Don’t know about the Americas but they don’t celebrate in Thailand, Japan and South Korea though.
Mackheath1 on
UAE, and I presume other Arab-Islamic Countries? I mean, we had January 1st and their New Years off. Unless something’s changed.
Texas is. And others. Am I mis-understanding this?
Excellent-Practice on
I’m surprised Hawaii doesn’t observe it. The state is close to 40% Asian, a good chunk of whom trace their roots back to the Philippines and other countries that celebrate the holiday
JACC_Opi on
Huh? Didn’t know there were that many East-Asians in 🇸🇷Suriname!
Vevangui on
Im surprised they celebrate foreign holidays.
brazucadomundo on
In California, I don’t doubt.
JefeRex on
It’s not really a public holiday in California the way the map implies, but I think it should be because many places treat it that way and it is a pretty big deal. I used to live in SF and now live in LA, and it is observed in some small way by pretty much the whole community, and in a bigger way by parts of the community.
WeDriftEternal on
It’s not actually a holiday in NY or CA. The map isn’t wrong but it’s super misleading. Some public schools have one day off is all and it’s not consistent or anything.
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Laos and Cambodia surprised me
Why Suriname?
It’s not a public holiday in Japan. Japan switched to the Gregorian calendar during the 1870s and they celebrate on December 31st / January 1st.
Wow California but not even British Columbia!
Japan do not celebrate lunar new year
How come California surprised you? Quite a big Asian population there, with for example the Japantowns and Chinatowns in San Francisco.
Eh. I feel like states and regions really shouldn’t count.
Absolutely in Taiwan.
NK surprises me
https://www.reddit.com/r/mapswithoutnewzealand/
Don’t know about the Americas but they don’t celebrate in Thailand, Japan and South Korea though.
UAE, and I presume other Arab-Islamic Countries? I mean, we had January 1st and their New Years off. Unless something’s changed.
Texas is. And others. Am I mis-understanding this?
I’m surprised Hawaii doesn’t observe it. The state is close to 40% Asian, a good chunk of whom trace their roots back to the Philippines and other countries that celebrate the holiday
Huh? Didn’t know there were that many East-Asians in 🇸🇷Suriname!
Im surprised they celebrate foreign holidays.
In California, I don’t doubt.
It’s not really a public holiday in California the way the map implies, but I think it should be because many places treat it that way and it is a pretty big deal. I used to live in SF and now live in LA, and it is observed in some small way by pretty much the whole community, and in a bigger way by parts of the community.
It’s not actually a holiday in NY or CA. The map isn’t wrong but it’s super misleading. Some public schools have one day off is all and it’s not consistent or anything.
Cool