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.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday april 19, 2024
School holidays :
Labour Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Marathon
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Sports events : Www.diacoregaboronemarathon.com/ 2024 edition confirmed
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.
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 14, 2024
School holidays :
BOCCIM Northern Trade Fair
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days - in FRANCISTOWN please check dates: www.allafrica.com
Sir Seretse Khama Day
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Monday july 1, 2024
Secular holiday : (July 1, 1921 July 13, 1980) was a statesman from Botswana. Born into one of the more powerful of the royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and in the United Kingdom, he returned home to lead his country's independence movement. He founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962 and became Prime Minister in 1965. In 1966, Botswana gained independence and Khama became its first president. Not a public holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Wikipedia
President's Day
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Monday july 15, 2024
Secular holiday : The constitution of Botswana is the rule of law which protects the citizens of Botswana and represents their rights. The politics of Botswana take place in a framework of a representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. [Wikipedia]
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday july 16, 2024
School holidays :
President's Day
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Tuesday july 16, 2024
Secular holiday :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday july 22, 2024
School holidays :
Global Expo
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Tuesday august 6, 2024
Tradeshows : Lasts 4 days -
www.globalexpo.co.bw in Gaborone 2023 edition confirmed
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday august 23, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Tuesday september 10, 2024
School holidays :
Botswana Day
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Monday september 30, 2024
Secular holiday : not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Botswana Day
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Tuesday october 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Independence granted by the UK in 1966