Our National Holidays!

@aureliah (24340)
Kenya
November 5, 2018 1:21am CST
Hope everyone is alright around here. My friend @jstory07 requested I write about the Holidays that we have here since we do not celebrate holidays such as Thanksgiving and Halloween so below is a list. January 1st is the New Year’s Day Around March – Good Friday Early April – Easter Monday May 1st – Labour Day June 1st – Madaraka Day which commemorates the day we attained Self-rule back in the year 1963 End of Ramadan Oct 10th Moi Day dedicated to a former president Oct 20th Mashujaa Day (honors those contributed to the attainment of independence Dec 12th Jamhuri Day (Marks when the country became a republic in 1964 Dec 25th Christmas Day Dec 26th Boxing Day There is also Diwali and the feast of the Sacrifice which are not considered National Holidays.
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@ilocosboy (45161)
• Philippines
5 Nov 18
We also have many national holidays, I can name a few: New years day Lenten season particularly Thursday andFriday National heroes day Independence day All saints day and all souls day Christmas day Rizal day ... and many more
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
What do you commemorate on the Rizal Day?
• Germany
5 Nov 18
That's interesting, thank you for sharing this with our community :-)
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Most welcome
@crossbones27 (48332)
• Mojave, California
11 Nov 18
Nice, brother celebrating Dec 12 with neatness.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Its a lady
@xstitcher (30087)
• Petaluma, California
9 Nov 18
Very soon here we will have Veteran's Day and then Thanksgiving in the U.S.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
I have heard about those days
@jstory07 (133789)
• Roseburg, Oregon
5 Nov 18
Thank you for sharing these dates with us. I would like to be there to enjoy those holidays with you.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Hope that you can make it to the land of OBAMA some day
@JudyEv (323706)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Nov 18
It's nice to have some idea of when other countries have their holidays.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Thats true
@snowy22315 (168439)
• United States
8 Dec 18
Interesting list. We do have Good Friday, Easter and Labor Day in common, as well as Christmas..they are on different days though.
@snowy22315 (168439)
• United States
29 Dec 18
@aureliah Easter is always celebrated on Sunday here..but the date varies.
@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
29 Dec 18
Mmm okay but for Christian holidays I believe they are the same.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
31 Dec 18
@snowy22315 ooh ok. It means a long weekend for us
@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
5 Nov 18
We have some holidays in common. Our National holiday is the 1st of August.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Thats nice to know
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
6 Nov 18
I enjoyed reading your country's holidays. It's nice to know what other myLotters celebrate.
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Thanks
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Nov 18
You have a lot of holidays.
@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Nov 18
@aureliah That's a long stretch to go without a holiday.
@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
1 Dec 18
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Yes we do but from Jun 1 to Oct 10 we do not have a holiday
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
7 Nov 18
we have similar holidays too, but you have your national holidays as well as we. have too
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
True there are some days that are unique to each country
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@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
5 Dec 18
So many holidays
@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
8 Dec 18
@aureliah oh yeah
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
6 Dec 18
Plenty of them. Dec gives us 3 of them
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@porwest (78726)
• United States
16 Dec 18
Thanks for sharing this. Always interesting to know what other people in other countries celebrate and when, and what same holidays we share.
@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
5 Jan 19
@porwest Will have to rethink my business venture in the US
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
29 Dec 18
We definitely share some of the holidays but I guess for you guys, there is always something that you are celebrating
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@porwest (78726)
• United States
1 Jan 19
@aureliah We have an occasion for everything around here. Most of them are reasons to drink. But that's just the U.S. Bars do VERY well in this country.
@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
5 Nov 18
yes I'm fine for now, and for everyone who is celebrating their happy day, I wish you a happy celebration
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
19 Nov 18
Thanks I had a good one
@GardenGerty (157050)
• United States
26 Nov 18
I see that we have some the same, and some are unique to your country.
@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
1 Dec 18
I guess each country has its unique holidays such as the Independence days
• Philippines
6 Dec 18
People also commemorate Ramadan here because of so many Muslims in my country too. And we also have celebrations similar to yours over there.
@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
29 Dec 18
Oooh you reminded me. We also have Ramadan