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Barbados : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

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    Since 2021 Barbados is no longer a member of Commonwealth
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday april 4, 2024Easter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday april 23, 2024Easter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday april 28, 2024National Heroes DaySecular holiday
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    Monday april 29, 2024National Heroes DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labour DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Ascension holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday may 12, 2024Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Monday may 13, 2024Ascension holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday may 17, 2024Pentecost holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday may 20, 2024Whit MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday may 21, 2024Pentecost holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday may 31, 2024School holidaySchool holidays
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    Sunday june 16, 2024Fathers' Daycards/flowers
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    Thursday july 11, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday august 1, 2024Emancipation DaySecular holiday
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    Monday august 5, 2024KadoomentSecular holiday
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    Thursday august 15, 2024Banks Hockey International FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday september 16, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday september 22, 2024Arbor DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    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.

    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
    Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

    Easter holiday (beginning)

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    Thursday april 4, 2024
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    Easter holiday (end)

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    Tuesday april 23, 2024
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    National Heroes Day

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    Sunday april 28, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the 10 Patriots who have made a mark on Barbados. A slave rebellion leader, a woman preaching equality in the church, a skilled writer and orator, a political activist, populist leader, public educator, a trade union leader, the complete athlete,the Father of Independence and the founder of Barbados Democracy. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Celebrations take place in Heroes Square, where their pictures have been painted by the best Barbadian artists

    National Heroes Day

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    Monday april 29, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the 10 Patriots who have made a mark on Barbados. A slave rebellion leader, a woman preaching equality in the church, a skilled writer and orator, a political activist, populist leader, public educator, a trade union leader, the complete athlete,the Father of Independence and the founder of Barbados Democracy. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Celebrations take place in Heroes Square, where their pictures have been painted by the best Barbadian artists

    Labour 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 holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
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    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday may 12, 2024
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

    Ascension holiday (end)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
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    Pentecost holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 17, 2024
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    Whit Monday

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    Monday may 20, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.

    Pentecost holiday (end)

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    Tuesday may 21, 2024
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    School holiday

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    Friday may 31, 2024
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    Fathers' Day

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    Sunday june 16, 2024
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    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Thursday july 11, 2024
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    Emancipation Day

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    Thursday august 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the Emancipation of slaves in the British Empire on August 1, 1834.

    Kadooment

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    Monday august 5, 2024
    Secular holiday : This non official celebration is preceeded by a month of festivities. http://www.barbados.org/cropover.htm

    Banks Hockey International Festival

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    Thursday august 15, 2024
    Culture : Http://www.barbadoshockey.org lasts 1 week 2023 edition confirmed

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday september 16, 2024
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    Arbor Day

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    Sunday september 22, 2024
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