Victory Day
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Sunday december 10, 2023
Secular holiday : Over ISIS forces
Provincial election
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Monday december 18, 2023
Special Events :
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 Years Day on Christmas Day.
National Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the day when American forces returned the presidential palace to the Iraqi authorities on Dec. 31, 2008.
School holidays
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Monday january 1, 2024
School holidays : Vacances scolaires : Http://epedu.gov.iq/
https://uobaghdad.edu.iq/
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Official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
Literacy rate: Male 84%-Female 64% [Wikipedia]
Teaching language: Arabic
Schooling is mandatory till age 14
schools close on Friday & Saturday
school uniforms required
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Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday january 5, 2024
School holidays :
Army Day
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Saturday january 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the establishment of the Iraqi army, and founded the first units Iraqi armed forces during the British Mandate of Iraq in 1921, where a regiment Musa al-Kazim, and took command of armed force headquarters in Baghdad, and after the fall of the Iraqi regime in 2003, issued civil administrator for Iraq Paul Bremers decision to disband the Iraqi army, was then re-formed in stages.
Winter holiday (end)
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Sunday january 21, 2024
School holidays :
Three Holy Hierarchs
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Tuesday january 30, 2024
cards/flowers : Refers to Basil the Great (also known as Basil of Caesarea), Gregory the Theologian (also known as Gregory of Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom. They were highly influential bishops of the early church who played pivotal roles in shaping Christian theology. Wikipedia
Banks are closed
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Monday february 5, 2024
Banks only :
National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence
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Wednesday march 6, 2024
Culture : Celebration declared after the meeting between Pope Francis and the Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Francis visit to the highest Shiite cleric had taken place in the southern Iraqi Najaf a holy city for the Shiites. The 45-minute conversation was about the cooperation between the religious communities.
The holiday also paid tribute to the interfaith meeting in the plain of Ur, where the head of the Catholic Church met with representatives of Islam, Christianity and the Yazidis.
Jewish representatives did not take part. from 2022
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday march 11, 2024
cards/flowers :
Anniversary of the chemical bombing on Halabja
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Sunday march 17, 2024
Culture : Kurdistan only
Mothers' Day
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Thursday march 21, 2024
cards/flowers : Ruz-e Madar in Arabic
Nowruz
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Thursday march 21, 2024
Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox Also spelled Newroz, Nauruz, Nauryz, Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz (in Azerbaijan and Turkey), Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz, Sultan Nevruz, Наврӯз, Navruz, or Nowrouz [Wikipedia]
Optional holiday
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic : Easter
Optional holiday
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic : Easter Monday
Daylight Saving Time
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Monday april 1, 2024
Special Events :
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
Banks are closed
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Friday april 12, 2024
Banks only :
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Sunday april 14, 2024
School holidays :
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Tuesday april 16, 2024
School holidays :
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 .
Mass Graves Day
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Thursday may 16, 2024
Culture : National day of remembrance for the victims of Saddam Husseins regime who were buried in mass graves (from 2007 on)