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Anti-Bullying Week is an annual UK event which aims to raise awareness of bullying of children and young people, in schools and elsewhere, and to highlight ways of preventing and responding to it.

The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2010 is "Taking Action Together".

What is bullying?

Bullying is when someone repeatedly says, writes or types hurtful things or physically hurts someone else.

Also on this day .....

15 November - Shichi go san

Shichi go san is a Japanese festival celebrated for children. The festival is named after the ages of the children taking part - seven (shichi), five (go), three (san). Parents take boys of three and five years old and girls of three and seven to give thanks to the gods for a healthy life so far and pray for a safe and successful future.

The three ages were associated with significant stages in children's lives.

• Three was the age when girls first wore their hair in an adult style.
• At five boys receive and wear their official "hakama", formal Japanese trousers.
• At seven girls receive and wear the traditional "obi" (the silk sash) for the first time around their kimono rather than string.