:Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan
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This is the list of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan:
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! style="width:80px;"|Date !! style="width:170px;"|English name ! Local name/s ! Notes | |
| January 1 | New Year's Day
|Жаңы жыл |style="font-size:95%;"| |
| January 7 | Orthodox Christmas
| Төрөлүү майрамы |style="font-size:95%;"|Celebrated by local Orthodox Christians |
| February 23 | Fatherland Defender's Day
|Мекенди коргоочунун күнү |style="font-size:95%;"|Formation of the Red Army in February 1918. |
| March 8 | International Women's Day
|style="white-space:nowrap;"|Эл аралык аялдар күнү |style="font-size:95%;"| |
| March 21 | Nooruz Mairamy
|Нооруз |style="font-size:95%;"|Which is originally the Persian New Year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year. |
| April 7 | Day of the People's April Revolution{{Cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-revolution-april-7-public-holiday/27653109.html|title=Kyrgyz Popular Revolution Recognized As Public Holiday|date=2016-04-04|newspaper=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=English|access-date=2016-04-05}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | Элдик Апрель революциясы күнү | style="font-size:95%;" |Commemorates the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010. |
| May 1 | International Workers' Day
|Эмгек күнү |style="font-size:95%;"| |
| May 5 | Constitution Day
|Кыргыз Республикасынын конституция күнү |style="font-size:95%;"| |
| May 9 | Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day
|Жеңиш күнү |style="font-size:95%;"|A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic Countries and Ukraine). |
| August 31 | Independence Day
|Кыргыз Республикасынын Эгемендүүлүк күнү |style="font-size:95%;"| |
| Honors the Independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
|November 7–8 | Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors
|Тарых күн жана аталардын эскерүү | style="font-size:95%;" |Two-day holiday commemorating the national liberation uprising and the tragic events of 1916 known as Urkun.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-to-rename-extend-october-revolution-holiday/28831234.html|title = Kyrgyzstan Renames Soviet-Era October Revolution Day, Lengthens Holiday}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.deure.kg/doc/Trudovoy_kodeks.pdf |title=Статья 113 Трудового Кодекса Кыргызской Республики |access-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713223420/http://www.deure.kg/doc/Trudovoy_kodeks.pdf |archive-date=2019-07-13 |url-status=dead }} ---- Previously, from independence to 2017, the country celebrated the Great October Socialist Revolution. It has now been replaced with День примирения и согласия ("Day of Reconciliation and Agreement"), celebrated on a Nov. 7 (at least officially) before amendments in Labour Codex (adopted in December 2004, new holiday, which celebrates at November 4 is the People Unity Day ("День народного единства)" |
| Defined by lunar calendar | Orozo Ait
|Орозо айт |style="font-size:95%;"|End of Ramadan |
| Celebrated 70 days after the Orozo Ait | Kurman Ait
|Курман айт |style="font-size:95%;"|Feast of Sacrifice |
Two additional Muslim holidays Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait are defined by lunar calendar.
Other holidays
- Day of the Armed Forces - 29 May
- Day of Aviation - August 18
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100310050401/http://www.regions.gov.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=36 National holidays on Kyrgyzstan government web site]. Retrieved on 8 March 2009
- R. Stewart and S. Weldon, Kyrgyzstan, Odyssey, 2002, p. 105, {{ISBN|962-217-675-5}}
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