各国五一劳动节习俗 要英语的

各国五一劳动节习俗 要英语的

China
Celebrated on May 1, Labour Day in China is a major holiday carrying comparable significance as the National Day, which occurs on October 1, and the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month.

In 1999, the Labour Day holiday was extended from 1 day to 3 days. The Chinese government made it a 7 day holiday by moving the prior and upcoming weekends together with these 3 days. The Labour Day holiday was one of the three Golden Weeks in China, allowing millions of Chinese people to travel during this period.

France
May 1 is declared a holiday in France. The French also celebrate Le jour du muguet. Workers and students sell lily of the valley (French: Muguet) on the streets and from door-to-door to collect funds for unions and associations.

[edit] Germany
In Germany, Labour Day was established as an official holiday in 1933 after the Nazi Party rose to power. It was supposed to symbolise the new-found unity between the state and the German people. However, just one day later on May 2, 1933, all free unions were outlawed and destroyed. But since the holiday had been celebrated by German workers for many decades before the official state endorsement, the Nazi attempt to appropriate it left no long-term resentment.

[edit] Greece
In Greece, May 1 is a state holiday. Left-wing parties invariably refer to it as a "strike" instead, organizing commemorative marches throughout the country.

[edit] Guatemala
1 May (Día del Trabajo) is a public holiday in Guatemala. Celebrations mainly in Guatemala City with a parade held by General Workers Union and left wing parties.

[edit] India
India started observing Labour week beginning on May 1, 1927. However, Labour day in India is a national holiday.If any company open in this date then it treated as illegal and if any company pened then police can take action against it (Penalty upto 50,000 Rs).List of 2010 national holidays in India]. In Maharashtra and Gujarat (States in India), Labour week also coincides with 'Maharashtra Divas' and 'Gujarat Divas' (respectively, Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day) because the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created on the same week in 1960.

[edit] Iran
Prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Labour Day in Imperial Iran was a holiday on the same day as Canada and the United States.

In the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present), Labour Day (May 1) is a holiday according to Article 63 of the Iranian labour law and it is officially celebrated to acknowledge the workers contribution to economy as an important group of society by ceremonial events.

[edit] Ireland
In Ireland, Labour Day falls on May Day, the first Monday in May, which is a public holiday.

[edit] Israel
In Israel May 1 is not officially celebrated, but each year the socialist and Marxist youth movements arrange a parade in Tel Aviv. and the Communist Party of Israel organize Procession

May 1 in Nazareth
The main procession of Maki and Hadash

[edit] Italy
In Italy, May 1 is a national holiday and demonstrations by trade unions are widespread. Since the 1990s, the unions have organised a massive free concert in Rome, with attendances topping a million people.

[edit] Jamaica
Before 1961, May 24 was celebrated in Jamaica as Empire Day in honour of the birthday of Queen Victoria and her emancipation of slaves in Jamaica.[3] As its name suggests, the day was used to celebrate the British Empire and England, complete with flag-raising ceremonies and the singing of patriotic songs.

In 1961, Jamaican Chief Minister Norman Washington Manley proposed the replacement of Empire Day with Labour Day, a celebration in commemoration of May 23, 1938, when Alexander Bustamante led a labour rebellion leading to Jamaican independence.

Until May 23, 1971, Labour Day was primarily a trade unions celebration with public rallies and marches.[3] On occasion, opposing trade unions clashed on this day, so in 1972, Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley promoted Labour Day as a showcase for the importance of labour to the development of Jamaica, and a day of voluntary community participation to beneficial projects.[3] Since then, Labour Day has not only been a public holiday, but also a day of mass community involvement around the country.

[edit] Malta
1 May (L-Ewwel ta' Mejju or Jum il-Ħaddiem) is a public holiday in Malta. Celebrations mainly in Valletta held by General Workers Union and Malta Labour Party. From 2010, the Labour Day's celebrations are going to be held in Fgura and Paola, Malta, because the new project of Valletta.

[edit] Mexico
In Mexico, Labour Day, El Día del Trabajo, is a public, federal holiday held on May 1.

Pakistan
In Pakistan, May 1 is celebrated as Labour Day and is a public holiday.

[edit] Syria
In Syria, May 1 is a public holiday to appreciate the important rule of labourers in the society

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago
In Trinidad and Tobago, Labour Day is celebrated every June 19. This holiday was proposed in 1973[7] to be commemorated on the anniversary of the 1937 Butler labour riots.

[edit] Turkey
In Turkey, May 1 is celebrated as Labour and Solidarity Day, valid from 2009 and its public holiday.

[edit] United States
Main article: Labor Day
Labour Day is a United States federal holiday that falls on the first Monday of September.[8] It is customarily viewed as the end of the summer, especially of the vacation season;[9] many schools open for the year in the week after Labour Day.[10] The United States also adopted the tradition of not wearing white after Labour Day from Canada.

国际示威游行日”(International Labor Day或者May Day)

You sick mind

we like working.
我们爱劳动
Celebrate the Labor's Day and welcome the red May
庆祝劳动节 迎接红五月

出了国才知道，那个不是国际劳动节！不是国际的，国外只有劳工节，而且不是五一。所以没有什么习俗，就算中国，也没有习俗啊，吃粽子？？