Independence Day
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Monday november 11, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by Portugal in 1975 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Saturday december 21, 2024
School holidays :
Half-day holiday
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Tuesday december 24, 2024
Secular holiday :
Christmas Day
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Wednesday december 25, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Half-day holiday
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Tuesday december 31, 2024
Secular holiday :
New Year's Day
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Wednesday january 1, 2025
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
Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day
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Saturday january 4, 2025
Culture : In tribute to the outbreak of armed struggle against the Portuguese
Beginning of school year
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Monday january 6, 2025
School holidays : Https://mescti.gov.ao
Ministry of Education
number of instructional days: 180
number of instructional weeks: 48
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms generally required
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Optional holiday
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Wednesday january 15, 2025
Secular holiday : The Former Combatants and Veterans of the Motherland Day
Regional holiday
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Saturday january 25, 2025
Secular holiday : Luanda Day Luanda only
Beginning of Armed Upraising
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Monday february 3, 2025
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
Beginning of Armed Upraising
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Tuesday february 4, 2025
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
Valentine's Day
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Friday february 14, 2025
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