Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States and Canada honoring African Canadian and African-American heritage and culture, observed from December 26 to January 1 each year.

One candle is lit on each day of the week-long celebration, in a similar manner as the Hanukiah ( which was modeled after the menora ) during Hanukkah.

The week-long celebration begins with the selection of the local festival queen and her court and culminates with a carnival, popular 10k race, parade and " fly-in " breakfast at the local airport.

Osceola Mills is well known for its annual 4 July Carnival, a week-long celebration sponsored by the Columbia Volunteer Fire Company.

There is also an annual one week-long winter carnival, an event that has brought people together in celebration of winter since 1898.

The week-long celebration, which always takes place during the school half term week, ends with a parade of lanterns around the village, and a festival finale by the canal in the centre of the village.

It is a week-long celebration where you can see unique booths of each town and city in Negros Oriental featuring their native products and tourist attractions.

The stadium is also the home of Panaad Festival, a week-long celebration participated in by all cities and municipalities in the province held annually every summer.

* Fonda de Barangay or Fiestas del Barangay, a week-long celebration in the barangays / barrios honoring their patron saints.

Jacob accepts the offer and marries Rachel after the week-long celebration of his marriage to Leah.

Later, the first building campaign ( 1664 – 1668 ) commenced with The Plaisirs de l ’ Île enchantée of 1664, a week-long celebration at the palace of Versailles ostensibly held in honour of France's two queens, Louis XIV's mother and wife, exposed Louise de La Vallière's role as the king's maîtresse-en-titre.

Economically, the week-long event first attracted visitors during October-traditionally a slow month for tourism-which benefited the Hawaiian fashion industry as they supplied the muʻumuʻu and aloha shirts worn for the celebration.

In 2003 on the 25th anniversary of Mohanlal's film career, a week-long celebration and a stage show was held in Thiruvananthapuram by his fans and friends.

A double dragon dance at Chongqing, China in September 2002 during a week-long celebration of National Day of the People's Republic of China | China's National Day

The most famous is certainly the Patum, a week-long celebration held in Berga every summer.

A similar landing at Alki has been reenacted annually since 1950 as part of the colorful, week-long Seafair celebration of Seattle's marine and boating interests.

For instance, in La Ceiba the annual carnival is a week-long celebration with music, exhibitions and special food, culminating in the most popular carnival in the country: " The Carnival of Friendship ".

This week-long celebration of the end of the shearing season combines serious horse-racing with other festivities.

Solemn Mass with Gregorian chant, Solemn Te Deum, Solemn Novena with Hymns to St. Nicholas, and Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, are all part of the week-long celebration.

Shrove Tuesday sees a public celebration in the main piazza, and August a 3 ‑ week-long music festival ; but the main annual festivals take place in October: the Palio on the first Sunday, the Celery and Sausage Fair ( Sagra del Sedano Nero e della Salsiccia ) on the third Sunday, and a historical pageant on the fourth Sunday.

The week-long celebration is dubbed as a festival of activities.

In March 2006, BDSSP had a week-long celebration to commemorate its 1000th show.

In September, Today held a week-long celebration that included flashbacks from earlier episodes, and live appearances by former hosts such as Steve Liebmann, Sue Kellaway, Tracy Grimshaw, Monte Dwyer and Sarah Murdoch.

Following a week-long celebration that included a public bridge walk, concerts, dinners, and fireworks, the bridge was dedicated and opened on July 16, 2005 – one year ahead of schedule and under budget.

It is usually marked as the first day of " Golden Week ", a week-long holiday period.

The town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders holds a traditional week-long " Beltane Fair " every year in June, when a local girl is crowned Beltane Queen on the steps of the parish church.

* Passover ( Pesach ) is a week-long holiday beginning on the evening of the 14th day of Nisan ( the first month in the Hebrew calendar ), that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.

Matzo or matzah (; with many other spellings in English, plural matzot ) is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the week-long Passover holiday, when eating chametz — bread and other food which is made with leavened grain — is forbidden according to Jewish law.

Peter knows Dale is going to a week-long conference in South Carolina.

Shiva () ( literally " seven ") is the week-long mourning period in Judaism for first-degree relatives: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, and spouse.

Fran reveals she is going on a week-long business trip, leaving Mary and Steve to continue with the wedding preparations.

Engineering Frosh is a week-long series of extra-curricular events organized by the Engineering Students ' Society.

While it is not required to attend the week-long festivities and seminars, it is thought by some that those in the running for the Gold Award may advance their cause by displaying professionalism and hard work at that time ; judges for the contest, however, refute this, as the judging is done blindly in advance of the week-long pre-awards event and most judges don't arrive on site until the last day of the workshop.

** The U. S. National Conscription Act is signed, leading to the week-long New York Draft Riots.

These wines and many others can be sampled during the week-long Douja d ' Or wine exhibition which is held at the same time as the Palio and Sagre.

* Lancaster is home to the Fairfield County Fair, a week-long fair and the last ( 88th ) county fair in Ohio each year, always on the second week of October.

The IJK is a week-long event of concerts, presentations, excursions attended by hundreds of young people from all over the world.

* The Doudou is the name of a week-long series of festivities or Ducasse, which originates from the 14th century and takes place every year on Trinity Sunday.

The week-long county fair, held the last week of July at the Harrison County Fairgrounds, is one of the more popular events, with attendance usually over 3, 000 per night.

Between the 1960s and the late 1980s, as television news relegated newspaper reading to an occasional basis rather than daily, syndicators were abandoning long stories and urging cartoonists to switch to simple daily gags, or week-long " storylines " ( with six consecutive ( mostly unrelated ) strips following a same subject ), with longer storylines being used mainly on adventure-based and dramatic strips.

* 1916 – World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.

Pembroke also works with the University of California, Irvine to host annual 5 week-long University of California Summer Sessions and Japanese universities to provide academic programmes specifically tailored for their students.

Smith drank as steadily as his characters ; his appearance in James Thurber's The Years with Ross involves an unexplained week-long disappearance.

They were married in Gibraltar on 20 March 1969, and spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for peace.

Because of an extended stay in rehab, his performance at Snowbombing, a week-long winter sports and music festival held in the Austrian ski resort of Mayrhofen, was cancelled – with the slot being filled by 2ManyDJs.

In the summer of 1985 he appeared with his Quinteto Tango Nuevo at the Almeida Theatre in London for a week-long engagement.

In January 2008, it was reported that Marr had taken part in a week-long songwriting session at Moolah Rouge recording studio in Stockport with Wakefield indie group The Cribs.

The shows were marred by some controversy in regard to tickets: the show's promoters had made a deal with credit card company American Express to make tickets available to American Express customers only in an unprecedented week-long pre-sale.

Beginning in 1894, Christian ministers under the direction of Charles Taze Russell were appointed to travel to and work with local Bible Students congregations for a few days at a time ; within a few years appointments were extended internationally, formally designated as " pilgrims ", and scheduled for twice-yearly, week-long visits at each local congregation.

As a premium channel, The Disney Channel would air week-long free previews four times a year, as well as two free preview weekends periodically ( with ads targeted to non-subscribers ), in the same manner as other premium channels such as HBO, Cinemax and Showtime.

Onarga celebrated its sesquicentennial with a nearly week-long festival in the summer of 2004, which included social events and a strong focus on the history of the community.

The week-long event typically starts with a mile-long parade with a marching band and other participants.

This is a week-long event in June, that honors the states firefighters with events and contests at the Convention Center, and ends with a parade.