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Events Calendar
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| May, 2008
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Labour Day
A Labour Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.
The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the Eight Hour Day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. On 21 April 1856 Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne, Australia, stopped work and marched from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight hour day. Their direct action protest was a success, and they are noted as the first organized workers in the world to achieve an eight hour day with no loss of pay, which subsequently inspired the celebration of Labour Day and May Day. (from wikipedia.org)
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St. Lucia Jazz
The St. Lucia Jazz Festival has become one of the major and most anticipated events on St. Lucia and the Caribbean's calendar of events. During the month of May, the island dances when music fills the air and tourism takes on a whole new meaning to all. What started as simply a marketing event to boost the tourism industry arrivals during a low period, has transformed into one of the premiere jazz musical treats of the world and indeed a truly St. Lucian Festival.
Contact: St Lucia Tourist Board P.O. Box 221, Sureline Building Vide Bouteille Castries Saint Lucia Tel. 758 452 4094 Fax. 758 453 1121 www.stluciajazz.org
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Whit Monday
Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar, being dependent upon the date of Easter
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Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) is a Christian feast in honour of the Holy Eucharist. It was originally assigned to the Thursday following Trinity Sunday, thereby mirroring Holy Thursday, the Thursday of Holy Week, the day on which Christians commemorate the The Last Supper of Jesus Christ and his apostles, seen as the first Holy Eucharist.
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