August 31 1991· State day
Independence Day
On 31 August 1991 the Supreme Soviet of Kyrgyzstan adopted the declaration of state independence.
On 31 August 1991 the Supreme Soviet of Kyrgyzstan adopted the Declaration of State Independence of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, and the Kyrgyz people gained the independent statehood they had longed for over centuries.
The symbol of independent Kyrgyzstan is its red flag: the golden sun with 40 rays represents the forty heroes of the Manas epic and the forty Kyrgyz tribes, while the tunduk inside it — the crown ring of a yurt — stands for the family home and the unity of the people. Ala-Too Square in Bishkek is the country's main square.
The main holiday
Independence Day is Kyrgyzstan's main state holiday, with a military parade and festivities on Ala-Too Square, horseback games such as kok-boru and horse races, concerts and fireworks.
Video
Photos
Ala-Too Square in Bishkek · Adam Harangozó / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Changing of the guard on Ala-Too Square, Bishkek · Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Ala-Too Square, Bishkek · Emil.akhmatbekov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The flag of Kyrgyzstan · Kalpak Travel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Independence of Kyrgyzstan (1991) · National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 
Lake Issyk-Kul · Bgag / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 
Burana Tower · Bgag / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Kyrgyzstan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 7Orthodox Christmas
- February 23Defender of the Fatherland Day
- March 5Ak-kalpak Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21Nooruz
- April 7Day of the People's April Revolution
- May 1Labour Day
- May 5Constitution Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 29Armed Forces Day
- September 23State Language Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- November 7Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr