Do other countries/areas of the world have entire months dedicated to some specific thing, such as Pride month, AAPI month, Black History month, etc. Part of me thinks this is a U.S.-specific phenomenon, but I'm curious about the rest of the world.
Do other countries/areas of the world have entire months dedicated to some specific thing, such as Pride month, AAPI month, Black History month, etc. Part of me thinks this is a U.S.-specific phenomenon, but I'm curious about the rest of the world.
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terraborra@lemmy.nz · 23 pts · 1y
New Zealand music month is great for getting out and seeing local bands play.
HakunaHafada@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Neat! Music month sounds awesome.
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Aw man, we need some of that everywhere.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 1y
June belongs to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since Catholics live everywhere, I would say month long celebrations are everywhere.
digger@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
And May was the month of Mary!
Pencilnoob@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
In Costa Rica elections are a whole thing, like everyone's out with flags on cars and megaphones yelling about one of the 20+ political parties.
Also Semana Santa is a week long Catholic holiday.
loomy@lemy.lol · 8 pts · 1y
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
We def have pride "month" in Australia.
However, most cities have pride festivals at other times of year like my city had a bunch of events over 2 weeks in Febreuary.
IDK why it's a whole month? You're right it's unusual. We celebrate different sports for different periods of time. IDK if that counts.
People refer to "Christmas time" or "over christmas" as a vague period of several weeks. "We're going to visit mum and dad over christmas" implies a week or more.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
I believe we technically have a pride month here as well but it's only "celebrated" by rather niche group of people. Mostly it's just a month of trying to make money by selling rainbow colored things.
nesc@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 1y
With exception of religious celebrations like easter or ramadan, I don't think there are any long term dedicated celebrations. At least here in my part of eastern europe.
istdaslol@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Some came over from the US but traditionally, not. Not even memorial days are that common. Just the big ones and the Cristian holidays.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au · -4 pts · 1y
Thankfully not here in Australia.
homicidalrobot@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
You must sleep through March.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au · 0 pts · 1y
Apparently. What was March?