Winter holiday (beginning)
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Saturday december 16, 2023
School holidays :
Civil Servants holiday
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Sunday december 24, 2023
Secular holiday :
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
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.
Civil Servants holiday
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Sunday december 31, 2023
Secular holiday :
New Year's Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
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
Winter holiday (end)
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Wednesday january 3, 2024
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Democracy Day
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Saturday january 13, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Heroes Day
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Saturday january 20, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Carnival holiday (beginning)
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Friday february 9, 2024
School holidays :
Civil Servants holiday
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Tuesday february 13, 2024
Secular holiday : Carnival Tuesday except in São Vicente
Civil Servants holiday
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Secular holiday :
Valentine's Day
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
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
Carnival holiday (end)
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Monday february 19, 2024
School holidays :
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Banks only :
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 8, 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 .
Praia Day (Praia only)
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Secular holiday :
Youth Day
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Saturday june 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays : One week earlier for 9th to 11th grade