Labor Day/May Day
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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
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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.
Customs and Traditions Day
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Wednesday may 15, 2024
Secular holiday : from 2024
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday june 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday july 31, 2024
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Monday august 5, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained from France on 5 August, 1960 Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Assumption
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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.
Maouloud
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Sunday september 15, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Maouloud
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Monday september 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday october 1, 2024
School holidays :
All Saints (beginning)
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Wednesday october 23, 2024
School holidays :
SIAO (even years only)
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Friday october 25, 2024
Tradeshows : Lasts 10 days -
http://www.siao.bf in Ouagadougou 2024 edition confirmed
Tour du Faso cycling race
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Saturday october 26, 2024
Sports events : Lasts 10 days
http://www.tourdufaso.bf/ 2023 edition confirmed
Martyrs' Day
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Thursday october 31, 2024
Secular holiday :