Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday april 5, 2024
School holidays :
Day of Mourning
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Saturday april 6, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to former president Cyprien NTARYAMIRA who was killed 2 months after his election on April 6, 1994
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday april 15, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday april 26, 2024
School holidays :
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
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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.
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday may 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Independence Day
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Monday july 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained in 1962 after having been administered by Belgium as a United Nations trust territory. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Wednesday july 3, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
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) - French schools
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Thursday september 5, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 9, 2024
School holidays :
Day of Mourning
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Sunday october 13, 2024
Secular holiday : Crown Prince Louis Rwagasore (10 January 1932 13 October 1961) was a Burundian Royal and politician who is considered a significant figure in the history of Burundi nationalism. He served as prime minister and was assassinated shortly before Burundian independence. [Wikipedia]
Day of Mourning
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Monday october 14, 2024
Secular holiday : Crown Prince Louis Rwagasore (10 January 1932 13 October 1961) was a Burundian Royal and politician who is considered a significant figure in the history of Burundi nationalism. He served as prime minister and was assassinated shortly before Burundian independence. [Wikipedia]
Rwagasore
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Monday october 14, 2024
Culture : Prince Louis Rwagasore (1932-1961) was a Burundi nationalist and Prime Minister.
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday october 18, 2024
School holidays :
Ndadaye Day
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Monday october 21, 2024
Secular holiday : Melchior Ndadaye was a political leader, assassinated on Oct. 21, 1993 not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday