Belgian National Day is the most important holiday in the country. Since 1890 it has been celebrated annually on July 21 to honour this significant date.
This day in 1831 after elections the royal throne was occupied by Leopold I. The new king swore allegiance to the new Belgian Constitution before the Belgian Parliament. In November 1830 there were elections to the National Congress. The Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence of Belgium and the Constitution. In February 1831 Belgium was declared a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament.
Currently holidays and celebrations dedicated the National Day are held across the country. The Belgians honour much this memorable date. Most large-scale festivals, of course, take place in Brussels, among which the most striking is a grand military parade (Grand Place), which takes place at the Palace Square after traditional solemn appeal of the king of Belgium to the people. In his speech, the monarch congratulates the citizens and encourages them to unite to preserve the integrity and greatness of the state. After the parade, crowds of the Belgians and tourists fill the streets of the capital featured with music performances, dance and theater shows. Also this day many public museums and historical sites open for free, among them are the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the Royal Museum of Art and History, and even Royal Palace and the Belgian Parliament. Traditionally the holiday it topped with a grand firework display.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
The authorities of Belgian Flanders are planning to build an artificial island in the waters of North Sea. The directorate of the region was forced to come to such measures because of the threatening of waterflooding of resort zone.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On the 14-th of August Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan. Firstly this national holiday happened in 1947, it was established in honour of anniversary of independence announcement in Pakistan.
The most important holiday in Peru is its Independence Day, it is celebrated on 28th July to commemorate the anniversary of Peru's independence from Spanish rule in the year 1821.
Every year on the fourth Sunday of July Peru celebrates the Day of Pisco Sour cocktail - a holiday of the country's most popular cocktail, prepared on the basis of grape vodka pisco enjoyed by the Peruvians since the 16th century.
On July 14 France celebrates the French National Day which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille fortress.
On June 9 the International Friendship Day is observed. This is not an official holiday and it was introduced quite recently. However, it has a very noble goal to remind people how much their beloved ones mean for them, and to give a chance to spend an evening with them.
