Boun Ok Pansa marks the end of Buddhist Lent. It is at the end of the rainy season during the month of October
Hispanic Heritage Month
AIDS Awareness Month
October 4-Nov 3 ... Ramadan (Islam) ... the holiest period in the Islamic year and is held during the entire ninth lunar month. Commemorating when the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is a time during which almost all Muslims over the age of 12 are expected to fast from sunup to sundown.
October 4-5 ... Ros Hashanah (Jewish) ...
October 4-12 ... Navaratri (Hindu) ...
October 8 ... Sinchas Torah (Jewish) is a day of rejoicing in the Torah, the book of God's law. on this day, the last chapters of the Torah are read, completing the year's reading.And on this day, the first chapters are also read, beginning the cycle again
October 11 ... National Coming Out Day (United States)
October 12 ... National Indigenous People's Day In 1992, drums from across the USA coordinated ceremonies and observances at noon to celebrate and honor 500 years of resistance and the survival of North American Indigenous people.Since then, Native Americans observe Oct. 12 as indigenous People's day - not Columbus day.
October 12 ... Dia de la Raza (Day of the People) ... commemorates the struggle for justice by Native/Latino/Hispanic peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Celebrated as a holiday in Spain, Latin America and Hispanic regions and territories of the United States to commemorate the encounter of the New World in 1492 by Christopher Columbus
October 12 ... Columbus Day (United States) ... commemorates Christopher Columbus' landing in the "New World"
October 13 ... Yom Kippur (Jewish) ... the Day of Atonement is the most solemn day of the year. It is a day of fasting and prayers for forgiveness
October 14 ... Peace Corps birthday
October 16 ... World Food Day
October 18 - 23... Diwali Diwali (Hinduism) "Festival of Lights" - is the prettiest festival celebrated in India. A five-day festival of lights to celebrate Rama and Sita's homecoming in the Ramayana. It signifies the victory of good over evil. The festival is the time for family reunions. Women make all kinds of sweets. Children enjoy themselves with fireworks. It is custom to have a bath at dawn, wear new clothes, the lighting of oil lamps and bursting of firecrackers
October 18-24... Sukkot or the Feast of Booths (Jewish) ... an eight day "harvest" festival and a time of Thanksgiving when many Jews build little huts in their backyards where they eat meals in commemoration of the huts Jews built in the wilderness during their 40 year journey in the wilderness after leaving Eqypt
October 20 ... Birth of the Bab (the Gate of God, Bahai) ... celebrates the forerunner of Baha'u'llah. School & work are suspended.
October 20 ... Martyrdom of Guru Har Rai (Sikh) ...
October 24 ... United Nations Day
October... 3rd Sunday o fthe month - Daylight Saving Time ends
October 31 ... Halloween (United States) ... The evening before All Saints or All-Hallows Day, informally observed with masquerading, pumpkin carving and 'trick-or-treating"
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