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
Christmas holiday (end)
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Tuesday january 16, 2024
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Schooling is mandatory till age 13
schools close on Saturday
school uniforms required
We carry confirmed dates for basic education till Jan 2024 - prebasic and medium education carry different calendars
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Regional holiday
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Thursday february 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Suyapa Day , in tribute to the Virgen de Suyapa, the patron saint of Honduras Suyapa only
Regional holiday
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Friday february 2, 2024
Secular holiday : Suyapa Day , in tribute to the Virgen de Suyapa, the patron saint of Honduras Suyapa only
Regional holiday
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Saturday february 3, 2024
Secular holiday : Suyapa Day , in tribute to the Virgen de Suyapa, the patron saint of Honduras Suyapa only
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
Fathers' Day
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Tuesday march 19, 2024
cards/flowers :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
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Civil Servants holiday
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Monday march 25, 2024
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Tuesday march 26, 2024
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Wednesday march 27, 2024
Secular holiday :
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday march 28, 2024
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 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.
Holy Saturday
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Spring holiday (end)
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Tuesday april 2, 2024
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Americas Day
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Sunday april 14, 2024
Secular holiday : Pan American Day is an international holiday that celebrates the cultures of North and South American nations and stresses inter-American goodwill. Since 1931 it has been observed throughout the Americas on April 14. The date was chosen to commemorate April 14, 1890, when the First International Conference of American States resolved to establish the Union of American Republics, later called the Pan American Union. This body subsequently evolved into the Organization of American States (OAS) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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 .
Daylight Saving Time
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Tuesday may 7, 2024
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Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Reporter's Day
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Saturday may 25, 2024
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