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    Sunday december 10, 2023Foire internationale de Kinshasa (FIKIN)Tradeshows
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    Wednesday december 20, 2023General electionSpecial Events
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    Friday december 22, 2023Christmas holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday january 4, 2024Independence Martyrs DaySecular holiday
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    Monday january 8, 2024Christmas holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday january 16, 2024L.D. Kabila AssassinationSecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 17, 2024Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery LumumbaSecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 24, 2024Peaceful and Democratic Alternation dayEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Friday february 16, 2024Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday march 4, 2024Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday march 24, 2024Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-VubuEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday april 5, 2024Easter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Saturday april 6, 2024National Protestant & Evangelical Churches daySecular holiday
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    Monday april 22, 2024Easter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Friday may 17, 2024National liberation DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday june 19, 2024Tour du CongoSports events
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    Saturday june 29, 2024Independence DayNational Day
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    Sunday june 30, 2024Independence DayNational Day
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    Sunday june 30, 2024Independence DayNational Day
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    Foire internationale de Kinshasa (FIKIN)

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    Sunday december 10, 2023
    Tradeshows : Foire Internationale des Entrepreneurs lasts one month -- in Kinshasa 2023 edition confirmed

    General election

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    Wednesday december 20, 2023
    Special Events :

    Christmas holiday (beginning)

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    Friday december 22, 2023
    School holidays :

    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 Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    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

    Independence Martyrs Day

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    Thursday january 4, 2024
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    Christmas holiday (end)

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    Monday january 8, 2024
    School holidays : Information: Http://eduquepsp.education
    official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
    Schooling is mandatory till age 14 - 60% of children do not attend school
    Number of instructional days: 222 in primary
    schools are open on Saturday
    school uniforms required

    We carry confirmed dates till Aug 2024 (some variations for intermediary vacations)

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    L.D. Kabila Assassination

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    Tuesday january 16, 2024
    Secular holiday : The holiday commemorates the assassination of President Laurent Kabila on this day in 2001

    Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery Lumumba

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    Wednesday january 17, 2024
    Secular holiday : The day commemorates the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961

    Peaceful and Democratic Alternation day

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    Wednesday january 24, 2024
    Culture : On 24 January 2019, Joseph Kabila, after 18 years in power, ceded power to Felix Tshisekedi after a controversial electoral process. On the brink of civil war, this peaceful transfer has allowed the DRC to preserve civil peace from 2021

    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

    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday february 16, 2024
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    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday march 4, 2024
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    Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-Vubu

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    Sunday march 24, 2024
    Culture : The first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) from 1960 until 1965.

    Easter holiday (beginning)

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    Friday april 5, 2024
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    National Protestant & Evangelical Churches day

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    Saturday april 6, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the foundation of Kimbanguism, a Christian new religious movement professed by the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth by His special envoy Simon Kimbangu

    Easter holiday (end)

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    Monday april 22, 2024
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    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 .

    National liberation Day

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    Friday may 17, 2024
    Secular holiday : Day of the seizure of power by the AFDL, release of the mobutism

    Tour du Congo

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    Wednesday june 19, 2024
    Sports events : 2023 edition NOT confirmed

    Independence Day

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    Saturday june 29, 2024
    Secular holiday : Granted by Belgium on June 30, 1960 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Independence Day

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    Sunday june 30, 2024
    Secular holiday : Granted by Belgium on June 30, 1960 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Independence Day

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    Sunday june 30, 2024
    Secular holiday : Granted by Belgium on June 30, 1960 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday