According to statistics, every year approximately 8 million boys and girls disappear without a trace in the world, and per day - it’s scary to imagine - 22 thousand! And this is only officially recorded data. The reasons for the disappearance are different: some guys run away from home on their own, not finding understanding among loved ones, some leave home due to a dysfunctional family situation, others become victims of kidnapping.

Along with this holiday, from May 25 to May 31, the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories takes place. Both of these holidays were adopted after the decision of the UN General Assembly. For modern residents of Africa, this holiday has become a reminder of what their ancestors had to endure so that they could now live in true freedom and have the right to make independent choices.

This date binds together figures of literature, linguistics, linguists, librarians, journalists, etc. Namely, those people whose professional activities are in one way or another connected with the word. Philology, through language and literature, studies the culture and history of both one specific people and world culture as a whole.

More than 10% of the world's inhabitants suffer from thyroid diseases, and do not even suspect it. To draw public attention to this problem, in 2009, the European Organization of Thyroid Diseases proposed celebrating May 25 every year, a day dedicated to the health of our endocrinological system.

This holiday arose as a tribute to the memory of the English writer Douglas Adams in the year of his death in 2001. An entire chapter of one of the writer’s most famous books, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” is dedicated to the towel. First published in 1979, the book can be called a literary phenomenon: it has been repeatedly reprinted in millions of copies, and is included in the top of various ratings and lists of the best works.

On May 25, one of the most environmentally friendly holiday dates is celebrated on the Baikal coast - Nerpenka Day. Seals, also called seals, squirrels, are the young of the nerpa (Baikal seal). This holiday was first held in 2003 on the territory of Irkutsk.

The desire to change and surprise others by experimenting with their appearance is inherent in many people. And if adherents of traditions collect their hair in a ponytail or braid it, then creative thinkers show flights of fancy and build real Babel towers on their heads.

Frenchwoman Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand was one of the most famous fortunetellers of the 19th century. The fortune teller, whose services even Napoleon turned to, used palmistry and numerology, crystal balls and Tarot cards. Their first deck, named after the legendary owner, appeared in 1853.

Strawberry Festival in Germany (Erdbeerfest)

Day of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution Workers in Ukraine

Russian holidays - Day of the Road Safety Propaganda Service

The name is partly associated with the name of Saint Epiphanius of Cyprus, whose memory is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on this date. People called the day Ryabinovka, because by this date the mountain ash began to bloom. It was revered among the people on a par with birch, viburnum and willow. On Epiphan's Day they also honored the water lily, popularly called “overcome grass.”

Argentina Holidays - Nation Day - anniversary of the first independent government

Music acts as a stimulus for creativity, is a source of positive emotions and a means of communication. The holiday encourages people to unleash their creative potential and demonstrate their talents. Singing gives pleasure and aesthetic pleasure. Research has shown that vocal training is also beneficial for health.

Orthodox holidays on May 25:

Memorial Day of the Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'

Memorial Day of St. Dionysius of Radonezh

Memorial Day of St. Epiphanius of Cyprus

Memorial Day of Saint Herman, Patriarch of Constantinople