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May Day

ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday
Event public_holiday Q900013
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May Day

Summary

May Day is a public holiday[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of public_holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,270 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • May Day's instance of is recorded as public holiday[3].
  • May Day's instance of is recorded as custom[4].
  • May Day's instance of is recorded as holiday[5].
  • May Day's Commons category is recorded as Maypoles[6].
  • May Day's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as May 1[7].
  • May Day's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as first Monday in May[8].
  • May Day's different from is recorded as May Day[9].
  • May Day's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Festival of Tourist Interest of Galicia, Spain[10].

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Context

Recorded instance of include public holiday[3], custom[4], and holiday[5].

Why It Matters

May Day ranks in the top 1% of public_holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,270 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Iceland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Intangible cultural heritage status → Festival of Tourist Interest of Galicia, Spain
    Instance of → public holiday, custom, holiday
    Aliases → —
    Different from → May Day
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558282805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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