November 1, All Saints Day
November 2, All Souls Day, Dia de los Muertos
November 3, St. Hubert’s Day, celebrated with a hunter’s Mass
November 4, Mischief Night in England with bonfires and firecrackers, a “festival of chaos”
November 5, Guy Fawkes Day in England since 1605, also known as Bonfire Night
November 6, Leonhardi-ritt in Bavaria, for St. Leonard, patron saint of cattle
November 7, Mayan ghost banquet
November 8, Fuigo Matsuri, festival honoring Hettsui no Kami, Japanese goddess of the kitchen hearth
November 9, Dia de Camana (Peru)
November 10, Martin Luther’s birthday (1483)
November 11, Remembrance Day, Armistice Day
November 12, Tesuque Feast Day for Pueblo Indians
November 13, Roman festival of Jupiter
November 14, South America’s Little Carnival before Advent
November 15, Recycling Day (United States)
November 16, Festival of Bast (Ancient Egypt)
November 17, The Leonid meteor shower is visible on this day
November 18, Saint Plato’s Day
November 19, Pilgrimage Day for Islam
November 20, Ebisu-ko, Japanese ceremony to the prophet god
November 21, Presentation of the Virgin Mary
November 22, St. Cecelia’s Day, patron saint of musicians
November 23, St. Clement’s Day, saint of blacksmiths
November 24, Feast of Burning Lamps for Isis and Osiris (Ancient Egypt)
November 25, Mange Yam, harvest festival (Haiti)
November 26, Thanksgiving if a Thursday and St. Peter of Alexandria Day
November 27, St. Maximus’ Day in Provence
November 28, Baha’i Ascension of Abdul-Baha in 1892
November 29, St. Andrew’s Eve, a night of fortune-telling in Europe
November 30, Saint Andrew’s Day
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