Diaspora Holiday Calendar
Every major observance of Aurora’s communities on one page — Timkat to Tet, Dashain to Día de la Virgen, with dates and context.
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Las Posadas
Dec 16–24
Mexico / Latino
The year ahead
Las Posadas
Nine-night procession season leading to Christmas
Dec 16–24
Mexico / Latino
Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Major feast day; dawn mañanitas at parishes
Dec 12
Mexico
Genna — Ethiopian Christmas
Tahsas 29 — midnight liturgy at Orthodox churches
Jan 7
Ethiopia / Eritrea
Orthodox Christmas (Julian)
Julian-calendar Christmas observed by Slavic churches
Jan 7
Russia / Ukraine
Timkat — Ethiopian Epiphany
Tir 11 — baptismal processions; biggest Ethiopian feast
Jan 19
Ethiopia
Lunar New Year / Tet
Tet and Seollal both fall on the same lunar date in 2027
Feb 6
Vietnam / Korea / China
Ramadan beginsAPPROX
1448 AH — confirmed by moon sighting; iftar at maghrib
≈ Feb 17
Somalia / Sudan / Arab world
Nowruz
Persian New Year at the spring equinox
Mar 20
Afghanistan / Persian
Eid al-FitrAPPROX
End of Ramadan — Shawwal 1, 1448 AH
≈ Mar 19–20
Somalia / Sudan / Arab world
Fasika — Ethiopian/Orthodox EasterAPPROX
Follows the Orthodox computus, not the Western date
May 2
Ethiopia / Eritrea / Orthodox
Cinco de Mayo
Puebla commemoration — cultural festival in the US
May 5
Mexico / Latino
Eid al-AdhaAPPROX
Dhul Hijjah 10, 1448 AH — feast of sacrifice
≈ May 16–17
Somalia / Sudan / Arab world
Somali Independence Day
Marks 1960 independence and unification
Jul 1
Somalia
Gwangbokjeol — Liberation Day
Korean liberation, both North and South
Aug 15
Korea
Enkutatash — Ethiopian New Year
Meskerem 1, 2020 EE — flowers season (adey abeba)
Sep 11
Ethiopia / Eritrea
ChuseokAPPROX
Korean harvest thanksgiving — biggest family holiday
Sep 15
Korea
Meskel — Finding of the True Cross
Meskerem 17 — demera bonfires at Orthodox churches
Sep 27
Ethiopia / Eritrea
DashainAPPROX
Nepal’s biggest festival — 15 days, tika blessings
≈ mid-Oct
Nepal
Diwali / DeepavaliAPPROX
Festival of lights — lunar date confirmed closer
≈ late Oct
India / Nepal
TiharAPPROX
Nepal’s own festival of lights, follows Diwali
≈ early Nov
Nepal
Fixed dates are exact; dates marked “approx” follow lunar or church calendars and are confirmed by the community closer to the day. Ethiopian dates are computed by our own verified converter.