April 1, April Fool’s Day; Festival of Kali (Hindu)
April 2, International Children’s Book Day
April 3, Birthday of the Buddha
April 4, Megalesia in Rome (from 204 BCE), celebrating the mother goddess, Cybele
April 5, Tomb-Sweeping Day in Taiwan, or Quin Ming Jie
April 6, First recorded solar eclipse in history, 684 BCE
April 7, World Health Day
April 8, Hana Matsurei, Flower Festival (Japan)
April 9, Feast of Glory for Baha’i faith
April 10, Anniversary of the first Arbor Day, 1872. Plant a tree!
April 11, Anniversary of when Haley’s Comet was closest to Earth
April 12, Roman festival of Cerealia begins, honoring the grain goddess, Ceres
April 13, International Librarian’s Day
April 14, Songkran Day, Thai New Year
April 15, Fordicia in honor of the Roman goddess Tellus
April 16, Anniversary of Gandhi’s “Prayer and Fasting Day,” 1919
April 17, Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, deposing Communism
April 18, Friendship day in Brazil
April 19, Saint Dunstan’s Day, Joan of Arc is declared a saint in 1909
April 20, Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, circa 571 BCE
April 21, International Creativity Day
April 22, Earth Day
April 23, World Book Day
April 24, Astronomy Day
April 25, Festival of Robigalia, for the Roman goddess Robigus who protected crops from mildew
April 26, Birthday of Leonardo de Vinci (1452), painter
April 27, Freedom Day in South Africa
April 28, Floralia, the festival celebrating Flora, the Roman flower goddess
April 29, Greenery Day in Japan
April 30, Walpurgisnacht in Germany, May Eve
In April, many cultures honor the continuing growth seen in nature with such festivals as the Christian Easter, which celebrates the resurrection of the crucified Christ. This theme of resurrection is found in the mythology of many cultures, including Celtic mythology. In the spring, the Green Man, an avatar of the forests and fields, rises from his autumnal grave to stand tall once more.
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