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World Holidays, August 2000 ANTIGUA and BARBUDA Aug. 7: Carnival Monday Aug. 8: Carnival Tuesday AUSTRIA Aug. 15 : Assumption Day BAHAMAS Aug. 7: Emancipation Day BANGLADESH Aug. 15: National Mourning Day Aug. 23: Janmastami BARBADOS Aug. 1: Emancipation Day Aug. 7: Kadooment Day BELGIUM Aug. 15: Assumption Day BOLIVIA Aug. 6: Independence Day BURKINA FASO Aug. 5: Independence Day Aug. 15: Assumption Day BURUNDI Aug. 15: Assumption Day CAMEROON Aug. 15: Assumption Day CAPE VERDE August 15: Assumptions Day CENTRAL AFRICA Aug. 13: Independence Day Aug. 15: Assumption CHAD Aug. 11: Independence Day COLOMBIA Aug. 7: Boyaca Battle Aug. 21: Assumption Day REPUBLIC OF CONGO Aug. 15: Independence Day COTE D’IVOIRE Aug. 7: Independence Day-National Day Aug. 15: Assumption CYPRUS Aug. 15: Assumption DOMINICA Aug. 21: August Monday DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Aug. 16: Restoration of the Republic ECUADOR Aug. 10: Independence Day EL SALVADOR Aug. 1 to 7: Patron’s Saint Festivities ESTONIA Aug. 20: Day of Restoration of Independence FRANCE Aug. 15: Assumption GABON Aug. 15: Assumption Day Aug. 17: Independence Day GAMBIA Aug. 15: Feast of the Assumption Aug. 19: Mawlid al-Nabi GEORGIA Aug. 28: Mariamoba GREECE Aug. 15: Assumption GRENADA Aug. 7: Emancipation Day and August Monday Aug. 14: Carnival Monday Aug. 15: Carnival Tuesday GUYANA Aug. 1: Freedom Day (Emancipation Day) HUNGARY Aug. 21: State Day ICELAND Aug. 2: Bank Holiday INDIA Aug. 15: Independence Day INDONESIA Aug. 17: Indonesian Independence Day IRELAND Aug. 7: Public Holiday ITALY Aug. 15: Farragosto JAMAICA Aug. 1: Emancipation Day Aug. 7: Independence Day JORDAN Aug. 11: King Hussein’s Ascension to the Throne KAZAKHSTAN Aug. 30: Constitution Day KOREA Aug. 15: Independence Day KYRGYZ Aug. 31: Independence Day LEBANON Aug. 15: Assumption Day LIBERIA Aug. 24: National Flag Day LUXEMBOURG Aug. 15: Assumption MACEDONIA Aug. 2: Ilinden, Macedonian National Holiday MADAGASCAR Aug. 15: Assumption Day MALAYSIA Aug. 31: Hari Kebangsaan MAURITIUS Aug. 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary MOLDOVA Aug. 27: Independence Day Aug. 31: "Limba Noastra" (National Language Day) MOROCCO Aug. 14: Commemoration of Oued Eddahab Aug. 20: Revolution of the King and the People NAMIBIA Aug. 26: Heroes Day NEPAL Aug. 15: Janai Purnima Aug. 16: Cow Ceremony Aug. 20: Children’s Day Aug. 22: Krishna Asthami NIGER Aug. 3: Independence Day PAKISTAN Aug. 14: Independence Day PANAMA Aug. 15: The Founding of Panama City PARAGUAY Aug. 15: Anniversary of the City of Asuncion PERU Aug. 30: Saint Rose of Lima POLAND Aug. 15 :Mother Mary Ascension Day PORTUGAL Aug. 15: Assumption Day SINGAPORE Aug. 9: National Day SLOVAKIA Aug. 29: Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising SLOVENIA Aug. 15: Assumption SOUTH AFRICA Aug. 9: National Women’s Day SPAIN Aug. 15: Assumption of the Virgin SRI LANKA Aug. 14: Nikini Full Moon Poya Day< br> ST. LUCIA Aug. 1: Emancipation Day ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES Aug. 7: August Monday SWITZERLAND Aug. 1: Swiss National Day TANZANIA Aug. 8: Peasants Day (Nane Nane) THAILAND Aug. 14: Substitution for Queen’s Birthday (Aug. 12) TRINIDAD and TOBAGO Aug. 1: Emancipation Day Aug. 31: Independence Day TUNISIA Aug. 13: Women’s Day TURKEY Aug. 30: Victory Day (Armed Forces Day) TURKMENISTAN Aug. 8: Turkmen Melon Holiday UKRAINE Aug. 24: Ukrainian Independence Day UNITED KINGDOM Aug. 28: Summer Bank Holiday URUGUAY Aug. 25: Independence Day ZAMBIA Aug. 7: Farmer’s Day ZIMBABWE Aug. 11: Heroes Day Aug. 12: Defense Forces National Day