Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Banks only :
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 8, 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 .
Praia Day (Praia only)
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Secular holiday :
Youth Day
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Saturday june 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays : One week earlier for 9th to 11th grade
Independence Day
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Friday july 5, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by Portugal in 1975
Baia das Gatas Festival
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Sunday august 4, 2024
Culture : 3 days & 3 nights on the beach
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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)
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Monday september 16, 2024
School holidays :