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Holidays in Azerbaijan were regulated in the Constitution of Azerbaijan SSR for the first time on 19 May 1921 by the Azeri leader Nariman Narimanov.[1] Through the history non-working days have changed.
include the following:
National days in Azerbaijan that are working days follows:
Only the holidays of Ramadan and Qurban remains as non-working religious days in Azerbaijan as the country is highly secular and irreligious.[9][10] The religious population of the country, mainly in Nardaran and number of other villages, regions do celebrate the Day of Ashura, a Shia mourning day in the Islamic calendar. Religious minorities of the country – mainly Orthodox Christians and Jews do also celebrate the notable religious days of their faith.[11] Despite of the holiday Novruz takes its roots from the religion of Zoroastranism, almost all Azerbaijanians celebrates it as a holiday of spring.
Opposition to the government of the former president of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and his successors are critical of the Flower Festival commemorating Aliyev's birthday and of National Salvation Day, which they see as marking the seizure of power of a fraudulently elected despot.[12]
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