Similar+Holidays

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 * These holidays are similar to Cinco de Mayo due to the fact that they are celebrated by peoples of each individual culture.
 * **Fourth of July**
 * 1) **Is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.**
 * 2) **The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies.**
 * 3) **Regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire.**
 * 4) **Is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals,fairs, pinics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States.**
 * **Chinese new year**
 * 1) **also known as the "Spring Festival" in modern China, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.**
 * 2) **Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month.**
 * 3) **The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between 21 Jan and 20 Feb. In 2017, the first day of the Chinese New Year was on Saturday, 28 January, initiating the year of the Rooster.**
 * 4) **Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner.**
 * 5) **It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly clean the house, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for incoming good luck.**
 * 6) **Windows and doors are decorated with red color paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity". Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.**
 * **Day of the dead**
 * 1) **Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places, especially the United States.**
 * 2) **The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.**
 * 3) **The holiday is sometimes called Día de los Muertos in Anglophone countries, a back- translation of its original name, Día de Muertos.**
 * 4) **It is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a public . Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took place at the beginning of summer.**
 * 5) **Gradually, it was associated with October 31, November 1 and November 2 to coincide with the Western Christian triduum of Allhallowtide: All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day and All Souls'** **Day.**

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