| Teachers' Day - Wednesday March 7, 2018 Culture :
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| Mothers' Day - Friday March 8, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Summer Day - Thursday March 14, 2019 Secular holiday : Dita e Veres: the country's largest pagan festival. It is intended to celebrate the end of Winter, the rebirth of nature, and a rejuvenation of spirit among the Albanians. Although the epicenter of this festival is around Shkumbin region in Elbasan, the festival is widely celebrated in Tirana and as far afield as the Arbëresh colonies in Italy. [Wikipedia]
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| Noruz - Thursday March 22, 2018 Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 25, 2018 Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
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| Easter - Sunday April 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 2, 2018 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.
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| Orthodox Easter - Sunday April 8, 2018 Orthodox : Paid holiday
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| Optional holiday - Monday April 9, 2018 Secular holiday : Orthodox Easter Monday observed by the Orthodox community only
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 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 .
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| National Day of the Vlachs - Thursday May 23, 2019 Culture :
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Wednesday June 6, 2018 School holidays :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday June 15, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 17, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday August 22, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday September 3, 2018 School holidays :
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