Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday march 20, 2024
School holidays :
Nowruz
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Thursday march 21, 2024
Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox Also spelled Newroz, Nauruz, Nauryz, Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz (in Azerbaijan and Turkey), Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz, Sultan Nevruz, Наврӯз, Navruz, or Nowrouz [Wikipedia]
Noruz
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Friday march 22, 2024
Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox
Nowruz
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Saturday march 23, 2024
Zoroastrian :
Nowruz
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Monday march 25, 2024
Zoroastrian :
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday april 1, 2024
School holidays :
International Tourism Fair
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Wednesday april 24, 2024
Tradeshows : Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair - lasts 2 days
www.kitf.kz In Almaty 2024 edition confirmed
Day of the People
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the Day of Peoples' Unity. When Kazakhstan was a Soviet Republic May 1 was known as International Day of the Workers' Solidarity but it was re-named the Day of Peoples' Unity by Kazakh Presidential Decree in 1995. Both former and current capitals (Almaty and Astana) organize festivities on that day. Wikipedia
Defence of the Motherland
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Tuesday may 7, 2024
Secular holiday : 20th anniversary of the Armed Forces of independent Kazakhstan
Victory Day
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Saturday may 25, 2024
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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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. 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.
Day of the Capital
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Saturday july 6, 2024
Secular holiday : To symbolize the transfer of old capital city of Alma-Ata to Astana.
From 2008 onwards
Day of the Capital
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Monday july 8, 2024
Secular holiday : To symbolize the transfer of old capital city of Alma-Ata to Astana.
From 2008 onwards
Border Guard Day
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Monday august 19, 2024
Culture : Each summer Kazakhstan sets up checkpoints along the Chinese border to prevent illegal harvesting of herbs on Kazakh territory.
Constitution Day
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Friday august 30, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates independent Kazakhstan's adoption of its post- Soviet constitution that came into force on August 30, 1995.
Summer holiday (end)
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Sunday september 1, 2024
School holidays :
KazBuild
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Wednesday september 4, 2024
Tradeshows : Www.kazbuild.kz lasts 5 days - in Almaty 2024 edition confirmed
Family Day
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Sunday september 8, 2024
cards/flowers :
Marathon
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Sunday september 29, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.almaty-marathon.kz/ In Alma Ata 2024 edition confirmed
Day of culture and art workers
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Sunday september 29, 2024
Culture : 2024 edition confirmed