Rabbit rabbit, or White Rabbit...sayings that imply good luck for the new beginning...another Celtic-based practice that several of my friends have reintroduced into modern life at the beginning of each month.
The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis[1] but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire, "to open", in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ἁνοιξις (anoixis) (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite (Aphros), or from the Etruscan name Apru.
The Anglo-Saxons called April Oster-monath or Eostur-monath. The Venerable Bede says in The Reckoning of Time that this month Eostur is the root of the word Easter. He further states that the month was named after a goddess Eostre whose feast was in that month
- Rape Awareness Month
- Jazz Appreciation Month (United States)
- National Poetry Month (United States)
- National Poetry Writing Month
- Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month (International)
- Confederate History Month (southern United States)-April 26
- National Arab American Heritage Month (United States)
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month (United States)
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month (United States)
- Financial Literacy Month (United States)
Movable observances
- Opening Day – first Sunday in April
- Good Friday (Christians) – a Friday between March 20 and April 23, being the last Friday before Easter
- Easter, or Resurrection Day (Christians) - celebrated the First Sunday after the first full moon on or after the Spring Equinox, near March 21st (between March 22 and April 25)
- International Trombone Week - varies. In 2012, it is April 1–15[5]
- Boston Marathon – Third Monday
- London Marathon – usually fourth Sunday
- Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day, usually fourth Thursday (United States)
- Arbor Day – last Friday of April in some states in the United States
- Record Store Day – usually celebrated on the third Saturday
Fixed observances
- April Fools' Day – April 1
- Belarusian Day – April 3
- Japanese school calendar also starts from April 1, although Nyugakushiki (entry ceremony for schools) are usually held later, around second week of April.
- Arbor Day (Korea) – April 5
- End of Tax Year (UK) – April 5
- April 1 is the first day of Japanese fiscal year. Major Japanese companies usually have Nyushashiki (entry ceremony for companies) for new employees those who newly hired after their graduation from schools, on this day.
- Passover (Hebrew:פסח) a Jewish holiday
- World Health Day – April 7
- Buddha's Birthday – Traditional Date – April 8
- Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as "Bataan Day" (Philippines) – April 9
- Thai New Year in Thailand – April 13
- Tax Day (US) – April 15
- National Healthcare Decisions Day (US) - April 16[6]
- Patriots' Day – April 21
- Earth Day – April 22
- Conch Republic Independence Celebration (Key West, Florida) – April 23
- St George's Day Patron Saint Celebration (England, Europe) – April 23
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day – April 24
- Liberation Day in Italy - April 25 is a National Holiday that celebrates the end of the Nazi Germany occupation in the Northern Italy.
- ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand) – April 25
- Carnation Revolution (Portugal) – April 25
- Confederate Memorial Day (US: Georgia, Tennessee,Florida, Texas)- April 26
- Resistance day in Slovenia - formerly Liberation Front of the Slovene People day April 27
- Freedom Day (South Africa) – April 27
April symbols
- April's birthstone is the diamond.
- The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea.[8][9]
- The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
that's a great budha statue
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