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Senegal : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
Senegal : 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
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday April 3, 2023 | Banks are closed | Banks only |  |
| Tuesday April 4, 2023 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Monday April 10, 2023 | Easter Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Wednesday April 12, 2023 | Spring holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 14, 2023 | Easter holiday (beginning) - French schools | School holidays | |
| Friday April 21, 2023 | Korité | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday April 21, 2023 | Tour du Sénégal | Sports events | |
| Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday May 3, 2023 | Easter holiday (end) - French schools | School holidays | |
| Thursday May 4, 2023 | Banks are closed | Banks only | |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday May 18, 2023 | Fidak (Foire Internationale de Dakar) | Tradeshows | |
| Thursday May 18, 2023 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday May 22, 2023 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday May 26, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday May 29, 2023 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday May 30, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday June 18, 2023 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
| Wednesday June 28, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday July 7, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools | School holidays | |
| Friday July 28, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Friday July 28, 2023 | Ashura | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Tuesday August 15, 2023 | Assumption | Catholic | |
| Friday September 1, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) - French schools | School holidays | |
| Sunday September 3, 2023 | Grand Magal de Touba | Muslim (Mouridism) | |
| Wednesday September 27, 2023 | Prophet's Baptism (Maouloud) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Banks are closed
-Monday April 3, 2023
Banks only :
Independence Day
-Tuesday April 4, 2023
Secular holiday : Obtained from France in 1960
Easter Monday
-Monday April 10, 2023
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.
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.
Spring holiday (end)
-Wednesday April 12, 2023
School holidays : official calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
Easter holiday (beginning) - French schools
-Friday April 14, 2023
School holidays :
Korité
-Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
Tour du Sénégal
-Friday April 21, 2023
Sports events : Departure date; lasts 10 days 2023 edition NOT confirmed
Labor Day/May Day
-Monday May 1, 2023
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 .
Easter holiday (end) - French schools
-Wednesday May 3, 2023
School holidays :
Banks are closed
-Thursday May 4, 2023
Banks only :
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Fidak (Foire Internationale de Dakar)
-Thursday May 18, 2023
Tradeshows : Www.cices-fidak.com/ lasts 10 days - in Dakar 2023 edition confirmed
Ascension
-Thursday May 18, 2023
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)
-Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Whit Monday
-Monday May 29, 2023
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.
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday May 30, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
-Sunday June 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
-Friday July 7, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday July 28, 2023
School holidays : official calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
Ashura
-Friday July 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Assumption
-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.
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
-Friday September 1, 2023
School holidays :
Grand Magal de Touba
-Sunday September 3, 2023
Muslim (Mouridism) : Touba, the religious city founded by Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke (1853-1927), is the center of attraction during the anniversary to remember Bamba's exile for 7 years to Gabon on 20 September 1895. The event has become an annual popular pilgrimage for the followers of Mourid brotherhood. The occasion is a spiritual, cultural and festive event.
Tens of thousands Mourid talibans and visitors from other Senegalese brotherhoods make the mosque almost
Prophet's Baptism (Maouloud)
-Wednesday September 27, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
