Labor Day/May Day
-
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
-
Thursday may 2, 2024
Secular holiday :
Day of Remembrance for the Murdered Children of Sarajevo
-
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)
-
Wednesday june 12, 2024
School holidays :
Kurban Bayram
-
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.
Day of Mourning
-
Thursday july 11, 2024
Special Events : Remembrance of the 1995 fights in Srebrenica
International film festival
-
Friday august 16, 2024
Culture : Www.sff.ba in Sarajevo 2024 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (end)
-
Monday september 9, 2024
School holidays :
Marathon
-
Sunday september 22, 2024
Sports events : Http://sarajevomarathon.ba/ in Sarajevo 2024 edition confirmed
International Day of the Bosnian
-
Saturday september 28, 2024
cards/flowers :
Rosh Hashanah
-
Thursday october 3, 2024
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Daylight Saving Time
-
Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times