Casablanca marathon
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Saturday march 2, 2024
Sports events : Https://casablanca.run/ 2024 edition confirmed
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Saturday march 9, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday march 11, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday march 18, 2024
School holidays :
Marrakesh Tennis Grand Prix Hassan II
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Monday april 1, 2024
Sports events : Www.gphassan2tennis.com/ 2024 edition confirmed
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Saturday april 6, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles arrival in Essaouira
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Friday april 12, 2024
Sports events : Www.rallyeaichadesgazelles.com/ lasts 2 weeks - 2024 edition confirmed
Marathon des Sables
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Friday april 12, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.marathondessables.com/fr 2024 edition confirmed
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Tuesday april 16, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Saturday april 27, 2024
School holidays :
Second mid-term (beginning) - French schools
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Saturday april 27, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday april 28, 2024
Special Events : From 2008 onwards
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
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 .
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 6, 2024
School holidays :
Second mid-term (end) - French schools
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Festival de Fès des Musiques Sacrées
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Friday may 24, 2024
Culture : Lasts 10 days
www.fesfestival.com/ in Fès 2024 edition confirmed
Mother's Day
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Sunday may 26, 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.
Tour du Maroc
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Friday may 31, 2024
Sports events : Www.les-sports.info/ bicycle race 2024 edition confirmed
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
cards/flowers :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday june 18, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Essaouira Gnawa Festival
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Thursday june 27, 2024
Culture : Www.festival-gnaoua.net/ Gnawa (gnaoua) traditional music - lasts 3 days in Essaouira 2024 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Saturday june 29, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday july 8, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Enthronement Day
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Tuesday july 30, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the accession to the throne, of King Mohammed VI on July 3O, 1999, who succeeded his father King Hassan II.
Oued Eddahab Allegiance Day
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Wednesday august 14, 2024
Secular holiday : On August 14, 1979, the recovery of this province by Moroccan authorities came to materialize the unity of the country and crown a long struggle for the perfection of Morocco's territorial integrity.
On that day, at the Riad palace in Rabat, a 360 person-strong delegation, was dispatched by the population of the region to renew before King Hassan II the oath of allegiance and their attachment to the Alaouite throne. The sovereign then delivered a historic speech in which he vowed to guarantee their defense and security and endeavor for their well-being.
Revolution Day
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Tuesday august 20, 2024
Secular holiday : On August 20th 1953, The Revolution began when the colonial residence surrounded the Royal palace and enjoined the legitimate Sultan Mohamed V to surrender or be exiled.
This event contributed to strengthen the domestic front in Morocco and the unity of Moroccans behind the Sultan.
After two years, this victorious revolution succeeded in freeing the country from the yoke and tutelage of the French Protectorate, paving the way for the advent of the era of freedom and independence.
Youth Day
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Wednesday august 21, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the Revolution of the King and the People, a landmark in Morocco's history, that illustrates the struggle of the Alaouite Throne and the Moroccan people against occupation. On August 20, 1953 the French colonial authorities exiled the Late King Mohammed V and the Royal Family, after the Late king had refused to disavow the action of the national movement and to sign decrees consecrating French domination over Morocco. Celebration of the Revolution of the King and People
Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday september 3, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Friday september 6, 2024
School holidays :
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday september 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet.
Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday september 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet.
Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.