Beginning of Armed Upraising
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Saturday February 4, 2023
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the 4 February of 1961 uprising, which marked the beginning of the armed struggle for the national liberation of Angola, in the history of the Portuguese fascist colonial regime, for the achievement of the national independence paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Valentine's Day
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Tuesday February 14, 2023
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
Public holiday
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Monday February 20, 2023
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Carnival
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Culture :
Carnival
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
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Carnival holiday (beginning)
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Friday February 24, 2023
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Carnival holiday (end)
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Monday March 6, 2023
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Womens' Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Secular holiday : The idea of an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions. Women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting what they saw as very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union two years later.
Liberation Day
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Thursday March 23, 2023
Secular holiday : The Cuito Cuanavale Battle in the southwest Cuando Cubango Province between August 14, 1987 and March 23, 1988
Public holiday
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Friday March 24, 2023
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Public holiday
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Monday April 3, 2023
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Day of Peace and Reconciliation
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Tuesday April 4, 2023
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Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday April 7, 2023
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Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
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.
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
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Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
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 .
Children's Day
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Thursday June 1, 2023
cards/flowers : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday July 13, 2023
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Feira Internacional de Luanda (FILDA)
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Tuesday July 18, 2023
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