Women's Day - 1/2 day for working women
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Friday march 8, 2024
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Tibet Liberation Day (Tibet only)
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Thursday march 28, 2024
cards/flowers : Serfs' Emancipation Day
On March 28, 1959, Tibetan serfs and slaves, who accounted for more than 90 percent of the region's population, were freed after the central government foiled an armed rebellion staged by the Dalai Lama and his supporters,
Tomb-Sweeping Day
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Thursday april 4, 2024
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Traditional celebration since the second century B.C. Considered an unlucky day for business. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Tomb-Sweeping Day
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Friday april 5, 2024
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Traditional celebration since the second century B.C. Considered an unlucky day for business. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Tomb-Sweeping Day
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Saturday april 6, 2024
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Traditional celebration since the second century B.C. Considered an unlucky day for business. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Sunday april 7, 2024
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WORKING DAY
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Sunday april 28, 2024
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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
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Public holiday
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Friday may 3, 2024
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Public holiday
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Saturday may 4, 2024
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WORKING DAY
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Saturday may 11, 2024
Secular holiday :
Buddha's Enlightment
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Culture : Called Saga Dawa in Tibet.
Celebrates the enlightenment of Buddha and his attainment of Nirvana upon his death. Crowds of pilgrims walk the sacred circuit around Jokhang and the old city of Lhasa (Linkor).
Children's Day
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Saturday june 1, 2024
School holidays :
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
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Saturday june 8, 2024
Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats)
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Monday june 10, 2024
Secular holiday : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Saturday july 6, 2024
Culture :
First Sermon of Lord Buddha
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Tuesday july 9, 2024
Culture :
Thangka
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Friday july 19, 2024
Culture : The huge Gegu (embroidered thangka) is displayed in Tashilunpo monastery in Shigatse and thousands of pilgrims flock there to touch their foreheads to the sacred Thangka in order to be blessed. http://bhaktapuronline.com/
Army Day
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Thursday august 1, 2024
Culture : Holiday for military personnel in active service (half-day)
Teachers' Day
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Wednesday september 4, 2024
School holidays :
WORKING DAY
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Saturday september 14, 2024
Secular holiday :
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Monday september 16, 2024
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Tuesday september 17, 2024
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Tuesday september 24, 2024
Secular holiday :
WORKING DAY
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Sunday september 29, 2024
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