Holiday Article

Date	Name	Type / Location
Saturday, Jan 1	New Year's Day	Public Holiday
Wednesday, Jan 12	Geok Tepe Memorial Day	Public Holiday
Thursday, Jan 27	Defender of the Fatherland Day	Public Holiday
Saturday, Feb 19	State Flag of Turkmenistan Day	Public Holiday
Tuesday, Mar 8	International Women's Day	Public Holiday
Sunday, Mar 20	March Equinox	Season
Sunday, Mar 20	Nowruz Bayram (Spring Festival)	Public Holiday
Sunday, Apr 3	A Drop of Water - A grain of Gold	Observance
Thursday, Apr 7	Health Day	Observance

Sunday, Apr 24	Turkmen Racing Horse Festival	Observance
Tuesday, May 3	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Public Holiday
Monday, May 9	Victory Day	Public Holiday
Wednesday, May 18	Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Magtymguly	Public Holiday
Sunday, May 22	Carpet Day	Observance
Sunday, Jun 19	Galla Bayramy (Wheat Harvest Festival)	Observance
Tuesday, Jun 21	June Solstice	Season
Monday, Jun 27	Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art	Public Holiday
Sunday, Jul 10	Eid al-Adha	Public Holiday
Sunday, Aug 14	Turkmen Melon Day	Observance
Saturday, Sep 10	Day of the Workers in the Energy Sector	Observance
Sunday, Sep 11	Turkmen Bakhshi Day	Observance
Friday, Sep 23	September Equinox	Season
Thursday, Oct 6	Day of Commemoration and National Mourning	Public Holiday
Thursday, Oct 27	Independence Day	Public Holiday

Sunday, Nov 13	Harvest Festival	Observance
Sunday, Dec 4	Good Neighborliness Day	Observance
Monday, Dec 12	Day of Neutrality	Public Holiday
Thursday, Dec 22	December Solstice	Season