| LIST of national & Public HOLIDAYS OF TURKMENISTAN | ||
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Date |
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Name of event |
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January 1 |
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New Year's Day |
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January 12 |
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Memorial Day |
| February 19 |
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State Flag of Turkmenistan Day |
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March 8 |
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International Woman's Day |
| March 21-22 |
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Nowruz Bayram national spring holiday |
| First Sunday in April |
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"A Drop of Water—A Grain of Gold" Festival |
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Last Sunday in April |
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Turkmen Racing Horse Festival |
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May 9 |
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Victory Day (World War II) |
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May 18-19 |
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Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Makhtumkuli |
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Last Sunday in May |
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Carpet Day |
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Third Sunday in July |
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Galla Bayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest) |
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Second Sunday in August |
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Turkmen Melon Day |
| Second Sunday in September |
Turkmen Bakhshi Day (celebrating the Turkmen folk singers) |
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| October 6 |
Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (commemorating the victims of the 1948 earthquake) |
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| October 27-28 | Independence Day | |
| December 12 | Day of Neutrality and Day of Student Youth | |
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