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Latvia : 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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    Monday march 4, 2024Saint Casimir's daycards/flowers
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    Friday march 8, 2024Sports holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday march 18, 2024Sports holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday april 1, 2024April Fools Daycards/flowers
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Friday april 19, 2024International ballet festivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday may 4, 2024Restoration of IndependenceSecular holiday
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    Thursday may 9, 2024Day of MourningSpecial Events
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    Sunday may 12, 2024Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Wednesday may 15, 2024Family DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday may 19, 2024Riga MarathonSports events
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    Saturday june 1, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Saturday june 8, 2024European electionsSpecial Events
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    Sunday june 23, 2024Ligo DaySecular holiday
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    Monday june 24, 2024St JohnSecular holiday
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    Thursday september 5, 2024RIGAFOODTradeshows
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    Thursday september 5, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday september 8, 2024Vilnius MarathonSports events
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    Saint Casimir's day

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    Monday march 4, 2024
    cards/flowers : Patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia

    Sports holiday (beginning)

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    Friday march 8, 2024
    School holidays : One week later for 12th grade

    Sports holiday (end)

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    Monday march 18, 2024
    School holidays :

    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Daylight Saving Time

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

    April Fools Day

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

    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.

    International ballet festival

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    Friday april 19, 2024
    Culture : Lasts 2 weeks - www.ballet-festival.lv in Riga

    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 .

    Restoration of Independence

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    Saturday may 4, 2024
    Secular holiday : The country gained independence in 1920, and the Republic of Latvia was founded. The republic existed for 20 years until 1940, when the Soviet Union again occupied Latvia, for this time. The restoration of independence took place in 1991.

    Day of Mourning

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    Thursday may 9, 2024
    Special Events : For the Ukrainians, civilians, and defenders of Ukraine, who died because of Russia’s aggressive war

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday may 12, 2024
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

    Family Day

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    Wednesday may 15, 2024
    Culture : From 2008 onwards

    Riga Marathon

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    Sunday may 19, 2024
    Sports events : Https://rimirigamarathon.com/ 2024 edition confirmed

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Saturday june 1, 2024
    School holidays : In 2023: one week later for class 9 two weeks later for class 12

    European elections

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    Saturday june 8, 2024
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    Ligo Day

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    Sunday june 23, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebration of the summer solstice. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    St John

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    Monday june 24, 2024
    Secular holiday : John is described in the New Testament as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the precursor of the Messiah. Another celebration is August 29th in remembrance of his beheading. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    RIGAFOOD

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    Thursday september 5, 2024
    Tradeshows : Https://www.rigafood.lv/ lasts 4 days - in Riga 2024 edition confirmed

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Thursday september 5, 2024
    School holidays :

    Vilnius Marathon

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    Sunday september 8, 2024
    Sports events : Www.vilniausmaratonas.lt/ 2024 edition confirmed