Angola : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Public holiday
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Wednesday August 24, 2022
Secular holiday : Election day
Parliamentary election
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Wednesday August 24, 2022
Special Events :
Parliamentary election
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Wednesday August 24, 2022
Special Events :
National Heroes Day
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Saturday September 17, 2022
Secular holiday : Birthday of the man considered to be the nation's founder, Antonio Agostinho Neto. Born in 1922 in the Bengo province and educated as a doctor, Neto was a powerful force in Angolan history, as well as one of the country's foremost poets. He led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (PMLA) in the fight for Angola's independence from Portugal.
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday October 24, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Saturday December 17, 2022
School holidays :
Half-day holiday
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Saturday December 24, 2022
Secular holiday :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Half-day holiday
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Saturday December 31, 2022
Secular holiday :
New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day
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Wednesday January 4, 2023
Culture : In tribute to the outbreak of armed struggle against the Portuguese
Optional holiday
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Sunday January 15, 2023
Secular holiday : The Former Combatants and Veterans of the Motherland Day
Regional holiday
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Wednesday January 25, 2023
Secular holiday : Luanda Day Luanda only
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
Beginning of school year
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Monday February 6, 2023
School holidays : Https://www.gpebie.ao/
Ministry of Education
number of instructional days: 180
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms generally required
Dates confirmed till Oct 2022
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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
Carnival holiday (beginning)
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Friday February 17, 2023
School holidays :
Carnival
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Secular holiday :
Carnival
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Culture :
Carnival holiday (end)
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
School holidays :