{
  "all-saints-day": {
    "title": "All Saints' Day",
    "description": "Christian feast day",
    "extract": "All Saints' Day is a Christian holy day celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown. From the 4th century, feasts commemorating all Christian martyrs were held in various places, on various dates near Easter and Pentecost. In the 9th century, some churches in the British Isles began holding the commemoration of all saints on November 1st, and in the 9th century this was extended to the whole Catholic Church by Pope Gregory IV. In Western Christianity, it is celebrated on...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day"
  },
  "anzac-day": {
    "title": "Anzac Day",
    "description": "National day of remembrance",
    "extract": "Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders \"who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations\" and \"the contribution and suffering of all those who have served\". Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli campaign, their first engagement in the First World War (1914–1918).",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day"
  },
  "armistice-day": {
    "title": "Armistice Day",
    "description": "Commemorating the end of WWI",
    "extract": "Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11:00 am—the \"eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month\" of 1918—although, according to Thomas R. Gowenlock, an intelligence officer with the U.S. First...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day"
  },
  "ash-wednesday": {
    "title": "Ash Wednesday",
    "description": "First day of Lent in Western Christianity",
    "extract": "Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent: the seven weeks of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving before the arrival of Easter. Ash Wednesday is observed by Christians of the Catholic, Lutheran, Moravian, Anglican (Episcopalian), and United Protestant denominations, as well as by some churches in the Reformed (including certain Congregationalist, Continental Reformed, and Presbyterian churches), Baptist,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday"
  },
  "ashura": {
    "title": "Ashura",
    "description": "Tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram",
    "extract": "Ashura (Arabic: عَاشُورَاء, ʿĀshūrāʾ [ʕaːʃuːˈraːʔ]), also more formally Yawm Ashura (Arabic: يوم عاشوراء, romanized: Yawm ʿĀshūrāʾ), is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunni Muslims, Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites. Also on this day, it is believed that Noah disembarked from the Ark, God forgave Adam, and Joseph was released from prison, among various other auspicious...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashura"
  },
  "assumption-of-mary": {
    "title": "Assumption of Mary",
    "description": "Dogma of Mary's bodily entry into Heaven",
    "extract": "The Assumption of Mary is a Catholic dogma that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken body and soul into heaven, defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 in his apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus. It is celebrated on 15 August. It leaves open the question of whether Mary died or whether she was raised to eternal life without bodily death. The equivalent belief in the Eastern Christianity is the Dormition of the Mother of God or the \"Falling Asleep of the Mother of God\". In the Lutheran...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary"
  },
  "australia-day": {
    "title": "Australia Day",
    "description": "Australian national holiday",
    "extract": "Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. The day is promoted by the Australia Day Council, an independent government owned company. Events are run to recognise the contributions of Australians to the nation, while also encouraging reflection on the country's history and reconciliation with...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day"
  },
  "autumnal-equinox-day": {
    "title": "Autumnal Equinox Day",
    "description": "Public holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日, Shūbun no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan that usually occurs on September 22 or 23, the date of Southward equinox in Japan Standard Time (autumnal equinox can occur on different dates for different time zones). Due to the necessity of recent astronomical measurements, the date of the holiday is not officially declared until February of the previous year. Autumnal Equinox Day became a public holiday in 1948. In 1947 and before, it was the date of Shūki kōreisai (秋季皇霊祭), an event...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumnal_Equinox_Day"
  },
  "spring-bank-holiday": {
    "title": "Bank holiday",
    "description": "Type of public holiday",
    "extract": "A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term is used to refer to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law. In Ireland, there are some bank holidays which are not public holidays. The term \"bank holiday\" refers to the fact that banking institutions typically close for business on such holidays, as they...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holiday"
  },
  "boxing-day": {
    "title": "Boxing Day",
    "description": "Commonwealth nations holiday on 26 December",
    "extract": "Boxing Day, also known as Offering Day, is a holiday celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day. Boxing Day was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it has evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities. It originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated in several Commonwealth nations. The attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place on 27 or 28 December if necessary to ensure it falls on a weekday. Boxing Day is usually concurrent with the Christian festival Saint...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day"
  },
  "day-of-goodwill": {
    "title": "Boxing Day",
    "description": "Commonwealth nations holiday on 26 December",
    "extract": "Boxing Day, also known as Offering Day, is a holiday celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day. Boxing Day was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it has evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities. It originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated in several Commonwealth nations. The attached bank holiday or public holiday may take place on 27 or 28 December if necessary to ensure it falls on a weekday. Boxing Day is usually concurrent with the Christian festival Saint...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day"
  },
  "buddhas-birthday": {
    "title": "Buddha's Birthday",
    "description": "Birthday of Siddhartha Gautama",
    "extract": "Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day (also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Pournima) is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition and archaeologists, Gautama Buddha, c. 623 BCE, was born at Lumbini in Nepal. Buddha's mother was Queen Maya Devi, who delivered the Buddha while undertaking a journey to her native home,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha%27s_Birthday"
  },
  "canada-day": {
    "title": "Canada Day",
