Mountain Day
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Mountain Day refers to three different and unrelated events: (1) Mountain Day, a student celebration in some colleges in the United States in which classes are cancelled without prior notice, and the student body heads to the mountains or a park, (2) International Mountain Day, held each year on 11 December, which was established by the UN General Assembly in 2003 to encourage sustainable development in mountains, and (3) Mountain Day, a national holiday in Japan as of 2016.
United States
Mountain Day dates back to at least 1838, when the students of
Hollins University has a similar tradition called Tinker Day on which people don costumes and hike Tinker Mountain.[7]
International (UN)
International Mountain Day is observed every year with a different theme relevant to sustainable mountain development. FAO is the U.N. organization mandated to lead observance of International Mountain Day.
The theme for International Mountain Day 2010 was "Mountain minorities and indigenous peoples." It aims to raise awareness about indigenous peoples and minorities who live in mountain environments and the relevance of their cultural heritage, traditions and customs.[9]
On International Mountain Day 2018, Josué Lorca, president of Venezuela’s National Parks Institute, traveled to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Mérida, to announce measures intended to lengthen the life of Venezuela's last remaining glacier.[10]
Japan
In May 2014, it was announced that Mountain Day will be celebrated as a public holiday every August 11, beginning in 2016. Supporters of the holiday included legislator
As special arrangement for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2020 date for Mountain Day was moved to August 10. With the Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government left this change in place for 2020 and passed an amendment to the Olympic and Paralympic Special Measures Act to make a corresponding change to the holiday in 2021, moving it to August 9.[14][15]
Other
In connection with the UN's International Mountain Day, Armenia has dedicated 9 October as "Day of the Mountains."[16]
See also
- Outfly, Wartburg Collegefall holiday
- Leaf peeping
References
- ^ "Heading for the Hills on Mountain Day: It's Been a Mount Holyoke Tradition Since 1838". mtholyoke.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
- ^ Mountain Day Builds on a History of Changing Customs
- ^ "Mountain Day". Juniata College - Campus Life - Campus Traditions. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- ^ "Williams College Mountain Day" Williams College. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
- ^ "Colby Academy Voice".
- ^ Mountain Day
- ^ Traditions
- ^ International Mountain Day, 11 December
- ^ International Mountain Day 2010
- ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ "Mountain Day created as newest official public holiday". The Japan Times. 2017-03-27.
- ^ "Mountain Day becomes Japan's newest public holiday". BBC News. 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Japan's National Holidays in 2021". nippon.com. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "五輪祝日、来年も移動 特措法改正へ―政府・与党" (in Japanese). 時事通信社. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Լեռնագնացությունը Հայաստանում / Ալպինիզմ - ArmGeo".
External links
- International Mountain Day, 11 December, official UN page
- International Mountain Day 2010