Cityen Government Holidays

New Years Day: January 1st

Significance: The first day of the Gregorian year

Celebrations: Making New Year's resolutions, church services, parades, sporting events, fireworks

Remembrance Day: February 7th

Significance: Celebrates the service of all Cityen military and its veterans.

Celebrations: Military parades, and Award presentations, Family and friends gatherings and barbecues.

Harvest Day: March 25th

Significance:  A fall festival where people celebrate after the crops has been gathered and stored for the winter ahead.

Celebrations:  A family gathering and a feast of vegetables, barley bread and lamb, Sporting events. Crop mazes, and Pumpkin decorating contest.

Day of the Fallen: April 10th

Significance: For mourning the U.C. military personnel who have died while serving in the United Cities armed forces.

Celebrations: Candles light prayer vigils, quiet military parades, and Strelitzia flowers are places on the top of gravestone

Easter: April 17th

Significance: Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Celebrations: Church services, festive family meals, Easter egg decoration, and gift-giving.

Ramadan: May 15th-June 14th

Significance: observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection and community.A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Many Christians will also fast and have Ramadan church services.

Celebrations: Fasting from dawn to sundown, Zakat and sadaqah (alms giving)
Commemorating Nights of al-Qadr
Reading the Quran, Abstaining from all bad deeds and staying humble
Taraweeh prayer (Sunni Muslims)

Unification Day: June 14th

Significance: The United Cities Birthday it Celebrates the signing of the Articles of Unification and the victory over the Kingdom of Sim by the Alliance of the Kingdom of New Egypt and the Federated Cities of Happy. 

Celebrations: Fireworks, family reunions, concerts, parades, Sporting events, and The ending of Ramadan feast.

Day of Ashura: September 20th

Significance: Marks the day in which the prophet Moses was saved by God when he parted the sea while leading the children of Israel to the land of Israel. Furthermore, for Muslims, it marks the day on which the Battle of Karbala took place, resulting in the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a member of the Household of Muhammad.

Celebrations: Fasting, Mourning, Wearing of black attire, mosque and church services and Family gatherings.

Sham el Nessi: October 25th

Significance: Celebrates the beginning of Spring.

Celebrations: Visiting public places, Going on picnics, Eating fesikh and salted herring, and termes, Coloring and eating boiled eggs. Belly Dancing, The picking of wildflowers.

Christmas: December 25th

Significance: Commemoration of the nativity of Jesus

Celebrations: Gift-giving, family and other social gatherings, symbolic decoration, feasting etc.