January 13 is National Korean American Day. The first Korean immigrants arrived in the U.S. on January 13, 1903, landing in Honolulu, Hawaii. Linguists cannot find similarities between Korean and any other language on the planet, though it borrows many Chinese words. There were about 1 million Korean immigrants in the U.S. in 2015.
Indian Republic Day falls on January 26 every year. Republic Day is one of three Indian national holidays commemorating the enactment of the constitution of India, which occurred on January 26, 1950. India achieved independence from Britain on August 15, 1947 (celebrated as a separate national holiday). Still, for its first three years, the country […]
Lunar New Year, Chinese Chunjie, Vietnamese Tet, Korean Solnal, and Tibetan Losar, also called Spring Festival, the festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, 15 days later. The lunar calendar is based […]