Our National Holidays!

@aureliah (24326)

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 (45156)

• 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 (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

What do you commemorate on the Rizal Day?

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@stine1online (835)

• Germany

5 Nov 18

That's interesting, thank you for sharing this with our community :-)

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Most welcome

@crossbones27 (49784)

• Mojave, California

11 Nov 18

Nice, brother celebrating Dec 12 with neatness.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Its a lady

@xstitcher (32783)

• 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 (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

I have heard about those days

@jstory07 (140291)

• 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 (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Hope that you can make it to the land of OBAMA some day

@JudyEv (342448)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 18

It's nice to have some idea of when other countries have their holidays.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Thats true

@snowy22315 (182646)

• 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.

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@snowy22315 (182646)

• United States

29 Dec 18

@aureliah Easter is always celebrated on Sunday here..but the date varies.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

29 Dec 18

Mmm okay but for Christian holidays I believe they are the same.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

31 Dec 18

@snowy22315 ooh ok. It means a long weekend for us

@LadyDuck (472213)

• Switzerland

5 Nov 18

We have some holidays in common. Our National holiday is the 1st of August.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Thats nice to know

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@DianneN (247184)

• 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 (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Thanks

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@just4him (317385)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Nov 18

You have a lot of holidays.

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@just4him (317385)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

24 Nov 18

@aureliah That's a long stretch to go without a holiday.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

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@aureliah (24326)

• 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 (66854)

• 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 (24326)

• 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

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@ShifaLk (17817)

• India

8 Dec 18

@aureliah oh yeah

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

Plenty of them. Dec gives us 3 of them

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@porwest (92756)

• 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.

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@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

5 Jan 19

@porwest Will have to rethink my business venture in the US

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@aureliah (24326)

• 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 (92756)

• 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.

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@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 (24326)

• Kenya

19 Nov 18

Thanks I had a good one

@GardenGerty (161080)

• United States

26 Nov 18

I see that we have some the same, and some are unique to your country.

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

I guess each country has its unique holidays such as the Independence days

@Letranknight2015 (52133)

• 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 (24326)

• Kenya

29 Dec 18

Oooh you reminded me. We also have Ramadan