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Colombia has 18 holidays (12 Catholic holidays and 6 Civic holidays), plus Palm and Easter Sunday. The city of Barranquilla has 2 extra holidays celebrating Monday and Tuesday of Carnival. The following are public holidays in Colombia: Año Nuevo / (New Year's Day) (January 1: blue laws, which prohibit working on that day, apply)
Not a holiday. Navy Day (Dia de la Armada Argentina) on May 17. Not a holiday; May Week (Semana de Mayo) on May 18-24. Not a holiday; Army Day (Dia del Ejercito Argentino) on May 29. Not a holiday (but working holiday in the Army) Father's Day (Día del Padre) on the third Sunday of June. Not a holiday; Friend's Day (Día del Amigo) on July 20 ...
21 December: Turkish Language Education Day: Ден на настава на турски јазик, Den na nastava na turski jazik: 21 December 21 December: Ethnic Turks: 25 December: Christmas: Божиќ, Božiḱ: 25 December: 25 December: Catholics and Protestants variable: Good Friday: Велики Петок, Veliki Petok: 14 April: 3 ...
Only 5 of these holidays (January 1, May 1, July 18, August 25 and December 25) imply a mandatory paid leave for workers. The remaining holidays are generally observed by schools, public sector offices, banks, and a few private companies.
These days celebrate events considered joyous to Korea. In the beginning, Independence Declaration Day (March 1) was first stipulated in 1946. [9] After the establishment of the Government of the Republic of Korea in 1948, four major National Celebration Days (Independence Declaration Day, Constitution Day, Liberation Day, National Foundation Day) were provided by "The Law Concerning the ...
There are two main holidays in Islam that are celebrated by Muslims worldwide: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The timing of both holidays are set by the lunar Islamic calendar, which is based upon the cycle of the moon, and so is different from the more common, European, solar-based Gregorian calendar. Every year, the Gregorian dates of the ...
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
The official holidays in Turkey are established by the Act 2429 of 19 March 1981 that replaced the Act 2739 of 27 May 1935. These holidays can be grouped in national and religious holidays, which in total equals to 15.5 days of public holiday.