    "description": "Canadian national holiday on July 1",
    "extract": "Canada Day is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas (Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada. Originally called Dominion Day, the holiday was renamed in 1982, the same year that the Canadian constitution was patriated by the Canada Act, 1982, which severed the vestiges...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day"
  },
  "carnival": {
    "title": "Carnival",
    "description": "Christian festival before Lent",
    "extract": "Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typically involves public celebrations, including events such as parades, public street parties and other entertainments, combining some elements of a circus. Elaborate costumes and masks allow people to set aside their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival"
  },
  "childrens-day": {
    "title": "Children's Day",
    "description": "Public observance in honor of children",
    "extract": "Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on 1 June in many countries that were part of the Eastern Bloc and Non-Aligned Movement, which follow the suggestion from Women's International Democratic Federation. World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the issuance of...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day"
  },
  "chinese-new-year": {
    "title": "Chinese New Year",
    "description": "Traditional Chinese holiday",
    "extract": "Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year's Eve (the evening preceding the first day of the year) to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of the Chinese New Year falls on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year"
  },
  "christmas": {
    "title": "Christmas",
    "description": "Christian holiday usually on December 25",
    "extract": "Christmas is an annual celebration commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgical feast central to Christianity, Christmas preparation begins on the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is followed by Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries and is observed by a majority of Christians; it is...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas"
  },
  "orthodox-christmas": {
    "title": "Christmas",
    "description": "Christian holiday usually on December 25",
    "extract": "Christmas is an annual celebration commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgical feast central to Christianity, Christmas preparation begins on the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is followed by Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries and is observed by a majority of Christians; it is...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas"
  },
  "christmas-eve": {
    "title": "Christmas Eve",
    "description": "Evening or day before Christmas Day",
    "extract": "Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas Eve is widely recognized as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day, which is observed around the world. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society. Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, due in part to the Christian liturgical day...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve"
  },
  "chuseok": {
    "title": "Chuseok",
    "description": "Korean autumn holiday",
    "extract": "Chuseok (Korean: 추석; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚], lit. 'autumn evening'), also known as Hangawi (한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; from Old Korean, \"the great middle [of autumn]\"), is a major Korean mid-autumn harvest festival which occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar, on the full moon. In South Korea, the festival lasts for three days, including the days before and after the full moon. In North Korea, Chuseok is a single-day celebration on the full moon only. As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok"
  },
  "civic-holiday": {
    "title": "Civic Holiday",
    "description": "Annual public holiday in Canada",
    "extract": "Civic Holiday (French: congé civique) is a public holiday in Canada celebrated on the first Monday in August. Though the first Monday of August is celebrated in most of Canada as a public holiday, it is only officially known as \"Civic Holiday\" in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, where it is a territorial statutory holiday. In other provinces and municipalities, the holiday is known by a variety of names, including British Columbia Day in British Columbia, New Brunswick Day in New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Holiday"
  },
  "columbus-day": {
    "title": "Columbus Day",
    "description": "National holiday in the Americas",
    "extract": "Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 [OS]. He built La Navidad on the northwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola (near present-day Caracol, Nord-Est Department, Haiti) in late December 1492, the first European fort in the Americas. After the destruction...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day"
  },
  "coming-of-age-day": {
    "title": "Coming of Age Day",
    "description": "Public holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have already reached the age of maturity between April 2 of the previous year and April 1 of the current year, and to help them realise that they have become adults. Festivities include coming of age ceremonies...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_Day"
  },
  "constitution-day": {
    "title": "Constitution Day",
    "description": "Holiday honoring a country's constitution",
    "extract": "Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day"
  },
  "culture-day": {
    "title": "Culture Day",
    "description": "Public holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Culture Day (文化の日, Bunka no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on November 3 to promote culture, the arts, and academic endeavour. Festivities typically include art exhibitions, parades, and award ceremonies for distinguished artists and scholars.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_Day"
  },
  "day-of-reconciliation": {
    "title": "Day of Reconciliation",
    "description": "Public holiday in South Africa on 16 December",
    "extract": "The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country. This day was first celebrated as Dingane's Day before being subsequently replaced with the Day of Reconciliation. Recognizing the need for racial harmony, the government chose the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Reconciliation"
  },
  "diwali": {
    "title": "Diwali",
    "description": "Hindu festival of lights",
    "extract": "Dipavali (IAST: Dīpāvalī), commonly known as Diwali (), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) and Kārtika –...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali"
  },
  "double-ninth-festival": {
    "title": "Double Ninth Festival",
    "description": "Traditional Chinese holiday",
    "extract": "The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It is a statutory public holiday in Hong Kong (as Chung Yeung Festival) and Macau, and is observed in several East Asian countries. According to historian Wu Jun, it dates back to the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD). According to the I Ching, nine is a yang number; the ninth day of the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ninth_Festival"
