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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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    Friday december 15, 2023Summer 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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    Tuesday january 2, 2024Civil Servants holidaySecular holiday
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    Monday january 15, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday january 27, 2024Festival International du Film documentaire OcéanienEvents, celebrations...
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    Saturday february 10, 2024Chinese New Yearcards/flowers
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    Friday february 16, 2024Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday february 26, 2024Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday march 5, 2024National Protestant & Evangelical Churches dayCatholic or protestant
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    Saturday march 23, 2024MarathonSports events
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Easter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday april 15, 2024Easter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Friday may 3, 2024Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Victory Day 1945Secular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Ascension holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday may 9, 2024AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 13, 2024Ascension holiday (end)School holidays
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    Monday may 13, 2024Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday may 17, 2024Pentecost holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday may 19, 2024PentecostCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 20, 2024Whit MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 27, 2024Pentecost holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday june 29, 2024Autonomy DaySecular holiday
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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.

    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

    Civil Servants holiday

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    Tuesday january 2, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday january 15, 2024
    School holidays : Http://monvr.pf/
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    PISA ranking (average 493): 495
    Schooling is mandatory till age 16
    School day duration: 8:00 hours
    Schools may open on Saturday
    School uniform usually required

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    Festival International du Film documentaire Océanien

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    Saturday january 27, 2024
    Culture : Lasts 5 days - https://www.fifotahiti.com/ in Papeete 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Chinese New Year

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    Saturday february 10, 2024
    cards/flowers : At New Year during the night, the Jade Emperor conveyed all animals. Only 12 showed up. To thank them, Buddha dedicated one symbolic year per visitor. Each new born would inherit the relevant animal's characteristics.

    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday february 16, 2024
    School holidays :

    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday february 26, 2024
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    National Protestant & Evangelical Churches day

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    Tuesday march 5, 2024
    Catholic or protestant :

    Marathon

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    Saturday march 23, 2024
    Sports events : Http://mooreamarathon.com/ Tahiti Moorea Marathon - 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    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.

    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday

    Easter holiday (beginning)

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
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    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
    Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

    Easter holiday (end)

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    Monday april 15, 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 .

    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 3, 2024
    School holidays : Primary schools only

    Victory Day 1945

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
    Secular holiday : On the 7th of May 1945, at 2:41, a first act of German surrender was signed in Reims. The fighting stopped at 23:01, on the 8th of May, French time. The news was only officially broadcast in France the next day. Therefore, on the 8th of May, at 15:00, the bells of all of the churches in France officially rang out the end of the war, whilst General de Gaulle announced it on the radio. We have won the war. Victory is ours.

    Ascension holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
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    Ascension

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    Thursday may 9, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.

    Ascension holiday (end)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
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    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
    School holidays : Primary schools only

    Pentecost holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 17, 2024
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    Pentecost

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    Sunday may 19, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday

    Whit Monday

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    Monday may 20, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry. Not a paid holiday. Due to a succession of gazetted decrees, this day MAY STILL BE A WORKING DAY in some institutions or businesses. Please double check.

    Pentecost holiday (end)

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    Monday may 27, 2024
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    Autonomy Day

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    Saturday june 29, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the day when king Pomare V donated his kingdom to France.