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1 Date Country Description January ARG ARM AUS AUT BEL BRA CAN CHN CY CZE DEU New Year s DNK ESP FIN FRA GBR GRC HRV HUN IND IRL ITA JPN KOR MEX NLD NOR NZL POL PRT RO RUS SGP B SVK SWE THA TWN USA ZAF ARM CAN HQ CHE CHN M JPN NZL RO Second after New Year ARM CHN M JPN Third after New Year ARM; RUS Fourth after, New Year and Christmas festivities ARM; RUS Christmas Eve, New Year and Christmas festivities ARM; AUT CY DEU Z ESP FIN GRC ITA POL SVK SWE ; RUS Christmas, Epiphany, New Year festivities RUS New Year and Christmas festivities RUS New Year and Christmas festivities JPN National holiday IND Pongal USA Martin Luther King RO Unfication AUS; IND Australia, Republic ARM National Holiday (Army ) February MEX off for Constitution MEX Constitution NZL Waitangi CHN TWN Spring Festival Eve ARG; CHN KOR SGP B TWN Carnival, Chinese Lunar New Year's ARG DEU D CAN OM; CHN; USA A ; KOR SGP B TWN Carnival/Shorve Tuesday, Spring Festival Golden Week, Mardi Gras, Chinese Lunar New Year's CHN TWN KOR Chinese New Year Holiday JPN; CHN National Foundation, Spring Festival Golden Week CHN Spring Festival Golden Week CHN Spring Festival Golden Week CAN OM Family THA; TWN Maghu Puja, Tourism RUS Defender s day March KOR M Independence Movement RUS New Year Holiday Substitution ARM RUS Women s International IRN Martydrom of Fatima CY GRC Glean Monday; 1

2 HUN National War of Independence IRL St. Patricks IRN Oil Nationalization IRN; JPN Persian New Year (Norooz), Spring Equinox IRN; JPN; MEX; ZAF Persian New Year (Norooz), Spring Equinox observed, Birthday Don Benito Juarez, Human Rights IRN Persian New Year Holiday (Norooz) IRN Persian New Year Holiday (Norooz) ARG; DNK MEX NOR; ISR National Memorial, Maundy Thursday, Purim ARG AUS BRA CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FIN FRA GBR Good Friday HRV IND IRL MEX NLD NOR NZL POL PRT SGP B SVK SWE USA A ZAF CY GRC Greek independence AUS CHE Holy Saturday AUS ARM BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK C ESP FIN GBR Easter Sunday GRC HRV HUN IRL ITA NLD NOR NZL POL PRT SVK SWE USA A ZAF AUS AUT BEL BRA CAN CHE CZE DEU DNK FIN FRA Easter Monday; Family GBR GRC HRV HUN IRL ITA NLD NOR NZL POL SVK SWE USA A; ZAF IRN Islamic Republic April CY Cyprus National Holiday ARG; CHN (from 12:00) of the Veterans, Qing Ming Jie CHN Qing Ming Jie Holiday TWN Tomb Sweeping THA Chakri THA KOR Songkran Festival THA Songkran Festival THA Songkran Festival BRA; IRN Tiradentes ; Birthday of Imam Ali DNK; ISR USA GL Great Prayer, Erev Passover ISR Passover ARM; ISR Genocide Commemoration ; Passover AUS NZL; ITA PRT ANZAC, Liberaty NZL; ZAF; NLD ANZAC observed, Freedom, King s Birthday CY GRC; JPN Good Friday (Orthodox), Shōwa CHN; CY Labour Holiday, Holy Saturday (Orthodox) May 2

3 ARG ARM AUT BEL BRA CHN CY CZE DEU DNK C Labour / May (Workers ) ESP FIN FRA GRC HRV HUN IND ITA KOR M NOR MEX POL PRT RO RUS SGP B SVK SWE USA A ZAF CHN ESP RO RUS ZAF; CY GRC; GBR IRL Spring and Labour, Easter Monday (Orthodox), Early May Bank Holiday JPN POL 5; RUS Constitution, New Year Holiday Substitution JPN; CHE (from 12:00) Greenery, before Ascension BEL DEU DNK CHE FIN FRA NLD NOR SWE USA A; JPN; THA KOR; IRN Ascension, Children s, Coronation, Prophet s Ascension CHE after Ascension CZE FRA SVK of Victory ARM; THA; USA GL Victory and Peace, Royal Ploghing, Labor RUS Victory BEL CHE DEU DNK C FIN FRA IRL NLD NOR POL Whit Sunday AUT BEL CHE DNK DEU DNK C ESP FIN FRA GRC Whit Monday HUN IRL NLD NOR ESP; NOR Galicia Literature, Constitution IRN Birthday of Imam Ali CAN HQ CAN OM National Patriot s, Victoria ARG National /May 1810 Revolution AUT DEU ESP POL BRA DEU HRV Corpus Christi ARM Republic ESP; GBR; USA of the Canary Islands, Spring Bank Holiday, Memorial ESP of Castile La Mancha June SGP B; IRL; NZL; THA of Vesak, June Bank Holiday, Queen s Birthday, Visakha Bucha ITA Republic IRN Anniversary of Khomeini s Death IRN Revolt of Khordad DNK Constitution KOR M; IRL; SWE Memorial, Bank holiday, National CHN TWN; ESP Dragon Boat Festival, of Murcia CHN; PRT Dragon Boat Festival, Republic CHN Dragon Boat Festival RUS; IRN Russia, Shavuot AUS; ESP; RUS Queens Birthday, San Antonio, Russia observed RUS Russia observed ZAF Youth 3