  },
  "dragon-boat-festival": {
    "title": "Dragon Boat Festival",
    "description": "Chinese holiday",
    "extract": "The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié; Cantonese Yale: Dyūnńgh jit), also known as the Duanwu Festival or Tuen Ng Festival , is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the beloved prime...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Boat_Festival"
  },
  "easter": {
    "title": "Easter",
    "description": "Commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ",
    "extract": "Easter, also called Pasch () or Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the Bible's New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter"
  },
  "orthodox-easter": {
    "title": "Easter",
    "description": "Commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ",
    "extract": "Easter, also called Pasch () or Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the Bible's New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter"
  },
  "easter-monday": {
    "title": "Easter Monday",
    "description": "Day after Easter Sunday",
    "extract": "Easter Monday is the second day of Eastertide and a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries. In Western Christianity it marks the second day of the Octave of Easter; in Eastern Christianity it marks the second day of Bright Week.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Monday"
  },
  "eid-al-adha": {
    "title": "Eid al-Adha",
    "description": "Islamic holiday",
    "extract": "Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى, romanized: ʿĪd al-ʾAḍḥā, lit. 'Feast of the Sacrifice') is the second of the two main festivals in Islam, alongside Eid al-Fitr. It falls on the 10th of Dhu'l-Hijja, the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar. Celebrations and observances are generally carried forward to the three following days, known as the Tashreeq days. Eid al-Adha, depending on country and language is...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha"
  },
  "eid-al-fitr": {
    "title": "Eid al-Fitr",
    "description": "Islamic holiday on the first of Shawwal",
    "extract": "Eid al-Fitr is the first of the two main festivals in Islam, the other being Eid al-Adha. The holiday falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. One of the most important Islamic celebrations, Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide as it marks the end of the month-long, dawn-to-dusk fasting (sawm) during Ramadan. The holiday is known under various other names in different...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr"
  },
  "epiphany": {
    "title": "Epiphany (holiday)",
    "description": "Christian feast day",
    "extract": "Epiphany ( ə-PIF-ə-nee), also known as Theophany in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not solely) the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child, and thus Jesus Christ's physical manifestation to the Gentiles. It is sometimes called Three Kings' Day, and...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)"
  },
  "family-day": {
    "title": "Family Day (Canada)",
    "description": "Canadian public holiday",
    "extract": "In most provinces of Canada, the third Monday in February is observed as a regional statutory holiday, typically known in general as Family Day (French: Jour de la famille)—though some provinces use their own names, as they celebrate the day for different reasons. The third Monday of February is observed as \"Family Day\" in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia (BC), New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan; as...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Day_(Canada)"
  },
  "fathers-day": {
    "title": "Father's Day",
    "description": "Celebration honoring fathers",
    "extract": "Father's Day is a day set aside for honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. \"Father's Day\" complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day and, in some countries, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day. The day is held on various dates across the world, and different regions maintain their own traditions of honoring...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day"
  },
  "corpus-christi": {
    "title": "Feast of Corpus Christi",
    "description": "Catholic feast day, public holiday in some countries",
    "extract": "The Feast of Corpus Christi (Ecclesiastical Latin: Dies Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Domini Iesu Christi, lit. 'The Day of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ the Lord'), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; the feast is observed by the Catholic Church, in addition to certain Western...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Corpus_Christi"
  },
  "ascension-day": {
    "title": "Feast of the Ascension",
    "description": "Christian commemoration",
    "extract": "The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday; or sometimes Holy Thursday, which can also mean the Thursday before Easter) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (shared by multiple denominations) feasts of Christian churches, ranking with the feasts of the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Ascension"
  },
  "freedom-day": {
    "title": "Freedom Day (South Africa)",
    "description": "Public holiday on 27 April in South Africa",
    "extract": "Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. It commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, was allowed to vote. It is one of the twelve public holidays determined by the Public Holidays Act (No....",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Day_(South_Africa)"
  },
  "good-friday": {
    "title": "Good Friday",
    "description": "Christian holiday",
    "extract": "Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary (Golgotha). It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. Members of many Christian denominations, including the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Oriental Orthodox,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday"
  },
  "halloween": {
    "title": "Halloween",
    "description": "Annual celebration held on 31 October",
    "extract": "Halloween, also known as All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the Christian liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. In popular culture, Halloween has...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween"
  },
  "hanukkah": {
    "title": "Hanukkah",
    "description": "Jewish holiday",
    "extract": "Hanukkah (IPA: ; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, romanized: Ḥănukkā, lit. 'dedication', ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE, when the Maccabees successfully recovered Jerusalem and the Second Temple. Beginning on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar, Hanukkah lasts for eight nights and days. Each night is marked by lighting a Hanukkah menorah, a...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah"
  },
  "heritage-day": {
    "title": "Heritage Day (South Africa)",
    "description": "South African public holiday",
