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Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Friday june 2, 2023 | End of school year | School holidays | |
Monday august 14, 2023 | Fathers' Day | Secular holiday | |
Sunday september 3, 2023 | Tokehega Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday september 4, 2023 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Monday october 9, 2023 | Lotu-a-Tamait | Secular holiday | |
Thursday december 21, 2023 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday december 25, 2023 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday december 26, 2023 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
End of school year
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Friday june 2, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Monday august 14, 2023
Secular holiday :
Tokehega Day
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Sunday september 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Treaty of Tokehega delineates the maritime
boundary between Tokelau and America
Samoa. The Swains Island, was considered
part of Tokelau but was annexed to the United
States of America as part of American Samoa.
Beginning of school year
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Monday september 4, 2023
School holidays :
Lotu-a-Tamait
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Monday october 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Follows White Sunday , during which Children wear white chothes and attend church ceremonies.
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Thursday december 21, 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 Years 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.