Constitution Day Celebration
Season or date: May 1
Ceremony and canoe racing, traditional dancing held in Majuro celebrating 1979 constitution enactment
Festivals in Marshall Islands
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Festivals
Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day (Bikini Day)
Season or date: March 1
Memorial for 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test with peace gatherings and lantern floating
Fishers' Day
Season or date: First Friday in July
Sport fishing competition and fish food stalls with 'golden fishhook' awarded to winner
Manit Day (Culture Day)
Season or date: Last Friday in September
Cultural preservation event showcasing dancing, weaving, and canoe-making demonstrations from each atoll
Gospel Day
Season or date: First Friday in December
Features inter-church hymn contests and all-night hymn relay
Kwajalein Liberation Festival
Season or date: Around February 3
Military band parade and fireworks held at base island commemorating WWII end
Public holidays
- New Year's Day
- Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
- Constitution Day
- Fishers' Day
- Labor Day
- Culture Day
- President's Day
- Thanksgiving
- Gospel Day
- Christmas