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Benin : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
Benin : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday may 1, 2024 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday |  |
| Wednesday may 8, 2024 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday may 9, 2024 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday may 13, 2024 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday may 17, 2024 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday may 20, 2024 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday may 21, 2024 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday june 16, 2024 | Tabaski | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday june 28, 2024 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday august 1, 2024 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Thursday august 15, 2024 | Assumption | Catholic | |
| Monday september 2, 2024 | Summer holiday (end) - Lycée Français | School holidays | |
| Thursday september 5, 2024 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday september 15, 2024 | Maouloud | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday october 25, 2024 | All Saints - (beginning) | School holidays | |
Labor Day/May Day
-Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension
-Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
-Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Whit Monday
-Monday may 20, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
Tabaski
-Sunday june 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays :
Independence Day
-Thursday august 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained from France on August 1, 1960
Assumption
-Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Summer holiday (end) - Lycée Français
-Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end)
-Thursday september 5, 2024
School holidays :
Maouloud
-Sunday september 15, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Prophet's Birthday
All Saints - (beginning)
-Friday october 25, 2024
School holidays :
