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Benin : 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

  • Currency: Communauté Africaine Financière Franc (XAF)
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    Wednesday march 27, 2024Spring holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024KoritéMuslim, Sufi
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    Thursday april 11, 2024Spring holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday april 30, 2024Tour du BéninSports events
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Ascension holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday may 9, 2024AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 13, 2024Ascension holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday may 17, 2024Pentecost holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday may 20, 2024Whit MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday may 21, 2024Pentecost holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday june 16, 2024TabaskiMuslim, Sufi
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    Friday june 28, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday august 1, 2024Independence DayNational Day
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    Thursday august 15, 2024AssumptionCatholic
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    Monday september 2, 2024Summer holiday (end) - Lycée FrançaisSchool holidays
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    Thursday september 5, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday september 15, 2024MaouloudMuslim, Sufi
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    Spring holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday march 27, 2024
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    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    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.

    Korité

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Spring holiday (end)

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    Thursday april 11, 2024
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    Tour du Bénin

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    Tuesday april 30, 2024
    Sports events : Bicycle race 2024 edition confirmed

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    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 .

    Ascension holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
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    Ascension

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    Thursday may 9, 2024
    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)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
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    Pentecost holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 17, 2024
    School holidays :

    Whit Monday

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    Monday may 20, 2024
    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 may 21, 2024
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    Tabaski

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    Sunday june 16, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday june 28, 2024
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    Independence Day

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    Thursday august 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Obtained from France on August 1, 1960

    Assumption

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    Thursday august 15, 2024
    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) - Lycée Français

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    Monday september 2, 2024
    School holidays :

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Thursday september 5, 2024
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    Maouloud

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    Sunday september 15, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : Prophet's Birthday