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Information
31-Aug-2005
Last Edited
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Fixed
Public Holidays
Major
Holidays
Banks, ministries
and embassies are closed during all public holidays and
festivals.
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| 1 January |
New Year's Day
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| 8 March |
Women's Day |
| 13-15 April |
Traditional Khmer New
Year |
| 1 May |
Labour Day |
| 1 June |
International
Children's Day |
| 24 September |
Constitution Day |
| 23 October |
Paris Peace Agreements
on Cambodia |
| 30 October - 1
November |
Birthday of HM the
King |
| 9 November |
Independence Day |
| 10 December |
UN Human Rights Day |
| 7 January |
Commemoration of the
fall of the Khmer Rouge |
| 17 April |
Independence Day |
| 19 June |
Memorial of the
founding of the Revolutionary Forces of Cambodia |
| 28 June |
Memorial of the
Founding of the Revolutionary People's Party |
Moveable Public Holidays
Cambodian: |
| April/May |
Royal Ploughing
Ceremony |
(6 May in 1997) |
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September/October |
Prachum Ben |
(11-13 Oct in
1997) |
| Late November |
Water Festival
(whenever the Tonle Sap river reverses its flow) |
(24-26 Nov in
1997) |
| January |
Commemoration of Last
Sermon of the Buddha |
| April/May |
Birth & 1st sermon of
the Buddha* |
(2
May in 1997) |
| July |
Buddhist fast begins |
| September |
Buddhist fast ends |
*Only this
one is listed as a holiday by the embassy in Japan (see
below).
If anyone out there knows how to calculate the Buddhist lunar
calendar or knows of a site that gives calculated dates,
PLEASE get in touch with us!!!
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