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Contact edit! 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 Years 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
Secular holiday :
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)
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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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
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday march 4, 2024
School holidays :
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
School holidays :
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
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 .
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