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Myanmar (Kayah) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Kyat (MMK)
  • Internet domain: .mm - telephone code: +95 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +6:30 (DST: no)
    Measurements follow the imperial system
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday january 4, 2024Independence DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday january 11, 2024Kayin New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Monday january 15, 2024Kaya State DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday february 12, 2024Union DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday march 2, 2024Paesants' DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday march 24, 2024Taboung Fullmoon DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday march 27, 2024Armed Forces Day (Tatmadaw Day)Secular holiday
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    Saturday april 13, 2024Thingyan Water FestivalSecular holiday
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    Sunday april 14, 2024Thingyan Water FestivalSecular holiday
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    Monday april 15, 2024Thingyan Water FestivalSecular holiday
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    Tuesday april 16, 2024Myanmar's New Year - Maha ThingyanSecular holiday
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    Wednesday april 17, 2024Myanmar's New Year - Maha ThingyanSecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 22, 2024Kason Full Moon DaySecular holiday
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    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

    Independence Day

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    Thursday january 4, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates Burma's Declaration of Independence from Britain on January 4, 1948.

    Kayin New Year's Day

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    Thursday january 11, 2024
    Secular holiday : Held on the first waxing moon of Pyatho, the Kayin new year is almost a national holiday. Kayin communities throughout Myanrmar celebrate by wearing their traditional dress of woven tunics over red longyis and by hosting folk dancing and singing performances. The largest celebrations are held in the Kayin suburbs of Insein, just north of Rangoon, and in Hpaan, the capital of the Kayin State

    Kaya State Day

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    Monday january 15, 2024
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    Union Day

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    Monday february 12, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates Bogyoke Aung San's short-lived achievement of unifying Myanmar's disparate racial groups. For two weeks preceding Union Day, the national flag is paraded from town to town.

    Paesants' Day

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    Saturday march 2, 2024
    Secular holiday : In tribute the the country's main human resource.

    Taboung Fullmoon Day

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    Sunday march 24, 2024
    Secular holiday : The lunar month of Tabaung (Taboung) brings the annual Shwedagon Festival, the largest paya pwe (pagoda festival) in Myanmar. The full-moon day in Tabaung is also an auspicious occasion for the construction of new payas and local paya festivals are held. Taboung or Tabaung is a local month fallin in February-March.

    Armed Forces Day (Tatmadaw Day)

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    Wednesday march 27, 2024
    Secular holiday : Resistance or Armed Forces Day, celebrated with parades and firework. Since 1989, the Tatmadaw has made it is tradition to pardon a number of prisoners on Armed Forces Day.

    Thingyan Water Festival

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    Saturday april 13, 2024
    Secular holiday : Starts the Burmese New Year. Thingyan, from the Sanskrit samkranta (fully passed over), celebrates the passage of the sun from the sign of Pisces into the sign of Aries in zodiac. As in Thailand's Songkran or in Laos, it is celebrated by throwing buckets of cold water at all passers-by. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Thingyan Water Festival

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    Sunday april 14, 2024
    Secular holiday : Starts the Burmese New Year. Thingyan, from the Sanskrit samkranta (fully passed over), celebrates the passage of the sun from the sign of Pisces into the sign of Aries in zodiac. As in Thailand's Songkran or in Laos, it is celebrated by throwing buckets of cold water at all passers-by. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Thingyan Water Festival

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    Monday april 15, 2024
    Secular holiday : Starts the Burmese New Year. Thingyan, from the Sanskrit samkranta (fully passed over), celebrates the passage of the sun from the sign of Pisces into the sign of Aries in zodiac. As in Thailand's Songkran or in Laos, it is celebrated by throwing buckets of cold water at all passers-by. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Myanmar's New Year - Maha Thingyan

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    Tuesday april 16, 2024
    Secular holiday : Water festival - Lasts 3 days

    Myanmar's New Year - Maha Thingyan

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    Wednesday april 17, 2024
    Secular holiday : Water festival - Lasts 3 days

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    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 .

    Kason Full Moon Day

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    Wednesday may 22, 2024
    Secular holiday : Kason is a local month falling in April-May