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Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead

Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances:
End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan)

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Awa Dance Festival

The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances:
Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)

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Flooding of the Nile

The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)

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National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)

National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)

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Public holidays in Liechtenstein

National Day (Liechtenstein)

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Public holidays in Paraguay

Founding of AsunciΓ³n (Paraguay)

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Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea

Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)

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August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Santa Muerte

Christian feast day:
Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)

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San La Muerte

Christian feast day:
San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)

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Virgin of Candelaria

Christian feast day:
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)

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Navy Day

Christian feast day:
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
Navy Day (Romania)

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National Acadian Day

Christian feast day:
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
National Acadian Day (Acadians)

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Mother's Day

Christian feast day:
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)