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Bosnia & Herzegovina (Federation) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

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    Friday march 1, 2024Independence DaySecular holiday
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    Friday march 8, 2024Civil Servants holidaySecular holiday
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    Friday march 8, 2024Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Monday march 11, 2024Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday may 2, 2024Public holidaySecular holiday
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    Sunday may 5, 2024Day of Remembrance for the Murdered Children of SarajevoSpecial Events
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    Wednesday june 12, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday june 16, 2024Kurban BayramMuslim, Sufi
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    Thursday july 11, 2024Day of MourningSpecial Events
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    Friday august 16, 2024International film festivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday september 9, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday september 22, 2024MarathonSports events
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    Saturday september 28, 2024International Day of the Bosniancards/flowers
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    Independence Day

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    Friday march 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : On March 1st, 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was recognized as a multireligious, multicultural, and multiethnic country, separate from what was Yugoslavia.

    Civil Servants holiday

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    Friday march 8, 2024
    Secular holiday : Only concerns female employees

    Mothers' Day

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    Friday march 8, 2024
    cards/flowers :

    Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Monday march 11, 2024
    cards/flowers :

    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Considered as a public holiday since 2017 not a paid holiday

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Special Events : At 1:00 am local times

    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
    Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

    Public holiday

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    Thursday may 2, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Day of Remembrance for the Murdered Children of Sarajevo

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    Sunday may 5, 2024
    Special Events : During the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, members of the Republika Srpska Army are claimed to having killed 1,601 children of the city.

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday june 12, 2024
    School holidays :

    Kurban Bayram

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    Sunday june 16, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. Information1: It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammad called Eid Al-Adha the best day of the year, since it is the last and biggest day of the annual pilgrimage.

    Day of Mourning

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    Thursday july 11, 2024
    Special Events : Remembrance of the 1995 fights in Srebrenica

    International film festival

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    Friday august 16, 2024
    Culture : Www.sff.ba in Sarajevo 2024 edition confirmed

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday september 9, 2024
    School holidays :

    Marathon

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    Sunday september 22, 2024
    Sports events : Http://sarajevomarathon.ba/ in Sarajevo 2024 edition confirmed

    International Day of the Bosnian

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    Saturday september 28, 2024
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