What activities are there in different countries on May Day?
May Day is an international holiday, but the celebrations in different countries are not exactly the same. May 1st of the Gregorian calendar every year is Labor Day. Is Labor Day a good day? The May Day special feature of the Fortune Teller website analyzes whether May Day will be good or bad from the aspects of the God of Joy, the God of Wealth, the auspiciousness of the time and so on!EuropeEurope is still celebrating May Day with demonstrations. In Britain and Germany, authorities are worried that anarchists may cause trouble during the demonstrations. In Berlin, Germany, police and anarchists clashed in the middle of the night and several people were arrested. However, thousands of union activists marched peacefully through the city. In France and Austria, opponents of pension reform also took to the streets to protest. It was clearly visible from the news footage of Turkish national television that the police beat the demonstrators with batons and pulled one of them away by his hair.Italy : No celebration, no holiday. European countries such as the United Kingdom and France have designated May 1 as Labor Day. Many countries have a one-day holiday, while other countries set the public holiday on the first Monday of May depending on the situation. However, unlike most countries in the world, although Italy recognizes May 1st International Labor Day and the government expresses respect for workers, ordinary people do not hold special celebrations and there is no national May 1st holiday. AmericaPeru : The country designates May 1 as Labor Day, and the entire country has a one-day holiday.United States : The birthplace of Labor Day is not just "May 1st" Labor Day originated in the United States. In the 1880s, in order to accumulate capital, the American bourgeoisie brutally exploited and squeezed the working class. They used various means to force workers to work for 12 to 16 hours a day or even more. The vast majority of American workers have gradually come to realize that they must fight in order to protect their rights. Starting in 1884, advanced workers' organizations in the United States passed a resolution to fight for the realization of "8 hours of work every day" and put forward slogans such as "8 hours of work; 8 hours of rest; 8 hours of entertainment! Workers create all the wealth!" On May 1, 1886, workers in Chicago, USA, went on strike. On that day, about 350,000 workers across the United States participated in strikes and marches, centered in Chicago, demanding improved working conditions and the implementation of an eight-hour workday. The struggle has shaken the entire United States. The powerful force of the working class's united struggle forced the capitalists to make concessions, and this major strike by American workers was victorious. In July 1889, the Second International led by Engels held a congress in Paris. In order to commemorate the May 1st strike of American workers, the meeting passed a resolution to designate May 1st of each year as International Labor Day. Since then, workers' groups around the world have held grand celebrations on this day, and many countries have also taken the day off. AsiaJapan : Labor Day coincides with "Golden Week" Japan is a country with relatively many holidays. There are many holidays around May 1st, such as Arbor Day on April 29th, Constitution Memorial Day on May 3rd, National Holiday on the 4th, and Children's Day on the 5th. When these holidays are connected together, the Japanese generally have at least one week of rest time, and the longest is even 11 days.For the working class, this long holiday has extraordinary significance. Therefore, in Japan, special celebrations for Labor Day are gradually being replaced by the "May Day Golden Week". Moreover, Japan has entered the "Golden Week" since April 29th. Thailand Thailand promulgated its first labor law in 1932, and subsequently designated May 1 of each year as the country's Labor Day to reward hard-working workers. On this day, Thailand has a unified day off. There will be related celebrations in the capital and some large cities, but the scale is generally not too large. AfricaMay 1 is known as Labor Day in Egypt and is considered a paid holiday. Traditionally, the Egyptian president presides over official May Day celebrations in Cairo; however, due to the president's absence following the 2011 revolution, as well as corruption charges faced by the head of the state-controlled National Trade Union Center (Egyptian Trade Union Federation), the 2011 celebrations were organized by independent trade unions under the banner of Solidarity Egypt (the Federation of Independent Trade Unions), for the first time since the 1952 revolution.South Africa In South Africa, a public holiday on 1 May every year since 1994. |
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