Arshiya Khan

Arshiya Khan is a Commerce graduate who loves to write on general and trending topics.

The Day of Illustrious Puerto Ricans 2023: Date, Background, Facts

Puerto Ricans are the inhabitants, residents, and descendants of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Tano, who called the island Borikén, were Puerto Rico's first inhabitants.

Uruguay Carnival 2023: Date, Background, Facts, Events

The Uruguay Carnival is the largest carnival celebration in Montevideo, the nation's capital. The event features a variety of cultural activities, such as street dance parades.

Venezuela Carnival 2023: Date, Background, Facts, Activities

Historically, Carnival was centred on indulgence and sensual pleasure. However, as time passed, the purpose of the celebration shifted, while the rhythms of the music and the colourful costumes remained.

Women in Blue Jeans Days 2023: Date, Background, Facts, Activities

The origins of jeans can be traced to Genoa, Italy and Nimes, France, where they were worn as workwear and used as fabric for outerwear.

World Day of Social Justice 2023: Date, Background, Facts

The world faces significant issues, such as severe financial crises, high unemployment rates, poverty, exclusion among societies, discrimination, and lack of access to facilities, which prevent developing countries from fully participating in the global economy.

Shrove Monday 2023: Date, Background, Facts

Shrove Monday's origins are not entirely clear. However, the traditions around the carnival and parades may have begun over two thousand years ago by the Romans.

Statehood Day in Arunachal Pradesh 2023: Date, Background, Facts

The celebration of Statehood Day on February 20 in Arunachal Pradesh has its roots in 1987, the year the state was granted statehood. For over three decades, the state has celebrated its statehood in grand fashion.

National Day of Solidarity with Muslim Arab and South Asian Immigrants 2023

In 2002, in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, the American government initiated a crackdown on all Muslim and Arab immigrants through the newly created Department of Homeland Security.