Do other countries/areas of the world have entire months dedicated to some specific thing, such as Pride month, AAPI month, Black History month, etc. Part of me thinks this is a U.S.-specific phenomenon, but I’m curious about the rest of the world.

  • @Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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    83 days ago

    In Costa Rica elections are a whole thing, like everyone’s out with flags on cars and megaphones yelling about one of the 20+ political parties.

    Also Semana Santa is a week long Catholic holiday.

  • @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    53 days ago

    We def have pride “month” in Australia.

    However, most cities have pride festivals at other times of year like my city had a bunch of events over 2 weeks in Febreuary.

    IDK why it’s a whole month? You’re right it’s unusual. We celebrate different sports for different periods of time. IDK if that counts.

    People refer to “Christmas time” or “over christmas” as a vague period of several weeks. “We’re going to visit mum and dad over christmas” implies a week or more.