National Holidays
New Year (December 31-January 1)
Old New Year (January 13-14) - Celebrates the end of the year according to the Julian calendar, which Abkhazia followed prior to the Soviet era.
Azhirnihua (January 14) - Day of the world's creation, renovation.
International Women's Day (March 8)
Paskha/Easter (set by Orthodox Christian calendar)
Victory Day (May 9)
Saint Simon's Day (May 23)
Memorial Day (May 31) - Honoring victims of the Caucasian War and deportation of the Mountainous Caucasian Peoples.
Motherland's Defenders Memorial Day (August 14)
Liberation Day (September 30) - Commemorates the driving out of Georgian forces from Abkhazia.
Abkhaz Army Day (October 11)
Kurbannihua (Fall, determined by lunar cycle) - International religious Muslim holiday.
Lykhnashta (Fall, after harvest) -Abkhazians gather in the village of Lykhny for horse races, equestrian games, outdoor exhibits, produce markets, and craft products from across Abkhazia.
Constitution Day (November 26)
