Cultural and Spiritual Celebrations

In order to support cross cultural understanding in our community, the City of Prince Albert, through partners with the Municipal Cultural Action Plan, would like to celebrate and promote the different cultural and spiritual celebrations that are important to the people in Prince Albert.

We would like to invite you to share information, images, and experiences related to these celebrations. We will then use our digital platforms to recognize and share these stories in a meaningful way that helps to educate the broader community on the cultural groups present in our community.

Please submit your Story + Images

Currently, we are only accepting Story submissions for the following days:

Date:	Celebration:	Description:
January 7	Orthodox Christmas	Christmas in Ukraine is celebrated on January 7th because they recognize the Julian calendar. They celebrate by preparing ‘Sviata Vechera’ (Holy Supper) on Christmas Eve. The meal has 12 meatless dishes symbolic of the 12 apostles and traditionally began after the first star appeared in the evening. .
January 25	Robert Burns Days	A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, known as Burns Night.
February 12	Chinese New Year	Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is the most important celebration observed in China, with cultural and historical significance. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival signals the beginning of spring and the start of a new year.
March 8	Holi Festival	Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the Festival of Spring, the Festival of Colours or the Festival of Love. The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha Krishna.
March	Tintamarre	Tintamarre is a parade celebrating fransaskois culture and is typically held in March in Prince Albert.
March 17	St Patrick's Day	17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
April 15	Good Friday & Easter Monday	Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death on the cross at Calvary. Resurrection Sunday (also known as Easter) is a Christian holiday commemorating that Jesus rose from the dead.
April 2 - May 1	Ramadan	Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture. Muslims observe the month of Ramadan, to mark that Allah, or God, gave the first chapters of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad
June 12	Philippines Independence Day	Philippines Independence Day also known in Filipino as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom", is an annual national holiday in the Philippines observed on June 12, commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898.
June 21	National Indigenous Peoples Day	This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
June 24	St. Jean-Baptiste Day	This holiday is celebrated on June 24 by French Canadians. It was brought to Canada by French settlers celebrating the traditional feast day of the Nativity of St. John Baptist. It is an annual celebration of Fransaskois culture.
July 1	Canada Day	This day celebrates the anniversary of Canadian confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the Constitution Act, 1867 where the three separate colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada.
July 21-24	Batoche Days	Back to Batoche Days were first celebrated in 1970 and have been held annually ever since. The festival celebrates Métis culture and history with a rodeo, sports tournaments, fiddling, and dancing demonstrations.
September 15-16	Yom Kippur (holiest day)	Yom Kippur (September 16, 2021), the day of atonement, is the culmination of the High Holidays. It is the day in which God's love for His people is strongest. We fast, pray, and repent our past mistakes, and God lovingly reaccepts us as His special nation. Yom Kippur marks the end of the period of judgment begun on Rosh Hashanah, our final chance to return wholeheartedly to God and receive His forgiveness.
September 16	Mexican Independence Day	This fiesta-friendly holiday celebrates Mexico’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1810, and it’s filled with national pride, colorful parades, mariachi concerts, and food, food, and more Sabrosa food. People of Mexican heritage all over the world commemorate this important event in their country’s history when a brave priest in the village of Dolores rang his church bell and delivered a powerful speech that set the War of Independence from Spain in motion. Even the President of Mexico participates by ringing that same bell — now over 200 years old — live on TV the night before the big celebration.
November 4	Diwali Festival	Diwali, also known as festival of lights is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the world. The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, meaning “rows of lighted lamps”. The festival symbolizes spiritual “victory of light over darkness”, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.”
November 28-December 6	Chanukah (Hanukkah)	Hanukkah is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. It is also known as the Festival of Lights.
December 21	Yule Winter Solstice	The Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice (also known as Yule) is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world. Ancient people were hunters and spent most of their time outdoors.
December 25	Christmas	Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus, the son of God.
December 26	Kwanzaa begins	Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture that is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually held on the 6th day.

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