May 2010

1	Beltane	Pagan festival honouring marriage of God and Goddess.
2	Lag B'Omer	Jewish festival falling on the 33rd day of "counting the omer".
13	Ascension Day	Honours final earthly sighting of the risen Christ.
19	Shavuot	Jewish festival celebrating revelation of the Torah.
23	Declaration of the Bab	Remembers the mission of the co-founder of the Baha'i faith.
23	Pentecost	Christian festival celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit to the apostles.
26	Zarthusht-no-diso	Remembrance festival for the prophet Zarathustra in the Shensai calendar.
27	Saga Dawa	Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhist festival of lights.
27	Wesak	Theravadin Buddhist celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing into nirvana.
29	Ascension of Baha'u'llah	Baha'i observance commemorating the death of Baha'u'llah.