    "extract": "Heritage Day (Afrikaans: Erfenisdag; Xhosa: Usuku Lwamagugu, Usuku lokugubha amasiko) is a South African public holiday celebrated on 24 September. On this day, South Africans are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people. When Heritage Day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as a public holiday.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Day_(South_Africa)"
  },
  "holi": {
    "title": "Holi",
    "description": "Indian Hindu spring festival of colours",
    "extract": "Holi (IPA: ['hoːli:, hoːɭiː]) is a major Hindu festival of colours, love, and spring. It celebrates the love between the deities Radha and Krishna. Additionally, the day signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha over Hiranyakashipu. Holi originated in ancient Indian subcontinent and is predominantly celebrated in the Indian subcontinent, but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world. Holi also celebrates the arrival of spring in...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi"
  },
  "holy-saturday": {
    "title": "Holy Saturday",
    "description": "Saturday before Easter Sunday",
    "extract": "Holy Saturday (Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum) is the final day of Holy Week, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and when Christians prepare for the Christian feast of Easter. The day commemorates the Harrowing of Hell while Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb. Christians of the Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations begin the celebration of the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday, which provides a transition to the season of Eastertide; in the Moravian Christian tradition, graves are decorated with flowers...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Saturday"
  },
  "human-rights-day": {
    "title": "Human Rights Day",
    "description": "International annual celebration of human rights",
    "extract": "Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Day"
  },
  "immaculate-conception": {
    "title": "Immaculate Conception",
    "description": "Teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin",
    "extract": "The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not defined as a dogma until 1854, by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. While the Immaculate Conception asserts Mary's freedom from original sin, the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563, had previously non-dogmatically affirmed her freedom from personal sin. While they...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception"
  },
  "indigenous-peoples-day": {
    "title": "Indigenous Peoples' Day",
    "description": "Topics referred to by the same term",
    "extract": "Indigenous Peoples' Day may refer to: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, a United Nations event recognised as a public holiday in various countries observed annually on 9 August Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States), a day recognizing Indigenous Peoples in the United States, observed annually on the second Monday in October National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day recognizing First Nations in Canada, observed annually on 21 June Indigenous Peoples Day (Brazil), annual celebration honouring the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day"
  },
  "womens-day": {
    "title": "International Women's Day",
    "description": "Day to promote women's rights worldwide",
    "extract": "International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. Spurred by the universal female suffrage movement, International Women's Day originated from labor movements in Europe and North America during the early 20th century. The earliest version reported was a \"Woman's Day\" organized by...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day"
  },
  "international-workers-day": {
    "title": "International Workers' Day",
    "description": "Annual celebration of workers and the labour movement",
    "extract": "International Workers' Day, also called Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers, the labour movement and the working class that is marked every year on 1 May, or the first Monday in May. Traditionally, 1 May is the date of the European spring festival of May Day. The International Workers Congress held in Paris in 1889 established the Second International for labor, socialist, and Marxist parties. It adopted a resolution for a \"great international demonstration\"...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day"
  },
  "islamic-new-year": {
    "title": "Islamic New Year",
    "description": "Beginning of a new lunar Hijri year",
    "extract": "The Islamic New Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram. The epoch (reference date) of the Islamic era was set as the year of the emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijrah, which corresponds to 622 CE in...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_New_Year"
  },
  "isra-and-miraj": {
    "title": "Isra' and Mi'raj",
    "description": "Journey by Muhammad in Islamic tradition",
    "extract": "The Israʾ and Miʿraj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج, romanized: al-’Isrā’ wal-Miʿrāj, lit. 'The Night Travel and Ascension') are the names given to the narrations that the Islamic prophet Muhammad ascended to the sky during a night journey, had a vision of afterlife, and returned. It is believed that expressions without a subject in verses 1-18 of Surāh an-Najm and some verses of the 17th chapter of the Quran, commonly called Surāh al-’Isrā’, allude to the story. Ibn Sa'd summarizes the earliest version of the written...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isra%27_and_Mi%27raj"
  },
  "juneteenth": {
    "title": "Juneteenth",
    "description": "US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States",
    "extract": "Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War. During the Civil War period, slavery came to an end in...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth"
  },
  "kings-birthday": {
    "title": "King's Official Birthday",
    "description": "Public holiday in Commonwealth realms",
    "extract": "The King's Official Birthday or Queen's Official Birthday is the selected day in most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those countries. It does not necessarily correspond to the date of the monarch's actual birth. The sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1748, for King George II. Since then, the date of the king or queen's birthday has been determined throughout the British Empire and, later, the Commonwealth of...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Official_Birthday"
  },
  "seollal": {
    "title": "Korean New Year",
    "description": "Traditional Korean holiday",
    "extract": "Seollal (Korean: 설날) is a Korean traditional festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the Korean lunisolar calendar. It is one of the most important traditional holidays for ethnic Koreans, being celebrated in both North Korea and South Korea as well as Korean diaspora all around the world. Seol, written as \"설\" in Middle Korean in Hangul, means \"year of age\" since it is also the date when Koreans grow a year older, though in South Korea this has changed as of 2023. The modern Korean word for...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_New_Year"
