Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday march 4, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Wednesday march 6, 2024
School holidays :
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday march 11, 2024
cards/flowers :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Wednesday march 13, 2024
School holidays :
Anniversary of the Death of President Said Mohammed Sheikh
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Monday march 18, 2024
Secular holiday : Ahmed Abdallah, the first president of the Comoros, was assassinated by members of the presidential guard at the presidential palace in 1989 Even though this is an official celebration, banks & businesses usually remain open
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday april 12, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Tuesday april 23, 2024
School holidays :
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 .
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 6, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday may 6, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Saturday may 11, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 20, 2024
School holidays :
Anniversary of the Death of President Ali Soilih
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Wednesday may 29, 2024
Culture : Even though this is an official celebration, banks & businesses usually remain open
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday june 18, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Saturday july 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by France in 1975
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday july 7, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad.
End of school year
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Saturday july 27, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :