| Carnival - Krokusvakantie (beginning) - Friday February 9, 2018 School holidays :
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| Binche Carnival - Sunday February 11, 2018 Culture : Drums, dances, masks. - Festivities last 2 days. http://www.carnavaldebinche.be/home-nl.html 2018 edition confirmed
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| Valentine's Day - Thursday February 14, 2019 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
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| Carnival - Krokusvakantie (end) - Monday February 19, 2018 School holidays :
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| Foire du Livre de Bruxelles - Thursday February 22, 2018 Culture : Lasts 5 days - http://www.foiredulivredebruxelles.be/ 2018 edition confirmed
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 25, 2018 Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
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| Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (beginning) - Friday March 30, 2018 School holidays :
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| Passover - Friday March 30, 2018 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Easter - Sunday April 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 2, 2018 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.
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| Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (end) - Monday April 16, 2018 School holidays :
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| Antwerp Marathon - Sunday April 22, 2018 Sports events : Www.dvvantwerp10miles.be/ 2018 edition confirmed
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 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 .
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| Regional holiday - Saturday May 5, 2018 Secular holiday : Lasts 2 days
http://fetedeliris.brussels/ in Brussels only 2018 edition confirmed
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| Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (beginning) - Wednesday May 9, 2018 School holidays : some schools may work on Friday
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| Ascension - Thursday May 10, 2018 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.
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| Bruges Holy Blood procession - Thursday May 10, 2018 Culture : Sanguis Christi please check dates: http://www.holyblood.com/NL/00.asp
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| Banks are closed - Friday May 11, 2018 Banks only :
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| Mother's Day - Sunday May 13, 2018 cards/flowers : Probably linked with a celebration in England in the 1600s ( Mothering Sunday ). Honored all mothers in England. Mothering Sunday gave poor servants who lived and worked for the wealthy a day off to actually go home and dedicate time to their mothers. Mothering Cake , a special cake, was common for the celebration.
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| Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end) - Monday May 14, 2018 School holidays :
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| Pentecost (beginning) - Friday May 18, 2018 School holidays :
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| Pentecost - Sunday May 20, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Whit Monday - Monday May 21, 2018 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.
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| Pentecost (end) - Tuesday May 22, 2018 School holidays :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 10, 2018 cards/flowers : except in Antwert
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday June 15, 2018 cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful NOT a public holiday [Wikipedia]
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday June 29, 2018 School holidays :
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| Flemish community Day (state of Flanders only) - Wednesday July 11, 2018 Secular holiday : Applies to the Flemish-speaking civil servants Celebrates the Battle of the Golden Spurs (11 July 1302)
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| International Street Theatre Festival - Friday July 13, 2018 Culture : Lasts 5 days -
www.gentsefeesten.be in Ghent This calendar is officially confirmed till Dec 2018.
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| National Day - Saturday July 21, 2018 Secular holiday : Celebrates the 1831 separation from the Netherlands, as well as the formal establishment of the kingdom. Leopold I of Saxe-Coburg was crowned and supported the constitution drawn up by National Congress. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday (Labour law 4 Jan 1974)
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| Assumption - Wednesday August 15, 2018 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.
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| Le Tapis de Fleurs de Bruxelles - Thursday August 16, 2018 Culture : Flower carpet - lasts 3 days
http://www.flowercarpet.be/ on Brussels Grand'Place 2018 edition confirmed
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| F1 Grand Prix - Sunday August 26, 2018 Sports events : Www.formula1.com in Spa-Francorchamps 2018 edition confirmed
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