Download This PaperHolidays in Central Asia. Part I: Laws and Official Holidays
Central Asia Regional Data Review, No. 11, pp. 1–12. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.28868.17286
12 Pages Posted: 9 Jan 2020
Date Written: 2015
Abstract
Recent academic literature on Central Asia has shown an increasing interest in holidays and the celebrations that mark such days as a way of understanding nation- and state-building policies in the region. This CADGAT dataset provides a good starting point for a comparative approach. It presents an overview of national holidays in the five Central Asian countries: what the holidays are and when they are celebrated; and traces the development of national holidays (some are no longer celebrated, whereas new ones have arrived) back to independence in 1991.
Keywords: Central Asia
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