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A public holiday. Started in 2012. [1] 18 December: Qatar National Day: اليوم الوطني لقطر: National Day of Qatar. [2] [3] 1st, 2nd, 3rd Shawwal: Eid al-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Commemorates end of Ramadan. [2] [3] 10th, 11th, 12th Zulhijjah: Eid al-Adha: عيد الأضحى: Commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son.
31 December International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis ... 18 June – Human Rights Day; 20 June – Day of the gas sector ... Only the holidays of Ramadan and ...
In Brazil, public holidays may be legislated at the federal, statewide and municipal levels.Most holidays are observed nationwide. [1]Apart from the yearly official holidays (listed below), [2] [3] [4] the Constitution of Brazil also establishes that election days are to be considered national holidays as well.
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 ...
Public holidays and other holidays are non-working days, significant days are working days (unless they fall on a Saturday or Sunday). Public holidays (unlike other holidays) "should remind citizens of the traditions, noble goals and historical twists and turns on which Czech statehood is built". [1] [2]
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. On 28 March 2007 the government added the traditional holiday commemorating the mythical Hùng kings to its list of public holidays, [1] increasing the number of days ...
In addition to New Year's Day (Новый год, Novy god) on 1 January, 2–5 January are public holidays as well, [1] [2] called New Year holiday (новогодние каникулы, novogodniye kanikuly). The holiday includes 6 and 8 January, with Christmas being 7 January, declared as non-working days by law. Until 2005, only 1 and 2 ...
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 ...