The decision to retain the date of the Hottest 100 comes amid continued debate around 26 January as an appropriate date of celebration.
Even military parades in the capital were carefully planned, with the dates of the celebrations often being shifted at the last moment to thwart any plots.
Although the dates of these celebrations are not uniform, almost every town has one in the late summer, referred to as Natsu-Matsuri (Summer Festival).
If Wounded Knee is to be celebrated as a tribal holiday, the date of that celebration, nay - commemoration - should be changed to December 29, the day the real martyrs of Wounded Knee stood tall.
Australia is gearing up to celebrate its national holiday this week amid growing calls for the date of the celebration to be changed out of respect for the country's Aboriginal people.
On festive occasions folk costumes are worn and folk singing is performed especially on Grunnlovsdagen (Constitution Day), commonly called Syttende Mai (May 17), the date of its celebration.
In a circular letter, he announced the accomplished unity of practice by the whole Church in the date of the celebration of Christian Passover (Easter).
And so my first level of bemusement comes to be – only in England would they change the date of a celebration to better the chances of the weather being good.
Despite the strong attendance at Australia Day events and a positive disposition towards the recognition of Indigenous Australians, the date of the celebrations remains a source of challenge and national discussion.
The date of the agreement could mark a new national date for celebration, where both peoples acknowledge each other's rights and aspirations, thus avoiding the current "whites only" celebrations.
