| Womens' Day - Thursday March 8, 2018 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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| Carnival holiday (end) - Monday March 12, 2018 School holidays :
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| Optional holiday - Saturday March 23, 2019 Secular holiday : The Cuito Cuanavale Battle in the southwest Cuando Cubango Province
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| Good Friday - Friday March 30, 2018 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 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Day of Peace and Reconciliation - Thursday April 4, 2019 Secular holiday :
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Friday April 27, 2018 School holidays :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 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 .
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Monday May 14, 2018 School holidays :
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| Children's Day - Saturday June 1, 2019 cards/flowers : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.
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| End of school year - Friday July 6, 2018 School holidays :
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| Feira Internacional de Luanda (FILDA) - Monday July 23, 2018 Tradeshows : Lasts 6 days
www.fil-angola.co.ao/ in Luanda 2018 edition NOT confirmed
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| Beginning of school year - Monday September 3, 2018 School holidays :
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| National Heroes Day - Monday September 17, 2018 Secular holiday : Birthday of the man considered to be the nation's founder, Antonio Agostinho Neto. Born in 1922 in the Bengo province and educated as a doctor, Neto was a powerful force in Angolan history, as well as one of the country's foremost poets. He led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (PMLA) in the fight for Angola's independence from Portugal.
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