Late mid-Autumn festival
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Friday september 29, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Late mid-Autumn festival
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Saturday september 30, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
New Year's Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Chinese New Years Eve
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Friday february 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Employers who require employees to work during the holiday must pay three times the normal wages
Buddhist New Year - Losar
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Saturday february 10, 2024
Culture :
Chinese New Year
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Saturday february 10, 2024
Secular holiday : At New Year during the night, the Jade Emperor conveyed all animals. Only 12 showed up. To thank them, Buddha dedicated one symbolic year per visitor. Each new born would inherit the relevant animal's characteristics. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Chinese New Year
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : The Chinese calendar combines lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. To match the solar calendar, an extra month is added once every few years (seven years out of a 19-year cycle). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Chinese New Year
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Tuesday february 13, 2024
Secular holiday : The Chinese calendar combines lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. To match the solar calendar, an extra month is added once every few years (seven years out of a 19-year cycle). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Chinese New Year
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Secular holiday : The Chinese calendar combines lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. To match the solar calendar, an extra month is added once every few years (seven years out of a 19-year cycle). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Chinese New Year
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Thursday february 15, 2024
Secular holiday : The Chinese calendar combines lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. To match the solar calendar, an extra month is added once every few years (seven years out of a 19-year cycle). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Monlam
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Saturday february 24, 2024
Culture : Also known as The Great Prayer Festival. The event was established in 1409 by Tsong Khapa, the founder of the Geluk tradition. As the greatest religious festival in Tibet, thousands of monks (of the three main monasteries of Drepung, Sera and Ganden) gathered for chanting prayers and performing religious rituals at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. [Wikipedia]
2024 edition confirmed
Buddhist New Year - Losar
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Thursday february 29, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) : On the first day pilgrims go to pay homage to the most sacred statue of Sakya Muni in Jokhang temple and burn incense all around Jokhang as well as at all Tibetan homes.
Women's Day - 1/2 day for working women
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Friday march 8, 2024
cards/flowers :
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,