Farewell Day
September 3 · Level 4 · #1375 of 2238
Farewell Day is an informal occasion for looking back on summer and remembering partings. In Russian-speaking internet culture, it is closely tied to Mikhail Shufutinsky's song Third of September, which returns each autumn as a favourite subject for jokes and shared nostalgia.
How it is celebrated: people play the song, exchange calendar memes and recall happy or bittersweet summer memories. Some sing along sincerely; others mark the occasion by sending friends another joke about the date.
The day's name echoes the song's description of September's third day as a time of farewell, giving a musical story a calendar life of its own.