| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day - Tuesday January 4, 2022 Culture : In tribute to the outbreak of armed struggle against the Portuguese
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| Beginning of school year - Monday January 4, 2021 School holidays : Portuguese school of Luanda
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Ministry of Education calendar not available
number of instructional days: 180
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms generally required
confirmed till July 2021
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| Optional holiday - Saturday January 15, 2022 Secular holiday : The Former Combatants and Veterans of the Motherland Day
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| Regional holiday - Monday January 25, 2021 Secular holiday : Luanda Day Luanda only
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| Beginning of Armed Upraising - Thursday February 4, 2021 Secular holiday : Anniversary of the 4 February of 1961 uprising, which marked the beginning of the armed struggle for the national liberation of Angola, in the history of the Portuguese fascist colonial regime, for the achievement of the national independence paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Carnival holiday (beginning) - Friday February 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| Valentine's Day - Sunday February 14, 2021 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Carnival - Tuesday February 16, 2021 Banks only :
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| Carnival - Tuesday February 16, 2021 Culture :
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| Carnival holiday (end) - Wednesday February 17, 2021 School holidays :
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| Womens' Day - Monday March 8, 2021 Secular holiday : The idea of an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions. Women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting what they saw as very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union two years later.
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| Liberation Day - Tuesday March 23, 2021 Secular holiday : The Cuito Cuanavale Battle in the southwest Cuando Cubango Province between August 14, 1987 and March 23, 1988
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Friday March 26, 2021 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Day of Peace and Reconciliation - Monday April 5, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Easter holiday (end) - Tuesday April 6, 2021 School holidays :
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