This holiday was proclaimed in 2006 by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.
First this banner was named the official symbol of Armenia during a short period of independence from 1918 to1921. Independent Armenian state chose for its national flag colours of final period of the Rubenids Dynasty (Cilician Kingdom) - red, blue and yellow. However, the yellow was immediately replaced by orange, since the combination of red, blue and orange was believed to be more pleasant for visual perception.
Today the national flag of Armenia is a rectangular cloth and consists of three horizontal bands of equal width, red on the top, blue in the middle, and orange on the bottom. The most popular interpretation of the values of these colours says that red is to symbolize the blood shed by Armenians during the defence of their country, blue symbolizes the Armenian nature, and orange stands for the national courage and hard work.
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.
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.
