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Tue. 8/3
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All day
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Last quarter
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Fri. 8/6
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All day
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Transfiguration
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Tue. 8/10
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All day
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New moon
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Elul
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Wed. 8/11
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All day
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Ramadan
The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries.
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Elul
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Sun. 8/15
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All day
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Assumption Day
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Mon. 8/16
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All day
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First quarter
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Tue. 8/24
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All day
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Full moon
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Mon. 8/30
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All day
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Late Summer Holiday (excl. Scotland)
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Wed. 9/1
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All day
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Last quarter
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Mon. 9/6
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All day
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Labor Day
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All day
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Laitaltul-Qadr
(Laylat Al-Qadr)
Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered.
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Wed. 9/8
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All day
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New moon
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All day
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Erev Rosh Hashana
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Thu. 9/9
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All day
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New Year
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All day
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Rosh Hashana 5771
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Fri. 9/10
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All day
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New Year
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All day
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Eidul-Fitr
(Eid al-Fitr)
Just as festivity becomes the atmosphere when the fast is broken each day at sunset, happiness becomes doublefold when the month of fasting is finally completed and the Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated.
The most elaborate dishes are served at large banquets to which relatives and friends are invited. These colorful celebrations are the climax of the sense of fullfiliment characterizing,a month of fasting and hardships, increasing the bonds of connectedness among humankind and between humankind and God.
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All day
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Rosh Hashana II
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