4 RO Orthodox Pentecost ARG; CY GRC RO Flag, Orthodox Pentecost Monday CAN HQ; ESP; FIN Quebec National, Saint John the Baptist, Midsummer FIN; HRV Midsummer, Statehood Croatia IRN Martyrdom of Imam Ali July CAN; CHN HK Canada National, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment ARM Vardavar USA Independence ARM; CZE SVK Constitution, St. Cyril and Methodius CZE; SGP Jan Hus, Hari Raya Puasa IRN Eid e Fetr (End of Ramadan) ARG Independence FRA Bastille JPN Marine THA Asalha Bucha BEL National Holiday ESP Labor observed CHE (from 12:00); IRN before National Holiday, Martydrom of Imam Sadeq August CHE; IRL; CAN OM National Holiday, August Bank Holiday, Civic Holiday HRV Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving SGP B; ZAF National, National Women s JPN Mountain THA National Mother s ARG; AUT BEL CY ESP FRA GRC HRV ITA POL PRT RO; IND; KOR M San Martín, Assumption of Mary, Independence, National Liberation HUN Hungary National GBR; SVK August Bank Holiday, Slovak National Uprising Anniversary September SVK of Constitution of Slovak Republic CAN Labor BRA Independence ESP; USA GL (from 14:30) of Catalonia, Erev Yom Kippur ESP; TUR; SGP B; USA GL ISR Eid al Adha, Feast of the Sacrifice, Hari Raya Haji, Yom Kippur 4

5 IRN; TUR Eid e Ghorban (Feast of Sacrifice), Feast of the Sacrifice TUR; KOR Feast of the Sacrifice CHN TWN; SVK; TUR; KOR Mid Autumn Festival, of our Lady of Sorrows, Feast of the Sacrifice MEX; KOR Mid Autumn Festival, Independence JPN Respect for the Aged ARM; IRN Independence, Eid al Ghadir JPN Autumn Equinox ZAF Heritage CZE Saint Wenceslas October CHN; CY National, Cyprus Independence CHN; IND; ISR National, Gandhi Jayanthi, Eve Rosh Hashanah AUS; CHN; DEU; KOR M; USA GL ISR Labour, National Golden Week, of German Unity, National Foundation, Rosh Hashanah CHN M; USA GL ISR National Golden Week, Rosh Hashanah CHN M National Golden Week CHN M National Golden Week CHN M National Golden Week HRV Independence Croatia CHN M CHN HK Double Ninth Festival ARG; CAN; JPN; TWN of Respect for Cultural Diversity, Thanksgiving, Sports, National /Double Tenth IRN; USA GL Tassoua, Yom Kippur BRA; ESP; IRN; USA GL Our Lady Aparecida/Children s, Hispanic, Ashura, Yom Kippur ISR Sukkot HUN; SGP B 56 Revolution, Piyamaharat THA; ISR King Chulalongkorn s, Simchat Torah AUT NZL Labour BRA; CZE; CY GRC Public Service Holiday, Independent Czechoslovak State, Ochi SGP B Diwali/Deepavali IND Diwali/Deepavali DEU; HUN; IRL Reformation, All Saint (extra holiday), October Bank Holiday November 5

6 AUT BEL DEU ESP FRA HRV HUN ITA POL SVK All Saints BRA All Souls JPN Culture RUS Unity FIN All Saints BEL FRA; CAN; POL 5 Armistice, Remembrance, Independence BRA Republic Proclamation CZE SVK Struggle for Freedom and Democracy MEX Revolution Memorial MEX; IRN off for Revolution Memorial, Arbaeen JPN Labor Thanksgiving USA Thanksgiving USA after Thanksgiving ARG National Sovereignty RO; IRN Saint Andrew, Martyrdom of Imam Reza December RO National THA National Father s ESP; FIN Constitution, Independence AUT ARG ESP ITA PRT Feast of the Immaculate Conception THA Constitution ZAF of Reconciliation IRN Birthday of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadeq JPN; USA A CAN OM (from 12:00) Emperor s Birthday, Christmas Holiday BRA CZE CAN OM (from 12:00) CHE DEU FIN NOR Christmas Eve SVK SWE USA A USA GL (from 14:30) USA NMDP AUS AUT BEL BRA CAN CHE CHN HK CY CZE DEU DNK ESP FIN FRA GBR GRC HRV HUN IND IRL ITA KOR MEX NLD NOR NZL POL PRT RO SGP SVK SWE USA ZAF Christmas AUS AUT BRA CAN CHE CHN HK CY CZE DEU DN K ESP FIN GBR GRC HRV HUN IRL ITA NLD NOR NZL POL RO SVK SWE USA A USA GL; ZAF Boxing, Second Christmas, of Goodwill AUS CAN OM CHE DNK C Christmas and New Year s Holiday CHE NZL Christmas and New Year s Holiday CHE Christmas and New Year s Holiday CAN OM CHE Christmas and New Year s Holiday ARM BRA CAN OM (from 12:00) CHE DEU DNK C (from 12:00) SWE THA USA GL (from 14:30) NOR Christmas and New Year s Holiday, New Year s Eve 6

7 Abbreviations: The WMDA used the ISO alpha 3 standard to abbreviate all countries to three letter codes. The countries that have more than one registry are given a suffix to distinguish them. These suffixes are used: CAN HQ = Canada Héma Québec public Cord Blood Bank CAN OM = Canada OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network CHN M = China Marrow Donor Program CHN HK = China Hong Kong DEU D = Germany Düsseldorf DEU Z = Germany ZKRD DNK B = Denmark Bone Marrow Donor Registry DNK C = Denmark Copenhagen (DK2) KOR M = South Korea Marrow Donor Program SGP B = Singapore Bone Marrow Donor Program USA A = USA American Bone Marrow Donor Registry USA GL = USA Gift of Life USA NMDP = USA National Marrow Donor Program Please note that if there is no suffix, the holiday is observed by all registries in that country. 7

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