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Botswana : 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

  • Currency: Pula (BWP)
  • Internet domain: .bw - Telephone code: +267 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +1 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Wednesday April 5, 2023Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday April 7, 2023Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Saturday April 8, 2023Public holidaySecular holiday
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    Monday April 10, 2023Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday April 24, 2023Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Monday May 1, 2023Labour DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday May 14, 2023Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Thursday May 18, 2023AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday May 25, 2023BOCCIM Northern Trade FairTradeshows
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    Friday May 26, 2023School holidaySchool holidays
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    Sunday June 4, 2023MarathonSports events
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    Saturday July 1, 2023Sir Seretse Khama DaySecular holiday
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    Monday July 17, 2023President's DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday July 18, 2023Winter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday July 18, 2023President's DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday July 22, 2023Winter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday August 18, 2023Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday September 5, 2023Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday September 30, 2023Botswana DayNational Day
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    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday April 5, 2023
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    Good Friday

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    Friday April 7, 2023
    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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    Saturday April 8, 2023
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    Easter Monday

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    Monday April 10, 2023
    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.

    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday April 24, 2023
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    Labour Day

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    Monday May 1, 2023
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    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday May 14, 2023
    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

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    Thursday May 18, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.

    BOCCIM Northern Trade Fair

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    Thursday May 25, 2023
    Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days - in FRANCISTOWN please check dates: www.allafrica.com

    School holiday

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    Friday May 26, 2023
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    Marathon

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    Sunday June 4, 2023
    Sports events : Www.diacoregaboronemarathon.com/ 2023 edition confirmed

    Sir Seretse Khama Day

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    Saturday July 1, 2023
    Secular holiday : (July 1, 1921 – July 13, 1980) was a statesman from Botswana. Born into one of the more powerful of the royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and in the United Kingdom, he returned home to lead his country's independence movement. He founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962 and became Prime Minister in 1965. In 1966, Botswana gained independence and Khama became its first president. Not a public holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Wikipedia

    President's Day

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    Monday July 17, 2023
    Secular holiday : The constitution of Botswana is the rule of law which protects the citizens of Botswana and represents their rights. The politics of Botswana take place in a framework of a representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. [Wikipedia]

    Winter holiday (beginning)

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    Tuesday July 18, 2023
    School holidays :

    President's Day

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    Tuesday July 18, 2023
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    Winter holiday (end)

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    Saturday July 22, 2023
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    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday August 18, 2023
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    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Tuesday September 5, 2023
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    Botswana Day

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    Saturday September 30, 2023
    Secular holiday : not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday