This is the list of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan:
Date | English name | Local name/s | Notes | |
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January 1 | New Year's Day | Жаңы жыл Новый Год (Novyy God) | ||
January 7 | Orthodox Christmas | пайгамбардын туулган күнү Рождество Христово (Rojdestvo hrıstovo / Rozhdestvo Khristovo) | Celebrated by local Orthodox Christians | |
February 23 | Мекенди коргоочунун күнү День защитника Отечества | Formation of the Red Army in February 1918. | ||
March 8 | International Women's Day | Эл аралык аялдар күнү Международный женский день (Mezhdunarodnyy zhenskiy den) | ||
March 21 | Nooruz Mairamy | Нооруз | Which is originally the Persian New Year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year. | |
April 7 | Day of the People's April Revolution[1] | Элдик Апрель революциясы күнү | Commemorates the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010. | |
May 1 | International Workers' Day | Эмгек күнү | ||
May 5 | Constitution Day | Кыргыз Республикасынын конституция күнү День Конституции Кыргызская Республики (Den' Konstitutsii Kyrgyzskaya Respubliki) | ||
May 9 | Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day | Жеңиш күнү День Победы (Den' Pobedy) | A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried overto present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic Countries and Ukraine). | |
August 31 | Independence Day | Кыргыз Республикасынын Эгемендүүлүк күнү День независимости (Den' nezavisimosti) | ||
November 7–8 | Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors | Тарых күн жана аталардын эскерүү | Two-day holiday commemorating the national liberation uprising and the tragic events of 1916 known as Urkun.[2] [3] ----Previously, from independence to 2017, the country celebrated the Great October Socialist Revolution. 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)" | |
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 |
Two additional Muslim holidays Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait are defined by lunar calendar.