Holidays and Observances:
1: International Children' s Day (1 day off for children under 14).
5: World Environment Day.
9: Erlang Mountain Singsong Gathering, a social activity held on the 17th day of the 5th lunar month by Han and Hui Chinese in Mingxuan County, Gansu Province.
12: World Day Against Child Labor
15: Father’s Day, observed annually on the third Sunday in June.
16: International Day of the African Child In Soweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976 to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of children were shot down. To honor the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity.
17: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Observed world-wide, this day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
20: World Refugee Day.
23: Olympic Day. In January 1948 at the 42nd IOC Session in St Moritz, Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the idea of Olympic Day. This celebration would be used to commemorate the creation of the IOC on June 23, 1894 in Paris.
25: National Land Day.
26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. In 1987, the UN General Assembly decided to observe June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse.
18-21: Danu Festival, the most important holiday of the Yao ethnic minority, celebrated from the 26th to 29th of the 5th lunar month. Danu means, “not to forget history.” The festival is held in honor of the birth of the goddess Mituoluo who, according to legend, gave birth to the Yao people.
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