Global Holidays, Celebrations, & Awareness Days for International Teams

Welcome! Use this list to familiarize yourself with the wide variety of celebrations that take place across the year. While not an exhaustive list, the following is a compilation of global holidays, awareness days, and celebrations that your global friends, family, or colleagues might be honoring. As you educate yourself and learn more about other cultures’ holidays and celebrations that may be new to you, be sure to do so respectfully.

Labor Day

(USA) Resources: Why we celebrate Labor Day: Some trivia to share at the holiday picnic

Independence Day

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) Resources: Central American Independence Day Celebrations: September 15th