Somalia : 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
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Sunday May 1, 2022 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday May 2, 2022 | Ramadan holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Tuesday May 3, 2022 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Wednesday May 4, 2022 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Thursday May 12, 2022 | Ramadan holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Thursday May 26, 2022 | End of school year | School holidays | |
Sunday June 26, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day | |
Friday July 1, 2022 | Republic Day | Secular holiday | |
Sunday July 10, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Monday August 8, 2022 | Ashura | Muslim, Sufi | |
Sunday August 21, 2022 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Saturday August 27, 2022 | National Day of Human Rights | Events, celebrations... | |
Saturday October 8, 2022 | Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Sunday October 16, 2022 | Day of Mourning | Special Events | |
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
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 .
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Monday May 2, 2022
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday May 3, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday May 4, 2022
Muslim, Sufi :
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Thursday May 12, 2022
School holidays :
End of school year
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Thursday May 26, 2022
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Sunday June 26, 2022
Secular holiday : Obtained from Italy in 1960
Republic Day
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Friday July 1, 2022
Secular holiday :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday July 10, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Ashura
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Monday August 8, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice.
Beginning of school year
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Sunday August 21, 2022
School holidays :
National Day of Human Rights
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Saturday August 27, 2022
Culture : To institutionalize the protection and promotion of human rights throughout the country
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday October 8, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
Day of Mourning
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Sunday October 16, 2022
Special Events : In tribute to the 500 truck bombing victims in 2017