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Bonus points if you spot the funniest thing on this chart.
New Zealand mentioned by name and yet somehow still getting Mike Wazowski'd off the right side of the map (I think we can see tiny slivers of it)
At least they tried
New Zelaland doesn't exist?
For some reason part of Newfoundland is green?
Edit: so is another island next to it, and I see Puerto Rico is green too.
Funny but there is another one
Korea. Wonder why half of it is red
Ireland holds it on the first Monday in May instead of May 1st to coincide with the weekend
Is Puerto Rico the one you mean? I noticed that when I looked again.
No Sudan-South Sudan split?
Vancouver Island is also green
Newfoundland used to celebrate it in July until they joined Confederation, now they have it in September like the rest of Canada, so it's sort of weird that it's green, but also sort of weird that Canada is black, cause it doesn't "skip" it, it's just a different time.
And the island near Newfoundland that's also green is Anticosti, truly no idea why that is included, the 200ish people that live there have it in September like the rest of the country
I also question what's going on with Ireland, because May Day is a public holiday, it's just not necessarily May 1st, it's the first Monday of May and is also Bealtaine, calling Bealtaine "just another day" isn't right.
The map is specifically about May Day, so other labor days aren't included. There's specific significance to May 1st in particular, and also to "labor days" being placed on other days to avoid them being on May Day.
I think the islands not being colored in line with the country they're a part of are just an oversight, but it's funny that's implying they're independent.
Yeah I get what the map is, but isn't really accurate to say they "skip labor day", and there is also significance to why labor day is celebrated at other times of the year in other places, like the two examples I mentioned:
Several provinces in Canada had worker-organized labour movements that created their own labour day in September, so that is a culturally significant time for it to happen. And in Ireland, to say they're skipping May Day when there is a public holiday is inaccurate, and also fails to take into account the cultural impact of the start of May already being a traditional festival.
It's funny that America doesn't celebrate it in May, but it is ultimately a bit US-centric to present the information in this manner when the date itself was chosen by the AFL to commemorate an American strike.
Sure. Just chop off South America, southern Africa, Philipines, but be sure to specially include Australia in there!