Day of Peace
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Sunday March 26, 2023
cards/flowers : 'Día Nacional por la Paz, la Vida y la Justicia' is an appeal to Salvadorian society to favour life, peace and security and to repudiate the violent and criminal actions.
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday March 30, 2023
School holidays :
Civil Servants holiday
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Saturday April 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday April 3, 2023
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Tuesday April 4, 2023
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Wednesday April 5, 2023
Secular holiday :
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
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.
Holy Saturday
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Saturday April 8, 2023
Catholic : Paid holiday
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday April 10, 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 .
Mother's Day
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Wednesday May 10, 2023
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday May 19, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday May 29, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Saturday June 17, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday June 30, 2023
School holidays :
San Salvador holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 28, 2023
School holidays :
Reporter's Day
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Monday July 31, 2023
Special Events :
Civil Servants holiday
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Tuesday August 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Wednesday August 2, 2023
Secular holiday :
San Salvador Day (San Salvador only)
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Thursday August 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Devoted to the country's patron saint: El Salvador del Mundo (Savior of the World). paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Optional holiday
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Friday August 4, 2023
Secular holiday :
San Salvador Festival (second day)
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Saturday August 5, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
San Salvador Festival (third day)
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Sunday August 6, 2023
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
San Salvador holiday (end)
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Wednesday August 9, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Friday September 1, 2023
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Friday September 15, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by Spain in 1821 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday