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Public Holidays in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has eight official holidays that are also public ones. These nationwide holidays are:
1 January - New Year
12 January - Memorial Day
8 March - International Women's Day
21-22 March - National Spring Festival
18 May - Constitution Day and National Flag Day
27 September - Independence Day
6 October - Day of Remembrance (of the victims of the earthquake in 1948)
12 December - Neutrality Day
The country also celebrates two major Islamic holidays - Eid al-Adha and Ramadan Bayram (end of Ramadan). Since both these dates are calculated according to the lunar Islamic calendar, the dates of their celebration calculated in advance and each year approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. These days are also public holidays.
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