Independence Day
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Saturday december 16, 2023
Secular holiday : Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century, and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. It became an Independent Republic on 16 December, 1991, the last of the Soviet Republics to gain independence. Immediately after independence it joined the Commonwealth of Independent States Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Day of Democratic Renewal
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Monday december 18, 2023
Secular holiday : Warning on how the power should take public opinion into consideration.
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday december 29, 2023
School holidays :
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
2nd January
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Tuesday january 2, 2024
Secular holiday :
Orthodox Christmas Day
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Sunday january 7, 2024
Orthodox : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday january 8, 2024
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Valentine's Day
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
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Spring holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday march 20, 2024
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Nowruz
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Thursday march 21, 2024
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]
Noruz
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Friday march 22, 2024
Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox
Nowruz
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Saturday march 23, 2024
Zoroastrian :
Nowruz
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Monday march 25, 2024
Zoroastrian :
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday april 1, 2024
School holidays :
International Tourism Fair
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Wednesday april 24, 2024
Tradeshows : Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair - lasts 2 days
www.kitf.kz In Almaty 2024 edition confirmed
Day of the People
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the Day of Peoples' Unity. When Kazakhstan was a Soviet Republic May 1 was known as International Day of the Workers' Solidarity but it was re-named the Day of Peoples' Unity by Kazakh Presidential Decree in 1995. Both former and current capitals (Almaty and Astana) organize festivities on that day. Wikipedia
Defence of the Motherland
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Tuesday may 7, 2024
Secular holiday : 20th anniversary of the Armed Forces of independent Kazakhstan
Victory Day
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Saturday may 25, 2024
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Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday june 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. 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.