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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Friday december 29, 2023Christmas holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday january 2, 20242nd JanuarySecular holiday
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    Monday january 29, 2024Christmas holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday february 7, 2024Sarajevo WinterEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday march 1, 2024Independence DaySecular holiday
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    Friday march 8, 2024Civil Servants holidaySecular holiday
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    Friday march 8, 2024Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Monday march 11, 2024Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday may 2, 2024Public holidaySecular holiday
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    Sunday may 5, 2024Day of Remembrance for the Murdered Children of SarajevoSpecial Events
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    Wednesday june 12, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday june 16, 2024Kurban BayramMuslim, Sufi
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    Christmas Day

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    Monday december 25, 2023
    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.

    Christmas holiday (beginning)

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    Friday december 29, 2023
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    New Year's Day

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    2nd January

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    Tuesday january 2, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Christmas holiday (end)

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    Monday january 29, 2024
    School holidays : Http://mon.ks.gov.ba/
    Official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
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    number of teaching days: 165-170
    No school on Saturday
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    Sarajevo Winter

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    Wednesday february 7, 2024
    Culture : Https://sarajevowinterfest.ba lasts 1 week - in Sarajevo 2024 edition confirmed

    Independence Day

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    Friday march 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : On March 1st, 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was recognized as a multireligious, multicultural, and multiethnic country, separate from what was Yugoslavia.

    Civil Servants holiday

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    Friday march 8, 2024
    Secular holiday : Only concerns female employees

    Mothers' Day

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    Friday march 8, 2024
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    Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Monday march 11, 2024
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    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Considered as a public holiday since 2017 not a paid holiday

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Special Events : At 1:00 am local times

    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    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.

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    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 .

    Public holiday

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    Thursday may 2, 2024
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    Day of Remembrance for the Murdered Children of Sarajevo

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    Sunday may 5, 2024
    Special Events : During the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, members of the Republika Srpska Army are claimed to having killed 1,601 children of the city.

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday june 12, 2024
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    Kurban Bayram

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    Sunday june 16, 2024
    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.