Independence Day (Jamhuri )
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Tuesday december 12, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1963. Usually celebrated on the closest Monday.
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
Boxing Day
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Secular holiday :
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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Monday january 8, 2024
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Official calendar gazetted y the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 13
Teaching languages: Swahili, English
schools close on Saturday
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School day duration: 8:00 hours
School days are from 8am to 4pm
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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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Thursday february 29, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday march 4, 2024
School holidays :
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday march 11, 2024
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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 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.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday april 5, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Arbor Day
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Sunday april 21, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday april 29, 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 .
Madaraka Day (Responsibility Day)
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Saturday june 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of self-government
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
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Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday june 19, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday june 24, 2024
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Mothers' Day
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Sunday june 30, 2024
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