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Contact edit! Independence Day
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Wednesday March 1, 2023
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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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Secular holiday : Only concerns female employees
Mothers' Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
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Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday March 23, 2023
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Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 31, 2023
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Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Considered as a public holiday since 2017 not a paid holiday
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
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.
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Tuesday April 11, 2023
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End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
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End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
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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Tuesday May 2, 2023
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday June 13, 2023
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Kurban Bayram
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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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Tuesday July 11, 2023
Special Events : Remembrance of the 1995 fights in Srebrenica
International film festival
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Friday August 11, 2023
Culture : Www.sff.ba in Sarajevo 2023 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 11, 2023
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Rosh Hashanah
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Saturday September 16, 2023
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Marathon
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Sunday September 17, 2023
Sports events : Http://sarajevomarathon.ba/ in Sarajevo 2023 edition confirmed
International Day of the Bosnian
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Thursday September 28, 2023
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