PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

The following are suggestions compiled by Diversity Resources, Inc.

January The Hajj (hâj) (rhymes with mahje) February Eid al-Adha (eyed-al-ahdha) Taeborum (tay-bore-oom) T’u B’Shvat (two-bish-vat) Maha Shivaratri (ma-ha-sheevah-rahtree) Muharram (moo-hah-ram) March Holi (hah-lee) Purim (poor-îm) Now Rouz (now-rooz) Ramanavami (rama-na-vamee) April Vaisakhi (vye-sak-hee) May Cinco de Mayo (sinkō-dĕ-myō) Shavuoth (sha(rhymes with pa)-voo-oat) June Visakaha Day (vye-sak-hah)

July Bastille Day (bass-steel) September Janmashtami (john-mâsh-tommy) Rosh Hashanah (rawsh-ha-shaw-naw) (ryhmes with cautious fauna) Grito de Lares (greetō-dě-larāz) Yom Kippur (yōm-kîpoor) Chusok (choo-sock) Sukkoth (soo-coat) October Grito de Yara (greetō-dĕ-yarah) Dia de la Raza (deeah-dělah-rahzah) Ramadan (rahm-ah-dahm) Dassehra (da-sheerah) November Diwali (dee-wahl-ee) Eid al-Fitr (eyed-al-fîteer) December Hanukkah (hah-noo-kah) Fiesta de Guadalupe (fē-ěsta-guahd-ah-loopā) Los Posadas (lōs-pōs ahdâs) Kwanzaa (quanza) (rhymes with Wanza) Rizal Day (reezahl-day)

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