| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 Secular holiday : Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holidays (end) - Monday January 4, 2021 School holidays : Www.gov.gd calendar provided by the government
schools close on Saturday
school uniforms required
Education is modeled on the British system. It is compulsory for ages 5 to 16 and free. Students must take an entrance exam to enter lower secondary school. At the end of the school program, students take the Caribbean general certificate of education or the Cambridge GCE. However, not everyone participates in the system as poverty and seasonal demands for the harvests prevent some students from attending. We carry all confirmed dates till Aug 2019
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| Independence Day - Monday February 8, 2021 Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1974
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| Valentine's Day - Sunday February 14, 2021 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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| Regional holiday - Monday February 15, 2021 Secular holiday : Carnival Monday in Carriacou only, from 2010 on
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| Regional holiday - Tuesday February 16, 2021 Secular holiday : Second day of Carnival Petite Martinique and Carriacou only
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| Grenada Sailing Week - Sunday February 28, 2021 Sports events : Http://www.ondecksailing.com 2020 edition confirmed
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Friday March 26, 2021 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 5, 2021 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 (end) - Monday April 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| Carricou Maroon and String Band Music Festival - Friday April 23, 2021 Culture : Www.carriacoumaroon.com/
merges the maroon celebration and string band music into one setting with one spirit. Its African origins are depicted through the drumming, singing, smoked food and other rituals practiced by the local people. 2020 edition NOT confirmed
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