Moroccan Holidays
Moroccan holidays include national and religious holidays. Civil life is governed by the Gregorian calendar. Unlike other Muslim countries, the weekend includes Saturday and Sunday. Friday is not a holiday, but government and public services lengthen their lunch break to allow the faithful to go to prayer.
The religious life follows the Muslim calendar. It begins July 16, 622, the day the prophet Mohammed left Mecca for Medina to establish the omah, where he had many more followers. Hijra year, lunar year, consists of 12 months, but is shorter than the solar year. The month of Ramadan and important religious holidays vary in relation to the Gregorian calendar.
National Moroccan Holidays:
- January 1: New Year's Day. People do celebrate new year's eve in Morocco and most take the following day off. School is also out for about a week.
- January 11: Independence Manifesto.
- May 1: Labor Day.
- July 30: Throne Day.
- August 14: Allegiance of Oued Eddahab.
- August 20: Anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People.
- August 21: Youth Day.
- November 6: Anniversary of the Green March.
- November 18: Independence Day.
Religious holidays:
- Eid El-Fitr (or Eid el-Saghir: Early Day) marks the end of Ramadan.
- Eid al-Adha (or Eid el-Adha: the feast) commemorates the sacrifice of Abraham. It's party time in sheep
- First Muharram, the first day of the Hegira, the Muslim year.
- The Mouloud celebrated the birth of the Prophet.
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