  },
  "labor-day": {
    "title": "Labor Day",
    "description": "Federal holiday in the United States",
    "extract": "Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements in the United States. Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. \"Labor Day\" was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, which organized the first parade in New...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day"
  },
  "lantern-festival": {
    "title": "Lantern Festival",
    "description": "Last day of Chinese New Year celebrations",
    "extract": "The Lantern Festival (traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié) is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar, during the full moon. Usually falling in February or early March on the Gregorian calendar, it marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. As early as the Western Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance. During the Lantern Festival, children...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival"
  },
  "independence-day": {
    "title": "List of national independence days",
    "description": "",
    "extract": "An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a military occupation, or after a major change in government. Many countries commemorate their independence from a colonial empire. Not all countries mark independence as a national holiday. Many, such as Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_independence_days"
  },
  "lunar-new-year": {
    "title": "Lunar New Year",
    "description": "Beginning of a year in a lunar calendar",
    "extract": "Lunar New Year marks the beginning of a new year according to lunar calendars or, informally but commonly, to lunisolar calendars. Because a year of twelve lunar months is about 11 days shorter than a solar year (which determines the seasons), lunar cycle-based calendars may have strategies to take this fact into account. Pure lunar calendars have twelve lunar months invariantly and consequently their New Year is not fixed relative to the solar year; no adjustments are made. In contrast, most lunisolar calendars...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year"
  },
  "mardi-gras": {
    "title": "Mardi Gras",
    "description": "Holiday on the day before Ash Wednesday",
    "extract": "Mardi Gras (UK: ; US: ), also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras ([maʁdi ɡʁa]) is French for \"Fat Tuesday\", referring to it being the last day of consuming rich, fatty foods, most notably red meat, in preparation for the Christian fasting season of Lent, during which such foods are avoided. Related popular practices are associated with Carnival celebrations before the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras"
  },
  "marine-day": {
    "title": "Marine Day",
    "description": "Japanese national holiday",
    "extract": "Marine Day (Japanese: 海の日, Hepburn: Umi no Hi), also known as \"Ocean Day\" or \"Sea Day\", is a public holiday in Japan usually celebrated on the third Monday in July. The holiday is to give thanks to the ocean for its bounty and to consider the importance of it to Japan as a maritime nation. Many people take advantage of the holiday and summer weather to take a beach trip. Other ocean-related festivities are observed as well. The date roughly coincides with the end of the rainy season (梅雨 tsuyu) in much of the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Day"
  },
  "martin-luther-king-jr-day": {
    "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day",
    "description": "U.S. holiday, 3rd Monday of January",
    "extract": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which protested legalized racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States. Born in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.'s...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day"
  },
  "matariki": {
    "title": "Matariki",
    "description": "Māori new year festival",
    "extract": "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. Historically, Matariki was usually celebrated for a period of days during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month Pipiri (around June). The ceremony involved viewing the individual stars for forecasts of the year...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matariki"
  },
  "maundy-thursday": {
    "title": "Maundy Thursday",
    "description": "Christian holiday commemorating the Last Supper",
    "extract": "Maundy Thursday, also referred to as Holy Thursday, or Thursday of the Lord's Supper, among other names, is a Christian feast during Holy Week that marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum, and commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in the canonical gospels. It is the fifth day of Holy Week, preceded by Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday) and...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday"
  },
  "mawlid": {
    "title": "Mawlid",
    "description": "Holiday commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad",
    "extract": "The Mawlid (Arabic: مولد) is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 or 17 Rabi I, the third month of the Islamic calendar. The Muslim general Gökböri, a deputy of Saladin (r. 1174–1193), is believed to have been the first to publicly celebrate Mawlid, which he did in an impressive ceremony at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. The Ottomans under Murad...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlid"
  },
  "may-day": {
    "title": "May Day",
    "description": "Festival marking the beginning of summer",
    "extract": "May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice. Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May Eve. Traditions include gathering green branches and wildflowers (\"bringing in the May\"), which are used to decorate buildings and made into wreaths; crowning...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day"
  },
  "early-may-bank-holiday": {
    "title": "May Day",
    "description": "Festival marking the beginning of summer",
    "extract": "May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice. Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May Eve. Traditions include gathering green branches and wildflowers (\"bringing in the May\"), which are used to decorate buildings and made into wreaths; crowning...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day"
  },
  "memorial-day": {
    "title": "Memorial Day",
    "description": "Federal holiday in the United States",
    "extract": "Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is a time for visiting cemeteries and memorials to mourn the military personnel who died in the line of duty. Volunteers will place American flags on the graves of those military personnel in national cemeteries. The...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day"
  },
  "mid-autumn-festival": {
    "title": "Mid-Autumn Festival",
    "description": "Chinese harvest festival",
    "extract": "The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar and can fall between 7 September and 8 October (inclusive) of the Gregorian calendar. On this day, the Chinese believe that the moon is at its fullest and brightest, coinciding with the time of harvest in the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival"
