Somaliland : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday July 11, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Tuesday July 12, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (beginning) | School holidays | |
Saturday July 30, 2022 | El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Monday August 8, 2022 | Ashura | Muslim, Sufi | |
Saturday October 8, 2022 | Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Thursday December 15, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | School holidays | School holidays | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Sunday January 8, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday July 11, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (beginning)
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Tuesday July 12, 2022
School holidays :
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday July 30, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad. Muslim calendar starts from this date (A.H.), which was established in `Umar's reign. Medina is about 200 miles north of Mecca. Muhammad arrived there on 20th Sep 622 A.D. The name of the city was changed to Medinatu'l-Nabi (city of the Prophet).
Ashura
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Monday August 8, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice.
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday October 8, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Thursday December 15, 2022
School holidays :
School holidays
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Sunday January 1, 2023
School holidays : Https://moehsomaliland.com/schools/
New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
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
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Sunday January 8, 2023
School holidays : Www.cu.edu.so
since 2018, students will spend four years in lower-primary education, four years in upper-primary and another four years in secondary school before being able to enroll in institutions of higher learning.
The school calendar year is divided into two academic terms, with the first term running between January and May, and the second from August to December.