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| Summer Day - Sunday March 14, 2021 Secular holiday : Dita e Veres: the country's largest pagan festival. It is intended to celebrate the end of Winter, the rebirth of nature, and a rejuvenation of spirit among the Albanians. Although the epicenter of this festival is around Shkumbin region in Elbasan, the festival is widely celebrated in Tirana and as far afield as the Arbëresh colonies in Italy. [Wikipedia]
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| Summer Day - Monday March 15, 2021 Secular holiday : Dita e Veres: the country's largest pagan festival. It is intended to celebrate the end of Winter, the rebirth of nature, and a rejuvenation of spirit among the Albanians. Although the epicenter of this festival is around Shkumbin region in Elbasan, the festival is widely celebrated in Tirana and as far afield as the Arbëresh colonies in Italy. [Wikipedia]
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| Noruz - Monday March 22, 2021 Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 28, 2021 Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
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| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 5, 2021 Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
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| Parliamentary election - Sunday April 25, 2021 Special Events :
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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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| Orthodox Easter - Sunday May 2, 2021 Orthodox : Paid holiday
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| Labour Day (forwarded to Monday) - Monday May 3, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Ramadan holiday (beginning) - Wednesday May 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday May 13, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Ramadan holiday (end) - Friday May 14, 2021 School holidays :
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| National Day of the Vlachs - Sunday May 23, 2021 Culture :
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