  },
  "mothers-day": {
    "title": "Mother's Day",
    "description": "Celebration honouring mothers",
    "extract": "Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day. Countries around the world have a...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day"
  },
  "mountain-day": {
    "title": "Mountain Day",
    "description": "Name for various local and national holidays",
    "extract": "Mountain Day refers to three different and unrelated events: (1) Mountain Day, a student celebration in some colleges in the United States in which classes are cancelled without prior notice, and the student body heads to the mountains or a park, (2) International Mountain Day, held each year on 11 December, which was established by the UN General Assembly in 2003 to encourage sustainable development in mountains,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Day"
  },
  "national-day": {
    "title": "National day",
    "description": "Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation",
    "extract": "A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, of becoming a federation, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession, or removal). The national day is often an official public holiday. Many countries have more than one national day. Denmark and the United...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day"
  },
  "truth-and-reconciliation-day": {
    "title": "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation",
    "description": "Canadian day of remembrance for victims of residential schools",
    "extract": "The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (sometimes shortened to T&R Day) (NDTR; French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation), originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day (French: Jour du chandail orange), is a Canadian day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system. It occurs every year on September...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation"
  },
  "foundation-day": {
    "title": "National Foundation Day",
    "description": "Topics referred to by the same term",
    "extract": "National Foundation Day may refer to: National Foundation Day (Japan) National Foundation Day (Korea)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Foundation_Day"
  },
  "new-years-day": {
    "title": "New Year's Day",
    "description": "First day of the year in the Gregorian calendar",
    "extract": "In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice. In contrast, cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at varying points relative to the solar year. In pre-Christian Rome, under the Julian...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day"
  },
  "orthodox-new-year": {
    "title": "Old New Year",
    "description": "Informal traditional holiday based on the Julian calendar",
    "extract": "The Old New Year, the Orthodox New Year, also known as Ra's as-Sanah or Ras el-Seni in the Middle East, is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on 14 January in the Gregorian calendar. This traditional dating of the New Year is sometimes commonly called \"Orthodox\" because it harks back to a time when...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_New_Year"
  },
  "palm-sunday": {
    "title": "Palm Sunday",
    "description": "Christian moveable feast preceding Easter",
    "extract": "Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honor Jesus Christ as he entered the city. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy Week; in Western Christianity, this is the beginning of...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Sunday"
  },
  "passover": {
    "title": "Passover",
    "description": "Jewish holiday",
    "extract": "Passover, also called Pasch () or Pesach (; Biblical Hebrew: חַג הַפֶּסַח, romanized: Ḥag Ha‑Pesaḥ, lit. 'Pilgrimage of the Passing Over'), or Peysekh in Yiddish, is a major Jewish holiday and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. According to the Book of Exodus, God commanded Moses to tell the Israelites to slaughter a lamb and mark their doorframes...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover"
  },
  "patriots-day": {
    "title": "Patriots' Day",
    "description": "Civic holiday in the US",
    "extract": "Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in eight U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War. The holiday occurs annually on the third Monday in April in four states and on April 19 in four, with celebrations including battle reenactments and the Boston...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day"
  },
  "pentecost": {
    "title": "Pentecost",
    "description": "Christian feast celebrating the Holy Spirit's descent",
    "extract": "Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday that takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, Mary, and other followers of Christ, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). Pentecost marks...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost"
  },
  "presidents-day": {
    "title": "Presidents' Day",
    "description": "US holiday honoring George Washington and other presidents",
    "extract": "Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidents%27_Day"
  },
  "purim": {
    "title": "Purim",
    "description": "Jewish holiday",
    "extract": "Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים , lit. 'lots') is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Queen Esther from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther. According to the Book of Esther, Haman was the royal vizier to the Persian king Ahasuerus (likely Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I; Khshayarsha and Artakhsher in Old Persian,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim"
  },
  "qingming-festival": {
    "title": "Qingming Festival",
    "description": "Chinese festival honouring ancestors",
    "extract": "The Qingming Festival or Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (sometimes also called Chinese Memorial Day, Ancestors' Day, the Clear Brightness Festival, or the Pure Brightness Festival), is a traditional Chinese festival observed by ethnic Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. A...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival"
  },
  "ramadan": {
    "title": "Ramadan",
    "description": "Ninth month of the Islamic calendar and month-long fasting event in Islam",
    "extract": "Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), communal prayer (salah), reflection, study of the Quran, charity, and strengthening community ties. It is also the month in which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, known as Laylat al-Qadr. The annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the five pillars of Islam and lasts 29 to 30 days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next. Fasting...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan"
  },
  "remembrance-day": {
    "title": "Remembrance Day",
    "description": "Day honouring military casualties of war",
