in Bhutan. It occurs on the twenty-second day of the ninth month on the Buddhist calendar. … It is believed Buddha descended on three golden, gem-decked ladders.

8th November 2020 – Sunday

Father’s Day:  It falls on Sunday, November 8, 2020 and most businesses follow regular Sunday opening hours in Norway.

Remembrance Sunday: Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

9th November 2020 – Monday

Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.

Iqbal Day: Iqbal Day is the birthday of Muhammad Iqbal on 9 November. The day was a public holiday in all provinces and federal administrative areas of Pakistan until 2018. Iqbal, a poet and philosopher, was a great inspiration for the Pakistan Movement.

La Almudena: Almudena Cathedral is a Catholic church in Madrid, Spain. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid. The cathedral was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993.

Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day: Kristallnacht, (German: “Crystal Night”), also called Night of Broken Glass or November Pogroms, the night of November 9–10, 1938, when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. The name Kristallnacht refers ironically to the litter of broken glass left in the streets after these pogroms. The violence continued during the day of November 10, and in some places acts of violence continued for several more days.

11th November 2020 – Wednesday

Armistice Day: Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

Birthday of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo/Bhutan Constitution Day: Fourth anniversary of the Constitution. Four years ago, the first parliament of Bhutan signed the Constitution. Even though it was signed on July 18, 2008, the Constitution Day is observed on November 11 to pay tribute to His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, the father of the Constitution.

Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Muhammad V is the current Sultan of Kelantan and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 13 December 2016 to 6 January 2019. He was proclaimed Sultan of Kelantan on 13 September 2010, succeeding his father, Sultan Ismail Petra, who was deemed incapacitated by illness.

Feast of Saint Martín: Saint Martin’s day, also known as the Funeral of Saint Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas, as well as Old Halloween and Old Hallowmas Eve, is the Funeral day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated on 11 November each year.

Poland Independence Day: National Independence Day is a national day in Poland celebrated on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918 from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires.

Remembrance Day: Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

Saint Martin’s Day: Saint Martin’s day, also known as the Funeral of Saint Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas, as well as Old Halloween and Old Hallowmas Eve, is the Funeral day of Saint Martin of Tours (Martin le Miséricordieux) and is celebrated on 11 November each year.

Veterans Day: Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

12th November 2020 – Thursday

Birthday of the Sultan of Kelantan (Day 2): The Birthday of the Sultan is a two-day holiday in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, observed on November 11th and 12th each year. Kelantan is a rural state, located in the north-west of Malaysia. The Sultan of Kelantan is the constitutional head of state. The current sultan, Muhammad V, is the 29th Sultan of Kelantan. He is the Head of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities of its people. The Sultan was born on October 6th 1969. The dates of this public holiday are honorific and do not change with each new Sultan.

Sun Yat-sen’s Birthday: Sun Yat-sen, or Sun Zhong Shan (/ˈsʌn ˈjætˈsɛn/; born Sun Wen; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese philosopher, physician, and politician, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China).

13th November 2020 – Friday

Canterbury Anniversary Day: The northern and central portions of Canterbury Region celebrate their founding day on the second Friday following the first Tuesday of November, though it should be noted that the original, actual anniversary date is 16 December. It is called simply “Canterbury Anniversary Day”.

14th November 2020 – Saturday

Diwali: Diwali, Divali, Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance”.

With this we come to the end of November 2020 calendar.

I got myself thinking one day, why do we celebrate holidays?

A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities are suspended or reduced.

Generally, holidays allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance.

Why holidays need to happen?

I really enjoy exploring nature with my family and my friends.

Holidays commemorate an important event and/or person in the history of a nation.

Traditions are an important part to building a strong bond between family, and our community.

Celebrations are some of the core aspects of any culture.

They give us a sense of belonging and a way to express what is important to us.

They connect us to our history and also help us celebrate generations of family.

It may be a harvest festival, a religious holiday, or a national observance, or a family wedding.

Celebrating your traditions helps keep you grounded in your own culture while adapting to a new one.

This is especially important when going through some of the phases of culture shock.

It affects many of us in the first months after moving to a different continent or city.

One of your traditional holidays can brighten up your mood for weeks.

While planning as you become absorbed in preparations for the event and the excitement of the day itself.

Celebrating a special day can also help you connect with fellows in your area.

This can add to your mutual support group.

Traditions should be celebrated most importantly if you have kids growing up in another culture.

The good name for which is the third culture kids.

It can help them keep one foot firmly rooted in their home culture.

This also offers learning experiences that might not otherwise occur.

Traditional celebrations are also an excellent opportunity for intercultural exchange and understanding.

Through these celebrations both kids and adults learn about other cultures.

So do start planning the next time you see one of your traditional holidays approaching on the calendar.

Invite your friends, involve the kids, and create your own lasting memories.

We can add your stories or event list if you send your experiences and comments to us.

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