A Year of

DiversityAround the World in Four Days

BY

Janette De La Rosa Ducut, Ed.D.Training and Development Officer

El Dia de los Reyes

Gaspar Melchor

Baltazar

Shoes

Rosca de Reyes

Figurine

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Ashura

Husayn ibn Ali

Mourning and Grief

Congregate at a mosque

Lohri

Lohri

Harvest

bonfire

dinner

Lunar New Year

cleaning

red packets

firecrackers

Parade

Summary

El Dia de los Reyes celebrates hope

Ashura commemorates mourning and grief

Lohri reveres abundance and prosperity

Lunar New Year seeks luck, wealth, and happiness