    "extract": "Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in former countries of the British Empire, and current Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. The day is also marked by war remembrances in several other non-Commonwealth countries. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities. Hostilities...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day"
  },
  "republic-day": {
    "title": "Republic Day",
    "description": "National Festival of several countries commemorating their establishment as republics",
    "extract": "Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day"
  },
  "respect-for-the-aged-day": {
    "title": "Respect for the Aged Day",
    "description": "Public holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Respect for the Aged Day (敬老の日, Keirō no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens. It started in 1966 as a national holiday and was held on every September 15. Since 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September due to the Happy Monday System. This national holiday traces its origins to 1947, when Nomadani-mura (later Yachiyo-cho, currently Taka-cho), Hyōgo Prefecture, proclaimed September 15 Old Folks' Day (Toshiyori no Hi). Its popularity spread...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_the_Aged_Day"
  },
  "rosh-hashanah": {
    "title": "Rosh Hashanah",
    "description": "Jewish New Year",
    "extract": "Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה‎, pronounced [ˌʁoʃ haʃaˈna]; lit. 'head of the year') is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה‎, Yōm Tərūʿā, IPA: [joːm təruːˈʕaː]; lit. 'day of blasting'). It is the first of the High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים‎, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm; lit. 'Days of Awe'), as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25, that occur in the late summer/early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah begins the Ten Days of Repentance, culminating in Yom...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah"
  },
  "saint-andrews-day": {
    "title": "Saint Andrew's Day",
    "description": "Feast day celebrated on 30 November",
    "extract": "Saint Andrew's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Andrew or Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November, during Scotland's Winter Festival. Saint Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother, the Apostle Peter, to Jesus, the Messiah.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day"
  },
  "st-davids-day": {
    "title": "Saint David's Day",
    "description": "Cultural and religious celebration on 1 March",
    "extract": "Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi [ˈdɨːð ˌɡuːɨ̯l ˌdɛu̯.i ˈsant, ˈdiːð ̩ɡʊi̯l ˌdɛu̯.i]), or the Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD. Traditional festivities include wearing leeks and daffodils (both recognised as symbols of Saint David and more widely as symbols of Wales), school concerts and eisteddfodau, eating traditional Welsh dishes such as cawl and Welsh cakes, and...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David%27s_Day"
  },
  "saint-georges-day": {
    "title": "Saint George's Day",
    "description": "Feast day of Saint George",
    "extract": "Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George, celebrated by Christian churches, countries, regions, and cities from which he is the main patron saint, including England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Catalonia, Aragon, Palestine, Rio de Janeiro, Alcoi, and Genoa, and also where he is an important patron saint, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Syria, and Lebanon. Saint George's Day is usually celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day"
  },
  "saint-josephs-day": {
    "title": "Saint Joseph's Day",
    "description": "Christian feast day for Jesus's legal father",
    "extract": "Saint Joseph's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, is in Western Christianity the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 19 March. It has the rank of a solemnity in the Catholic Church. It is a feast or commemoration in the provinces of the Anglican Communion, and a feast or festival in the Lutheran Church. Saint Joseph's Day is the Patronal Feast day for Poland as well as for Canada, persons named...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Day"
  },
  "saint-patricks-day": {
    "title": "Saint Patrick's Day",
    "description": "Cultural and religious celebration on 17 March",
    "extract": "Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church....",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day"
  },
  "saint-stephens-day": {
    "title": "Saint Stephen's Day",
    "description": "26 December in the Western church",
    "extract": "Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity. The Eastern Orthodox churches that adhere to the Julian calendar mark Saint Stephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on 9 January of the Gregorian calendar used in civil contexts. In Western Christian denominations, Saint Stephen's Day...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day"
  },
  "showa-day": {
    "title": "Shōwa Day",
    "description": "Japanese annual holiday",
    "extract": "Showa Day (昭和の日, Shōwa no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held on April 29. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito), the reigning emperor from 1926 to 1989. Shō (昭) means \"shining\" or \"bright\", and wa (和) means \"peace\", signifying the \"enlightened peace\" that citizens receive. According to the now defunct Democratic Party of Japan, the purpose of the holiday is to encourage public reflection on the turbulent 62 years of Hirohito's reign, ranging from totalitarianism to the post-war reconstruction and...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_Day"
  },
  "shrove-tuesday": {
    "title": "Shrove Tuesday",
    "description": "Tuesday before Ash Wednesday",
    "extract": "Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, which marks the end of the pre-Lenten season. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed in many Christian countries through participating in confession, the ritual burning of the previous year's Holy Week palms, finalizing one's Lenten sacrifice, as well as eating pancakes and other sweets. Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Western-rite...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday"
  },
  "songkran": {
    "title": "Songkran (Thailand)",
    "description": "Traditional Thai New Year's holiday",
    "extract": "Thai New Year, also known as Songkran (Thai: สงกรานต์, pronounced [sǒŋ.krāːn]), or the Songkran Festival (Songkran Splendours), is the Thai New Year's national holiday. It is celebrated annually on 13 April, with the holiday period extending from 14 to 15 April. The festival aligns with New Year celebrations observed in many South and Southeast Asian cultures, following the Theravada Buddhist calendar, and coincides with related observances in the Hindu calendar. In Thailand, the New Year is officially observed on...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkran_(Thailand)"
  },
  "sports-day": {
    "title": "Sports Day (Japan)",
