National holidays
Kazakhstan Holidays
Kazakhstan is a large multinational country which is rich with its both old traditions and new ones acquired for the period of Independence. The Republic of Kazakhstan observes international holidays such as New Year, 8 March but it also has holidays specific only for this country such as Unity Day, Capital Day etc.the holidays of Kazakhstan may be divided into national, state and professional ones. The national holidays are held in honor of the events having a special historical importance for the development of independent Kazakhstan. Celebration of the national holidays is accompanied with holding of official events. Such holiday is considered Independence Day of Kazakhstan.state holidays are devoted to the events having social and political importance, they also include traditional Kazakh holidays. This category of the holidays includes New Year , 8 March , Nauryz , Unity Day , Capital Day , Constitution Day etc.addition to these holidays Kazakhstan has another type of holidays - professional ones celebrated by some categories of citizens:
Fatherland Defender s Day - 7 May
Political Repression Victims Memory Day - 31 May
The Republic of Kazakhstan National Symbols Day - 4 June
Police Day - 23 June
Health Professionals Day (third Sunday of June)
Press, Television and Radio Day (last Sunday of June)
Diplomatic Service Day - 2 July
Tax Service Day - 6 July
Metal-Maker s Day (third Sunday of July)
Transport and Communication Workers Day (first Sunday of August)
Builders Day - (second Sunday of August)
Sports Day (third Sunday of August)
Miner Day (last Sunday of August)
Knowledge Day - 1 Septemberholidays of national and state nature are days off for the whole Kazakhstan population. These days Kazakhstan holds open-air merrymaking and official events. Various festive events and festive concerts with participation of both Kazakhstan and foreign stars are arranged for the country s population.
New Year
New Year s Day, which is on January 1, marks the start of the year in the Gregorian calendar. This holiday is celebrated in many countries worldwide.people who were up on New Year s Eve to welcome the New Year and have a day off work on New Year s Day have the chance to sleep in and spend the remainder of the day either attending church services, visiting friends or relatives, going to the movies, staying in, or watching or playing sport. Feasting on traditional New Year s food is also a widespread practice but dishes vary across cultures.
International Women's Day
th March is an international women s day in many countries of the world. Kazakhstan is not an exception in it. This day is a holiday and day off in Kazakhstan. Many organizations hold festive events devoted to women. Historically this day was celebrated as the Day of working women s solidarity in the struggle for the equality of rights and emancipation. In spite of the fact that this movement for emancipation originated in the West, nowadays this holiday has no such considerable importance there as it has in the post-Soviet countries. According to the United Nations Resolution the western countries celebrate this day as International Day of Struggle for Women s Rights and International Peace.holiday history begins at the end of the XIX century when women in the West began struggling for their rights and freedom. On 8 March 1908 a meeting with logos on women s equality was organized in New York. That day over 15,000 women were marching along the city demanding a reduced working day and payment conditions equal to those of men. One of the main conditions laid by women was giving them the right to vote.8 March was not announced as an official holiday at once. On 19 March 1911 International Women s Day was celebrated in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland. From 1 910 to 1 920 this holiday was also celebrated in different days of March. After that the world popularity of the holiday in these countries declined except for the USSR. In +1966 this day was finally approve as a holiday and day off in the territory of the USSR.8 March is observed in all post-Soviet countries including Kazakhstan. B...
