Melon Day

Hello and welcome to Holiday a Day, your daily dose of Holidays, festivals, celebrations and remembrances from around the world. I’m Jeffrey Johnson On August 10th 2014 we celebrate Melon Day Celebrated in Turkmenistan since 1994, the day is set aside for the muskmelon or Turkmenbashi melon (named after the first president of Turkmenistan). Turkmenbashi mean leader of the Turkmen, and is what the first president liked to be called. He established the day to celebrate many of the great things about the country and used the melon as a symbol of this. There are displays to the fruit of course but also music and dancing festivals as well. Happy Melon Day! If I have missed anything for this date or if you think I might miss a future holiday let me know by emailing me at [email protected] or you can tweet me @holidayaday. Remeber to subscribe to the podcast at “Holiday a Day” in iTunes or Stitcher or you can just visit holidayaday.com so you won’t miss out on any celebrations And remember to have a great day because there is a holiday out there somewhere.