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Samoa : 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: Tala (WST)
  • Internet domain: .ws - Telephone code: +685 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +13 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Friday september 29, 2023Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday december 26, 2023Boxing Day/Family DaySecular holiday
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday january 2, 2024Day Following New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 31, 2024Christmas holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Saturday march 30, 2024Holy SaturdayCatholic
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    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday september 29, 2023
    School holidays :

    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

    Boxing Day/Family Day

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    Tuesday december 26, 2023
    Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.

    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

    Day Following New Year's Day

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    Tuesday january 2, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Christmas holiday (end)

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    Wednesday january 31, 2024
    School holidays : Www.mesc.gov.ws

    official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
    Schooling is mandatory till age 15
    Teaching languages: Samoan, English
    schools are closed Saturday & Sunday
    school uniforms required

    We carry confirmed dates till Jan 2025; Further dates are projected dates based on previous years

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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

    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 : Paid holiday