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What festival is March 2 1?

March 2 1 day is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Forestry Festival, World Sleep Day, World Children's Song Day, World Poetry Day, World Forest Day and World Down Syndrome Day.

1, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

On March 2 1960 and 2 1 day, the white racist regime in South Africa brutally suppressed a peaceful demonstration held by black South Africans in Chapel town, resulting in 69 deaths and 180 injuries. 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution at its 2nd1session, and designated March 2nd1day as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

2. World Sleep Day

March 2 1 day is World Sleep Day. In order to arouse people's awareness of the importance of sleep, in 20001year, the Global Sleep and Health Program sponsored by the International Foundation for Mental Health and Neuroscience launched a global activity, and designated March 2 1 day, the first day after the vernal equinox, as "World Sleep Day" to arouse people's attention to the importance and quality of sleep.

3. World Children's Song Day

1976, World Children's Song Day was founded at the biennial international poetry conference in Norfolk, Belgium. Children under 13 hold celebrations every year on March 2 1 day (the fourth vernal equinox in the 24 solar terms), that is, the first day of spring.

4. World Poetry Day

UNESCO celebrates World Poetry Day on March 2 1 every year to promote the creation, reading and publication of poetry, a beautiful cultural form. 1999 The 30th General Conference of UNESCO held in Paris decided to declare March 2 1 day as World Poetry Day.

5. World Forest Day

"World Forest Day" is also translated as "World Forestry Festival" and English is "World Forest Day". This anniversary was put forward by Spain and unanimously adopted at the Tenerife Island Congress of the European Agricultural Union in 197 1.