At Origin India we celebrate many different cultural holidays due to our wonderfully diverse backgrounds. Each holiday celebration is very unique, check back often to see what promotions, specials or events we will be holding.
2008 HOLIDAYS WE CELEBRATE
Christmas - Whole month of December
New Year’s Eve - December 31st
2009 HOLIDAYS WE CELEBRATE
Valentine’s Day - February 14th
Is a holiday celebrated in America and Europe. The holiday is named after two among the
numerous early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic
love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
Easter Sunday - April 12
Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead two days after his crucifixion, and celebrate
this resurrection on Easter Sunday, two days after Good Friday. The year of this resurrection is variously
estimated between the years 26 and 36 AD.
Mothers Day - May 10th
One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient
Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the
Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.
In addition to Mother's Day, International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries, most often on March 8th.
Father’s Day - June 21st
Is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide. In 2008, it was celebrated on June 15 in many countries.
It’s believed to have originated in Spokane, Washington.
American Independence Day - July 4
Commonly known as the Fourth of July, it is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the
Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day.
Ramadān- Whole month of August
A Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims do not eat or drink anything from true dawn until sunset. Fasting is meant to teach the person patience, sacrifice and humility.
Labor Day - September 7th
Is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in
1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create "a day off for the working citizens".
Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1894, two months after the May Day Riots of 1894. All fifty states have made Labor Day a state holiday.
Diwali - October 17th
Is a major Hindu holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs across the
globe as the "Festival of Lights," where people light deyas, small clay pots filled with coconut oil, to signify
victory of good over the evil within an individual.
Halloween - October 31st
Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America during Ireland's potato famine of 1846.
Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in
several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico,
Japan, the United Kingdom, and at times in parts of Australia and New Zealand.
Veterans Day - November 11th
Both a federal and state holiday in America honoring military veterans. It is the anniversary of the signing
of the Armistice that ended World War I, which were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the
11th month of 1918.
Thanksgiving - November 26th
A traditional North American holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. The date and whereabouts of the
first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention, though the earliest attested Thanksgiving
celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Despite scholarly research
to the contrary, the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth
Plantation, in 1621.
Christmas - Whole month of December
Also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25
that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His birth, which is the basis for the Anno Domini
system of dating, has been determined by modern historians as having occurred between 7 and 2 BC.
The date of celebration is not thought to be Jesus' actual date of birth, and may have been chosen to
coincide with ancient Roman solar festivals that were held on December 25.