World Vegetarian Day

World Vegetarian Day
Official name World Vegetarian Day
Observed by Vegetarians across the planet
Significance First day of Vegetarian Awareness Month (month of October)
Celebrations Local, regional, and national groups organize events to promote the desirability and benefits of vegetarian practices.
Begins October 1
Ends October 1
Date October 1
Next time 1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
Frequency annual
Related to Vegetarian Awareness Month , World Farm Animals Day , International Vegetarian Week , International Vegan Day aka World Vegan Day , International Vegetarian Day

World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, "To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism." It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.

World Vegetarian Day initiates the month of October as Vegetarian Awareness Month, which ends with November 1, World Vegan Day, as the end of that month of celebration. Vegetarian Awareness Month has been known variously as Reverence for Life month, Month of Vegetarian Food, and more.

Additional days

Several additional days of vegetarian significance are included in Vegetarian Awareness Month:

Additional Global 'Vegetarian Days'

International 'Vegetarian Days'

Meatless Monday is part of the Healthy Monday initiative. Healthy Monday encourages Americans to make healthier decisions at the start of every week. Other Healthy Monday campaigns include: Do The Monday 2000, Quit and Stay Quit Monday, Move it Monday, Monday Mile and others.

Graphics

Various graphic and artistic representations are used; there is no one logo to represent World Vegetarian Day. Some of the other dates within Vegetarian Awareness Month have their own logos, or a series of logo representations, if they are sponsored in part or totally by identifiable organizations.[11]

Chinese society vegetarian days

There is a common practice for some Chinese people to be vegetarian twice a lunar month. The first day and the 15th day of each lunar month. (初一)﹑(十五). The 15th day of each lunar month is the day/night with full moon.

Local vegetarian restaurants are particularly busy on those 2 days.

The origin of such practice is related to religious beliefs.

See also

References

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  2. http://www.dayforanimals.org/
  3. "Meatout - Home". Why Eat Vegan for a Day on March 20th?. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  4. "Farm Animal Rights Movement". farmusa.org. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  5. "'Hug a Vegan' Day 2014 - peta2.com". peta2.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  6. "全国珍味調査". meatlessday.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  7. http://www.sakmeatlessday.com/
  8. "Sadhu Vaswani Mission, India - The Official Website". sadhuvaswani.org. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  9. http://www.meatlessmonday.com MeatlessMonday.com
  10. http://www.mypyramid.gov/
  11. ""World Vegetarian Day" logo - Google Search". google.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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