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Bastille Day in 10 days. Bastille Day is a National holiday in France. It is very much like Independence Day in the United States because it is a celebration of the beginning of a new style of government. It celebrate the day the Bastille was stormed and was the beginning of the end for the old Monarchy to be replaced with a government system which was run by and for the people.
1st Day of Ramadan in 45 days. This ninth month of the Muslim year is spent in fasting between dawn and sunset. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam the others being: Confession of Faith, Payer, Almsgiving and Pilgrimage to Makkah, Fasting is seen as an opportunity to deepen a sense of devotion, to acknowledge the blessings of life and to show thanks and gratitude to Allah. The event begins when authorities in Saudi Arabia sight the new moon of the 9th month. It is the holiest period of the Islamic year. There is strict fasting from sunrise to sunset.
Talk like a Pirate Day in 77 days. Aahh me harties, be a special day in any sea fayers diary. Spend the day talking like your shipmates. The day after this is good as it happens to be international throat lozenge day!!
Yom Kippur in 86 days. Jewish Festival; Day of Atonement. A day to remember the past year's sins and to seek forgiveness. It is kept with prayers and fasting from the previous evening until nightfall.