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1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each year· Holiday
Eid al-Fitr
The festival marking the end of the Ramadan fast — a public holiday by law in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (Oraza Baýramy), Kyrgyzstan (Orozo Ait), Uzbekistan (Ramazon Hayiti) and the TRNC.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fast kept during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and begins on the first day of Shawwal. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar, the festival moves about 11 days earlier every year and passes through all the seasons over 33 years.
It is a public holiday by law in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (Oraza Baýramy), Kyrgyzstan (Orozo Ait), Uzbekistan (Ramazon Hayiti) and the TRNC. The exact date is announced each year by the government on the basis of religious authorities' calculations.
How it is marked
The day begins with the festival prayer; alms are given, elders are visited, children receive sweets and pocket money, and families gather around one table. In Türkiye the festival is also popularly called the Sugar Feast (Şeker Bayramı).
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Dome of the Taza Pir Mosque in Baku · Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Taza Pir Mosque, Baku · Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul · Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Samarkand · Bgag / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 
Nur-Astana Mosque in Astana · Davide Mauro / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque, Ashgabat · Hans Birger Nilsen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Selimiye Mosque in Lefkoşa · Jules Verne Times Two / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Turkmenistan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 27Defenders of the Fatherland Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21National Spring Festival (Nowruz)
- AprilTurkmen Horse Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 18Constitution and State Flag Day
- May 25Ashgabat City Day
- MayTurkmen Carpet Day
- June 27Day of Culture Workers and Magtymguly Pyragy's Poetry
- September 27Independence Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 6Remembrance Day (1948 earthquake)
- NovemberHarvest Day
- December 12Neutrality Day
- December 21Memorial Day of the First President S. A. Niyazov
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha