| Easter - Sunday April 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Considered as a public holiday since 2017 not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 2, 2018 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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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Tuesday April 10, 2018 School holidays :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 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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| Public holiday - Thursday May 2, 2019 Secular holiday :
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| 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 10, 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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