Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan

This is the list of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan:

Date	English name	Kyrgyz name	Notes
January 1	New Year's Day	Жаңы жыл
January 7	Eastern Orthodox Christmas	Иса пайгамбардын туулган күнү	Celebrated by local Orthodox Christians
February 23	Fatherland Defender's Day	Мекенди коргоочунун күнү	Formation of the Red Army in February 1918.
March 8	International Women's Day	Эл аралык аялдар күнү
March 17	[1]		Honours protestors who were killed by police during anti-government protests in 2002.
March 21–23	Nooruz Mairamy	Нооруз	Which is originally the Persian new year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year.
March 24	[1]		Commemorates the Tulip Revolution of 2005
April 7	Day of the People's April Revolution[1]	Дай оф тhэ Пэоплэьс Април Рэволутион	Commemorates the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010.
May 1	International Workers' Day	Эмгек күнү
May 5	Constitution Day	Кыргыз Республикасынын конституция күнү
May 9	Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day	Жеңиш күнү	A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic Countries and Ukraine).
June 1	Children's Day	Балдарды коргоо күнү
August 31	Independence Day	Эгемендүүлүк күнү
September 1	Knowledge Day	Билим күнү
September 23	Kyrgyz Language Day	Мамлекеттик тил күнү
Defined by lunar calendar	Orozo Ait	Орозо айт	Feast of Fast-breaking
Celebrated 70 days after the Orozo Ait	Kurman Ait	Курман айт	Feast of Sacrifice
October 5	Teachers' Day	Мугалимдер күнү
November 7	Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution	Улуу Октябрь Социалисттик революциясынын күнү	Celebrating October Revolution of 1917. It has now been replaced with День примирения и согласия ("Day of Reconciliation and Agreement"), celebrated on a Nov. 7 (at least officially) before amendments in Labour Codex (adopted in December 2004, new holiday, which celebrates at November 4 is the People Unity Day ("День народного единства)"

* Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice.

Two additional Muslim holidays Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait are defined by lunar calendar.

References

1. "Kyrgyz Popular Revolution Recognized As Public Holiday". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-05.

• National holidays on Kyrgyzstan government web site. Retrieved on 8 March 2009
• R. Stewart and S. Weldon, Kyrgyzstan, Odyssey, 2002, p. 105, ISBN 962-217-675-5