Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Saturday February 18, 2023
School holidays :
Isra and Mi'raj
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Saturday February 18, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Mohammed was taken to heaven by his horse Bouraq. This event took place from the rock protected by the Omar mosk dome.
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday February 24, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday March 6, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
School holidays :
Anniversary of the Death of President Said Mohammed Sheikh
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Saturday March 18, 2023
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
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday March 23, 2023
cards/flowers :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
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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Saturday April 22, 2023
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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Sunday April 23, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday April 28, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday May 1, 2023
School holidays :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
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) - French schools
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Thursday May 11, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Saturday May 13, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday May 15, 2023
School holidays :
Anniversary of the Death of President Ali Soilih
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Monday May 29, 2023
Culture : Even though this is an official celebration, banks & businesses usually remain open
End of school year
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Thursday June 22, 2023
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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.
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday June 29, 2023
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
Independence Day
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Thursday July 6, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by France in 1975
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday July 19, 2023
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.