Vanuatu : 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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Sunday July 24, 2022 | Children's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday July 25, 2022 | Children's Day (forwarded to Monday) | Secular holiday | |
Saturday July 30, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day | |
Monday August 15, 2022 | Assumption | Catholic or protestant | |
Friday August 19, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday September 5, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday October 5, 2022 | Constitution Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday October 7, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday October 24, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday November 29, 2022 | Day of Unity | Secular holiday | |
Friday December 2, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Boxing Day (forwarded to Tuesday) | Secular holiday | |
Children's Day
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Sunday July 24, 2022
Secular holiday :
Children's Day (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday July 25, 2022
Secular holiday :
Independence Day
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Saturday July 30, 2022
Secular holiday : In 1980, after the brief Coconut War , the Republic of Vanuatu was created.
Assumption
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Monday August 15, 2022
Catholic or protestant : The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is the dogma so far defined by the Church. The definition was made by Pope Pius XII on 1st November 1950. The Pope proclaimed: We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday August 19, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday September 5, 2022
School holidays :
Constitution Day
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Wednesday October 5, 2022
Secular holiday : After the French and the British condominium was given up, all parties, including secessionist movements on Tanna and Santo unanimously signed the Constitution on 5 October, 1979.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday October 7, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday October 24, 2022
School holidays :
Day of Unity
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Tuesday November 29, 2022
Secular holiday : Refers to riots in Port-Vila on 29 November, 1977.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 2, 2022
School holidays :
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.
Family Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Boxing Day (forwarded to Tuesday)
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Secular holiday :