There are two kinds of public holidays in Slovenia –
state holidays and work-free days. State holidays are those celebrated by the state. These include
official functions An official function is either an event, such as a convention, that has an official purpose for one's employment, vocation or profession-whether run by a person, institution or governmental agency-or an official duty.
Attending events with officia ...
and flying the
national flag. The latter are actually
Catholic
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religious holiday
A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tra ...
s, which are equivalent to any Sunday: companies and schools are closed, but there is no official celebration.
9 of 14 state holiday days are work-free, and there are additional 6 work-free days in Slovenia.
Two of them always fall on Sunday, thus, there are effectively at most 13 work-free days in Slovenia.
State holidays that are work-free are shown in pale green, while work-free days that are not state holidays (coinciding with Catholic religious holidays) are shown in blue.
In addition to these, several other holidays are traditionally and popularly celebrated by the people of Slovenia, although not being work-free. The best known are:
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Carnival (''pust'', date varies),
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International Women's Day, 8 March
* St. George's Day (''jurjevanje'', the welcoming of spring; 23 April),
* St. Martin's Day (''martinovanje'', changing of
must into wine; 11 November)
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Saint Nicholas Day
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(''miklavž'', when children receive presents; 6 December)
* Insurrection Day (''dan vstaje'', 22 July, work-free until 1991)
See also
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Public holidays in Yugoslavia
References
External links
Holidays and Days off in the Republic of Slovenia Act Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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