Constitution Day of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Конституция күні, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Konstitutsiia künı'') is the main national holiday in the

Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. Constitution Day is celebrated annually August 30. It commemorates the adoption of the Kazakhstani Constitution in 1995. Constitution Day is one of the most important holidays in Kazakhstan.

Celebrations

There are traditionally mass festivities, concerts, parades and fireworks on this day. The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan also conducts seminars in high schools around the country. In 2011, Kazakhstani pop stars such as Nagima Yeskaliyeva, Zhanna Orynbassarova, as well as songs from

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, and Almaty Symphony Orchestra.

Holiday parade

The celebrations in 2009 in honor of the 14th anniversary of the Constitution of Kazakhstan were marked the first time that there was a military procession of the

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, the presiding officers of which were Adilbek Zhaksybekov and Major General

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in their positions as Minister of Defense and Vice Minister of Defense respectively. Musical accompaniment for the parade were provided musicians of the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan, led by Colonel Alexander Belyakov. The ceremonial crews of the Ground Forces, the Air Defense Forces and the

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, as well as units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Security Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the

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passed through Kazakh Eli Square. In 2010, a parade was held again for the 15th anniversary of the Constitution of Kazakhstan, during which females took part in the parade for the first time. At the time, Kazakhstan was the only country to hold

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on its

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. This tradition was honored for three years, until 2012, when it was abandoned.

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Recurring events established in 1995 1995 establishments in Kazakhstan Public holidays in Kazakhstan

Celebrations

Holiday parade

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