Professional holidays
There is a saying that “Everyday is a special day for someone, somewhere”. In Kyrgyzstan this seems to be true as there are a number of what are termed “professional holidays”, such as: Teacher’s day, Policeman’s Day, Day of workers in the Television industry … and so on.
These are all normal working days – but you may see special events, concerts etc., organized to commemorate the day.
In 2006, a list was issued which included some 55 occasions which were officially declared as recognized “professional holidays”, but the list is often amended and added to. Here is a list of some of them:
| Profession | Day/Date | |
| Community Building Planners | the 3rd Sunday in March | |
| Geologists | the first Sunday in April | |
| Statisticians | the last Sunday in April | |
| Communications Workers | 7th May | |
| Border Guards | 28th May | |
| Workers in the Fishing Industry | the first Sunday in June | |
| Environmental Protection Workers | 5th June | |
| Light Manufacturing Industries | the second Sunday in June | |
| Water Industry | the third Sunday in June | |
| Lawyers | the last Sunday in June | |
| Tax Inspectors | 1st July | |
| Medical workers | the first Sunday in July | |
| Customs Officials | 2nd July | |
| Metal workers | the third Sunday in July | |
| Service Industries | the third Sunday in July | |
| Railway workers | the first Sunday in August | |
| Coal miners | the last Sunday in August | |
| Oil and Gas Industries | the first Sunday in September | |
| Forestry workers | the third Sunday in September | |
| Entrepreneurs | 20th September | |
| Blood Donors | the last Sunday in September | |
| Mechanical engineers | the last Sunday in September | |
| Civil Aviation | 7th October | |
| Social Work and Trade Unions | 19th October | |
| Food industries | 3rd Sunday in October | |
| Diplomatic Services | 24th October | |
| Transport and Road Workers | the last Sunday in October | |
| Cultural Workers | 2nd November | |
| Agricultural Workers | the first Saturday in November | |
| Information (Media) and Printers | 7th November | |
| Public Prosecutors | 22nd November | |
| Defence Workers | the last Sunday in November | |
| Television and Radio | 8th December | |
| Financial Services | 10th December |
In addition, September 27th is marked as the International Day of Tourism – otherwise known as World Tourism Day – the professional holiday of those working in tourism.
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