| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Saturday June 16, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Wednesday June 20, 2018 School holidays : http://bhz.qsi.org/
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| Day of Mourning - Thursday July 11, 2019 Special Events : Remembrance of the 1995 fights in Srebrenica
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| International film festival - Friday August 10, 2018 Culture : Http://www.sff.ba in Sarajevo 2018 edition confirmed
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| Kurban Bayram - Tuesday August 21, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam.
Information1: It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
The Prophet Muhammad called Eid Al-Adha the best day of the year, since it is the last and biggest day of the annual pilgrimage.
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday September 3, 2018 School holidays :
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| Rosh Hashanah - Monday September 10, 2018 cards/flowers : Jewish New Year NOT a public holiday
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| Marathon - Sunday September 16, 2018 Sports events : Http://sarajevomarathon.ba/ in Sarajevo 2018 edition confirmed
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| International Day of the Bosnian - Friday September 28, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| General election - Sunday October 7, 2018 Special Events :
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday October 28, 2018 Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
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| General election - Sunday October 28, 2018 Special Events :
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| All Saints' Day - Thursday November 1, 2018 Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)
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| National Day - Monday November 26, 2018 Secular holiday : Commemorates the day in 1943 that the statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina was re-established at the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Wikipedia
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday December 2, 2018 cards/flowers : Materitse 2nd Sunday before Christmas
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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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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Friday December 28, 2018 School holidays :
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