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French Polynesia : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Comptoirs Français du Pacifique Franc (XPF)
  • Internet domain: .pf - Telephone code: +689 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: -10 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Tuesday june 6, 2023Teachers strikeSchool holidays
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    Tuesday june 6, 2023General strikeSecular holiday
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    Friday june 23, 2023Winter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday june 29, 2023Autonomy DaySecular holiday
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    Friday july 14, 2023Bastille Day (ends a month of festivities)National Day
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    Monday august 14, 2023Winter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday august 15, 2023AssumptionCatholic
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    Friday september 15, 2023Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday october 2, 2023Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday november 1, 2023All Saints' DayCatholic
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    Friday november 3, 2023All Saints - (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday november 5, 2023Youth FestivalSpecial Events
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    Saturday november 11, 2023Liberation Day 1918Secular holiday
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    Monday november 13, 2023All Saints - (end)School holidays
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    Friday december 15, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Teachers strike

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    Tuesday june 6, 2023
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    General strike

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    Tuesday june 6, 2023
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    Winter holiday (beginning)

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    Friday june 23, 2023
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    Autonomy Day

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    Thursday june 29, 2023
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the day when king Pomare V donated his kingdom to France.

    Bastille Day (ends a month of festivities)

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    Friday july 14, 2023
    Secular holiday : Bastille Day, on the Fourteenth of July, is the French symbol of the end of the Monarchy and the beginning of the First Republic. The national holiday is a time when all citizens can feel themselves to be members of a republican nation. It is because this national holiday is rooted in the history of the birth of the Republic that it has great significance. On 5 May 1789, the King convened the Estates General to hear their complaints: but the assembly of the Third Estate, representing the citizens of the town, soon broke away and formed the Constituent National Assembly. On 20 June, 1789, the deputies of the Third Estate took the oath of the Jeu de Paume to not separate until the Constitution had been established. The people of Paris rose up and decided to march on the Bastille, a state prison that stood for the absolute despotism of the Ancient Regime. On July 14, 1789, the storming of the Bastille immediately took on a great historical dimension; it was proof that power no longer resided in the King as God's representative, but in the people, in accordance with the theories developed by their philosophers of the eighteenth century. Within two days the Revolution could not be reversed. For all citizens of France, the storming of the Bastille came to symbolize liberty, democracy in the struggle against oppression. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Winter holiday (end)

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    Monday august 14, 2023
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    Assumption

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    Tuesday august 15, 2023
    Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.

    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday september 15, 2023
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    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday october 2, 2023
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    All Saints' Day

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    Wednesday november 1, 2023
    Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)

    All Saints - (beginning)

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    Friday november 3, 2023
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    Youth Festival

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    Sunday november 5, 2023
    Special Events : Lasts 5 days - in Toahtu http://www.actionjeunesse.pf/

    Liberation Day 1918

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    Saturday november 11, 2023
    Secular holiday : Commemmorates the end of World War I on 11th November 1918. The armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday (Labour law 4 Jan 1974)

    All Saints - (end)

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    Monday november 13, 2023
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    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday december 15, 2023
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    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.