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    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 12 12:00:11 2025
    11 January is Independence Manifesto Day in Morocco.

    In 1944! Who knew?
    They didn't actually _get_ independence for another 12 years, though.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Independence_of_Morocco

    13 January is Coming of Age Day in Japan.
    That's the second Monday in January.
    I'd never heard of this one; I knew the Japanese had a Girls' Day, Boys'
    Day, and Shichi-Go-San (7-5-3) Day, but this one celebrates people who
    have reached legal adulthood (now 18) during the past year. Apparently
    the present holiday dates to the immediate post-WWII period.
    (Wiki puts it in along with a whole lot of stuff about _individual_ coming-of-age customs in Japan.)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_Day

    14 January is Yennayer (Amazigh* New Year) in Morocco

    Berber New Year! Our first Alternative New Year.
    (Berber yan + ayyur 'first month')

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yennayer

    This says it's really on the 12th (and it's celebrated on that day in
    Algeria), but my source had it on the 14th in Morocco.

    *See
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Berber_people

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Ross Clark on Sun Jan 12 05:53:11 2025
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    On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 23:00:11 +0000, Ross Clark wrote:

    11 January is Independence Manifesto Day in Morocco.

    In 1944! Who knew?
    They didn't actually _get_ independence for another 12 years, though.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Independence_of_Morocco

    13 January is Coming of Age Day in Japan.
    That's the second Monday in January.
    I'd never heard of this one; I knew the Japanese had a Girls' Day, Boys'
    Day, and Shichi-Go-San (7-5-3) Day, but this one celebrates people who
    have reached legal adulthood (now 18) during the past year. Apparently
    the present holiday dates to the immediate post-WWII period.
    (Wiki puts it in along with a whole lot of stuff about _individual_ coming-of-age customs in Japan.)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_Day

    14 January is Yennayer (Amazigh* New Year) in Morocco

    Berber New Year! Our first Alternative New Year.
    (Berber yan + ayyur 'first month')

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yennayer

    This says it's really on the 12th (and it's celebrated on that day in Algeria), but my source had it on the 14th in Morocco.

    *See
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Berber_people






    13 January is Coming of Age Day in Japan.

    it used to be Jan 15


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