Public holidays in Yugoslavia

During the existence of Yugoslavia various public holidays were celebrated throughout or in some parts of the country. The most significant changes in the official calendar occurred in the aftermath of the World War II in Yugoslavia when the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia was succeeded by the new Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• 1 December - Unification Day
• various dates - King's Birthday

SFR Yugoslavia State holidays

State (federal) holidays were:^[1]

• 1–2 January - New Year's Day^[2]
• 1–2 May - Labour Day^[2]
• 9 May - Victory Day^[3]
• 25 May - Youth Day^[4][5]
• 4 July - Fighter's Day^[3]
• 29 November - Republic Day^[6][7]

Republic holidays were celebrated in republics:

• 27 April - Day of the Liberation Front which was renamed the Day of the Resistance Against the Occupier (SR Slovenia)^[8]
• 7 July - Day of the uprising of the people of Serbia (SR Serbia)^[9]
• 13 July - Day of the uprising of the people of Montenegro (SR Montenegro)^[10][11]
• 22 July - Day of the uprising of the people of Slovenia (SR Slovenia)^[12]
• 27 July - Day of the uprising of the people of Croatia and Day of the uprising of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SR Croatia and SR BiH)
• 2 August - First session of ASNOM (SR Macedonia)
• 11 October - Day of the uprising of the people of Macedonia (SR Macedonia)
• 1 November - All Saints' Day, renamed Day of the Dead (SR Slovenia)
• 25 November - First session of ZAVNOBiH (SR BiH)

See also

• Public holidays in Serbia
• Public holidays in Croatia
• Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Public holidays in North Macedonia
• Public holidays in Slovenia
• Public holidays in Montenegro
• Public holidays in Kosovo

References

1. Anne Sires Kahl (1963). Labor Law and Practice in Yugoslavia. Bureau of Labor Statistics. p. 44.
2. Hannes Grandits (2010). "What To Do at the Weekend? Leisure for Happy Consumers, Refreshed Workers, and Good Citizens". In Hannes Grandits; Karin Taylor (eds.). Yugoslavia's Sunny Side: A History of Tourism in Socialism (1950s-1980s). Central European University Press. p. 29. ISBN 9639776696.
3. n.a. (29 November 2021). "Zašto se slavio 29. novembar i kako je ukinut". Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
4. Donald Niebyl (19 April 2020). "14 Places to Time-Travel back to Yugoslavia". Spomenik Database. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
5. Anja Vladisavljević; Milica Stojanović (25 May 2021). "Tito's Yugo-Nostalgic Admirers Celebrate Socialist-Era Holiday". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
6. Lily Lynch (29 November 2015). "Today is Republic Day: 70 Years of Yugoslavia". Balkanist. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
7. Šarić, Ljiljana (2012). "Croatia in Search of a National Day. Front-page Presentations of National Day Celebrations, 1988-2005". In Ljiljana Šarić; Karen Gammelgaard; Kjetil Rå Hauge (eds.). Transforming National Holidays: Identity Discourse in the West and South Slavic Countries, 1985-2010. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 9027206384.
8. n.a. (n.d.). "Dan Osvobodilne fronte 27.4.1941". Antifašistički vjesnik. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
9. n.a. (n.d.). "Dan ustanka naroda Srbije 07.07.1941". Antifašistički vjesnik. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
10. n.a. (n.d.). "Dan ustanka naroda Crne Gore 13.07.1941". Antifašistički vjesnik. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
11. n.a. (12 July 2021). "U Crnoj Gori obilježen Dan državnosti, čestitali papa, Biden i kineski predsjednik, Đukanović poručio: 'Ostajemo na europskom putu'". Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
12. n.a. (n.d.). "Dan ustanka naroda Slovenije 22.07.1941". Antifašistički vjesnik. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links

• International conference State and National Holidays in the former Yugoslavia between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, 14 April 2014, University of Ljubljana& Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts