| Pope's visit (3 days) - Friday March 5, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Anniversary of the chemical bombing on Halabja - Wednesday March 17, 2021 Culture : Kurdistan only
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| Nowruz - Sunday March 21, 2021 Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox Also spelled Newroz, Nauruz, Nauryz, Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz (in Azerbaijan and Turkey), Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz, Sultan Nevruz, Наврӯз, Navruz, or Nowrouz [Wikipedia]
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday March 21, 2021 cards/flowers : Ruz-e Madar in Arabic
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Thursday March 25, 2021 School holidays :
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| Daylight Saving Time - Thursday April 1, 2021 Special Events :
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| Optional holiday - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic : Easter
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| Optional holiday - Monday April 5, 2021 Catholic : Easter Monday
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| Spring holiday (end) - Sunday April 11, 2021 School holidays :
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| Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday April 13, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Saturday May 1, 2021 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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| Ramadan holiday (beginning) - Wednesday May 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| Ramadan holiday (end) - Friday May 14, 2021 School holidays :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday May 14, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Saturday May 15, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
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| Mass Graves Day - Sunday May 16, 2021 Culture : National day of remembrance for the victim’s of Saddam Hussein’s regime who were buried in mass graves (from 2007 on)
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