10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each year· Holiday
Eid al-Adha
The great feast of sacrifice and charity — a public holiday by law in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (Gurban Baýramy), Kazakhstan (Kurban Ait), Kyrgyzstan (Kurman Ait), Uzbekistan (Qurbon Hayiti) and the TRNC.
Eid al-Adha begins on the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar, the festival day of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Animals are sacrificed in memory of the Prophet Abraham's devotion to God, and the meat is shared among the poor, neighbours and relatives. The festival moves about 11 days earlier each year.
Eid al-Adha is a public holiday by law in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (Gurban Baýramy), Kazakhstan (Kurban Ait), Kyrgyzstan (Kurman Ait), Uzbekistan (Qurbon Hayiti) and the TRNC — a festival shared by seven of the eight Turkic states.
How it is marked
The day begins with the festival prayer; sacrifices are made and meat distributed, and the graves of martyrs and loved ones are visited. It is a festival of solidarity and compassion: no family's table should be left empty.
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Hazrati Imam complex in Tashkent · Bgag / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul · kallerna / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Selimiye Mosque · Hamdigumus / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 
A mosque in Astana · Yakov Fedorov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Calligraphy in the Taza Pir Mosque · Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Dome of the Hazrati Imam Mosque · Bgag / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Uzbekistan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 14Defenders of the Motherland Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21Navruz
- May 9Day of Remembrance and Honour
- August 31Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Repression
- September 1Independence Day
- October 1Teachers' and Mentors' Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 21Uzbek Language Day
- December 8Adoption of the first Constitution
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr