Kazakhstan : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations

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

Secular holiday : Warning on how the power should take public opinion into consideration.

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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

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Orthodox : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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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

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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]

Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox

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Tradeshows : Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair - lasts 2 days
www.kitf.kz In Almaty 2024 edition confirmed

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

Secular holiday : 20th anniversary of the Armed Forces of independent Kazakhstan

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.

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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.