Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan
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This is the list of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan:
| Date | English name | Kyrgyz name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year's Day | Жаңы жыл | |
| January 7 | Eastern Orthodox Christmas | Иса пайгамбардын туулган күнү | Celebrated by local Orthodox Christians |
| February 23 | Fatherland Defender's Day | Мекенди коргоочунун күнү | Formation of the Red Army in February 1918. |
| March 8 | International Women's Day | Эл аралык аялдар күнү | |
| March 17 | [1] | Honours protestors who were killed by police during anti-government protests in 2002. | |
| March 21–23 | Nooruz Mairamy | Нооруз | Which is originally the Persian new year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year. |
| March 24 | [1] | Commemorates the Tulip Revolution of 2005 | |
| April 7 | Day of the People's April Revolution[1] | Дай оф тhэ Пэоплэьс Април Рэволутион | Commemorates the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010. |
| May 1 | International Workers' Day | Эмгек күнү | |
| May 5 | Constitution Day | Кыргыз Республикасынын конституция күнү | |
| May 9 | Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day | Жеңиш күнү | A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over
to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic Countries and Ukraine). |
| June 1 | Children's Day | Балдарды коргоо күнү | |
| August 31 | Independence Day | Эгемендүүлүк күнү | |
| September 1 | Knowledge Day | Билим күнү | |
| September 23 | Kyrgyz Language Day | Мамлекеттик тил күнү | |
| Defined by lunar calendar | Orozo Ait | Орозо айт | Feast of Fast-breaking |
| Celebrated 70 days after the Orozo Ait | Kurman Ait | Курман айт | Feast of Sacrifice |
| October 5 | Teachers' Day | Мугалимдер күнү | |
| November 7 | Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution | Улуу Октябрь Социалисттик революциясынын күнү | Celebrating October Revolution of 1917. It has now been replaced with День примирения и согласия ("Day of Reconciliation and Agreement"), celebrated on a Nov. 7 (at least officially) before amendments in Labour Codex (adopted in December 2004, new holiday, which celebrates at November 4 is the People Unity Day ("День народного единства)" |
* Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice.
Two additional Muslim holidays Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait are defined by lunar calendar.
References
- National holidays on Kyrgyzstan government web site. Retrieved on 8 March 2009
- R. Stewart and S. Weldon, Kyrgyzstan, Odyssey, 2002, p. 105, ISBN 962-217-675-5
