Switzerland (Basel-Land) : 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
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Friday June 3, 2022 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday June 5, 2022 | Pfingstblitter | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday June 6, 2022 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday June 7, 2022 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday July 1, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday August 1, 2022 | Confederation Day | National Day | |
Monday August 15, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | Fall holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday October 17, 2022 | Fall holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday December 23, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Saturday December 24, 2022 | Nüünichlingler | Events, celebrations... | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | St Stephen's Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 3, 2022
School holidays :
Pfingstblitter
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Sunday June 5, 2022
Culture : The forests of Ettingen, Sulz and Gansingen are populated by scores of young men scavenging for foliage to tailor and dress themselves in. Fully disguised as bushes, they make their way back to the village. After the church service they roam the area, yelling and whooping. In many places the men show their respect by bowing, and the celebration is accompanied by heavy drinking. In earlier times it was the human bushes that were sunked in the fountain at the end of the festivities, but over time the tables have turned as those bushes began putting their attackers in the fountain instead. Nowadays they try to splash onlookers with wet branches.
Whit Monday
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Monday June 6, 2022
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)
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Tuesday June 7, 2022
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 1, 2022
School holidays :
Confederation Day
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Monday August 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Instaured at the end of the XIX century. The date refers to an agreement made at the beginning of August 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden. Traditional observance includes bonfires on the the mountains and celebrations in the communities, occasions for patriotic speeches. Modern observance, fostered by the Tourist offices, include fireworks.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday August 15, 2022
School holidays :
Fall holiday (beginning)
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Friday September 30, 2022
School holidays :
Fall holiday (end)
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Monday October 17, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 23, 2022
School holidays :
Nüünichlingler
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Saturday December 24, 2022
Culture : On the evening of 24 December, a group of men wrapped in cloaks gathers on the hill. When the clock strikes nine, the procession begins to move.
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
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 Years Day on Christmas Day
St Stephen's Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Christian remembrance of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.