    "description": "Public holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Sports Day (スポーツの日, Supōtsu no hi), formerly Health and Sports Day (体育の日, Taiiku no hi; \"Physical education day\"), is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday in October. It commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, and exists to promote sports and an active lifestyle.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Day_(Japan)"
  },
  "sukkot": {
    "title": "Sukkot",
    "description": "Jewish harvest-related festival and holiday",
    "extract": "Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, is a Torah-commanded Jewish holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals on which Israelites were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Biblically an autumn harvest festival and a commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt, Sukkot's modern observance is characterized by festive meals in a sukkah, a temporary wood-covered hut, and the taking of the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot"
  },
  "summer-bank-holiday": {
    "title": "Summer bank holiday",
    "description": "",
    "extract": "",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_bank_holiday"
  },
  "thanksgiving": {
    "title": "Thanksgiving",
    "description": "Holiday in various countries",
    "extract": "Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Various similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving"
  },
  "emperors-birthday": {
    "title": "The Emperor's Birthday",
    "description": "National holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Emperor's Birthday (Japanese: 天皇誕生日, Hepburn: Tennō tanjōbi) is an annual public holiday in Japan celebrating the birthday of the reigning emperor, which is currently 23 February as Emperor Naruhito was born on that day in 1960. It is enforced by the Emperor Abdication Law passed in 2017.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_Birthday"
  },
  "orangemens-day": {
    "title": "The Twelfth",
    "description": "Ulster Protestant celebration",
    "extract": "The Twelfth (also called Orangemens' Day) is an Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It celebrates the Glorious Revolution and victory of Protestant king William of Orange over Catholic king James II at the Battle of the Boyne. On and around the Twelfth, large parades are held by the Orange Order and Ulster loyalist marching bands, streets are decorated with Union Jacks and bunting, and on the Eleventh Night large towering bonfires are lit. Today, the Twelfth is mainly celebrated in Northern Ireland,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth"
  },
  "valentines-day": {
    "title": "Valentine's Day",
    "description": "Holiday observed on February 14",
    "extract": "Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance, commitment, and love in many regions of the world. There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Saint Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day"
  },
  "vernal-equinox-day": {
    "title": "Vernal Equinox Day",
    "description": "Public holiday in Japan",
    "extract": "Vernal Equinox Day (春分の日, Shunbun no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan that occurs on the date of the Northward equinox in Japan Standard Time (the vernal equinox can occur on different dates in different time-zones), usually March 20 or 21. The date of the holiday is not officially declared until February of the previous year, due to the need for recent astronomical measurements. Vernal Equinox Day became a public...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_Equinox_Day"
  },
  "vesak": {
    "title": "Vesak",
    "description": "Buddhist festival marking the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha",
    "extract": "Vesak (Pali: Vesākha; Sanskrit: vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Visak Bochea and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Tibet and Mongolia. It is among the most important Buddhist festivals. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Pali: Nibbāna, Sanskrit: Nirvāṇa), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak"
  },
  "veterans-day": {
    "title": "Veterans Day",
    "description": "Federal holiday in the United States",
    "extract": "Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day"
  },
  "victoria-day": {
    "title": "Victoria Day",
    "description": "Canadian public holiday",
    "extract": "Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine, lit. 'Celebration of the Queen') is a federal Canadian public holiday observed on the last Monday preceding May 25 to honour Queen Victoria, who is known as the \"Mother of Confederation\". The holiday has existed in Canada since at least 1845, originally on Victoria's natural birthday, May 24. It falls on the Monday between the 18th and the 24th (inclusive) and, so, is always...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day"
  },
  "victory-day": {
    "title": "Victory Day",
    "description": "Public holiday to commemorate a nation's victory",
    "extract": "Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may observe the same holiday, with the most prominent united celebrations occurring in states that comprised the Allies of World War II, celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day"
  },
  "waitangi-day": {
    "title": "Waitangi Day",
    "description": "National day of New Zealand",
    "extract": "Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing—on 6 February 1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement towards British sovereignty by representatives of the Crown and indigenous Māori chiefs, and so is regarded by many as the founding document of the nation. Waitangi Day was first celebrated in 1934, and it was made...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Day"
  },
  "whit-monday": {
    "title": "Whit Monday",
    "description": "Holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost",
    "extract": "Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical calendar. It is moveable because it is determined by the date of Easter. In the Catholic Church, it is the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, marking the resumption of Ordinary Time. Whit Monday gets its name from...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whit_Monday"
  },
  "yom-kippur": {
    "title": "Yom Kippur",
    "description": "Holiest day in Judaism",
    "extract": "Yom Kippur ( YOM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר‎ Yōm Kippūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. 'Day of Atonement') is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei, corresponding to a date in late September or early October. For traditional Jewish people, it is primarily centered on atonement and repentance. The day's main observances consist of full fasting and asceticism,...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur"
  },
  "youth-day": {
    "title": "Youth Day",
    "description": "Holiday",
    "extract": "Youth Day or National Youth Day is a commemorative holiday in honour of young people, celebrated in different parts of the world on various dates throughout the year. Many countries' observance of the day corresponds with International Youth Day on August 12, which has been officially recognized by the United Nations since 1999. There is also a World Youth Day, an event organized by the Catholic Church that takes...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Day"
  }
}