| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday June 1, 2018 School holidays :
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| Kupalle - Friday June 21, 2019 Culture : The most popular celebration in contemporary Belarus. It is a hedonistic summer celebration of fertility in the name of a female God: Kupala
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| Remembrance Day - Saturday June 22, 2019 Culture : Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War
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| Public holiday - Monday July 2, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Independence Day - Tuesday July 3, 2018 Secular holiday : Belarus celebrate their independence on July 3, commemorating that date in 1944, when as part of the huge Soviet offensive Operation Bagration the Soviet Republic of Belarus was liberated from German occupation. Post-Soviet Belarus gained their independence on August 25, 1991. Belarussians therefore celebrate their independence on the day when the Soviets liberated them, rather than the day on which they received independence from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
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| WORKING DAY - Saturday July 7, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar - Thursday July 12, 2018 Culture : Lasts 3 days -
http://www.belarus.by/ in Vitebsk 2015 edition confirmed
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| Parliamentary election - Wednesday August 8, 2018 Special Events :
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday September 3, 2018 School holidays :
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| Yom Kippur - Tuesday September 18, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday October 14, 2018 cards/flowers : Mother's Day is not only a token of deep respect and love for mothers. This is the recognition, at the state level, of the critical role of women in the development of the society, the confirmation that the family and maternity are the priorities of the country’s social policy.
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| Autumn holiday (beginning) - Friday October 26, 2018 School holidays :
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| October Revolution Day - Wednesday November 7, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Autumn holiday (end) - Thursday November 8, 2018 School holidays :
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| Kaliady - Monday December 17, 2018 Culture : Pre-Christian celebration of the end of year. People are dressed as animals and fantastic beasts carrying the sun and the goat's head in their hands.
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| New year holiday (beginning) - Friday December 21, 2018 School holidays :
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| WORKING DAY - Saturday December 22, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Public holiday - Monday December 24, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Christmas Day - Tuesday December 25, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.
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| WORKING DAY - Saturday December 29, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| New Year's Eve - Monday December 31, 2018 Culture : Szilveszter
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