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In Japan every year, Vesak is celebrated exactly on April, 8. The date is not changeable. If you want to learn when Vesak is in 2017, calendar will show you all the latest dates of the holiday. Let us take the Nepal calendar as the basis, because Nepal is the motherland of Vesak. From 2004 to 2016 Vesak has been celebrated in May. Only the date has been changed.
The 24th day or the fourth Wednesday of the period of Great Lent is called Mijink symbolizing that first half of the period of Great Lent has already passed. This year Mijink is on March 11. That day fasting is not stopped. According to folk tradition the housewives bake unleavened cake and put a coin in it while baking.