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Burkina Faso : 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

  • Currency: Communauté Africaine Financière Franc (XAF)
  • Internet domain: .bf - Telephone code: 226 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: 0(DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Wednesday september 27, 2023MaouloudMuslim, Sufi
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    Friday october 27, 2023All Saints (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday october 31, 2023Martyrs' DaySecular holiday
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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday december 26, 2023Boxing DayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 3, 2024People's UpriseSecular holiday
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    Friday january 5, 2024Winter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Friday march 8, 2024Womens' DaySecular holiday
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    Monday march 11, 2024Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Maouloud

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    Wednesday september 27, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi :

    All Saints (beginning)

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    Friday october 27, 2023
    School holidays :

    Martyrs' Day

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    Tuesday october 31, 2023
    Secular holiday :

    Christmas Day

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    Monday december 25, 2023
    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 Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    Boxing Day

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    Tuesday december 26, 2023
    Catholic or protestant :

    New Year's Day

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    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

    People's Uprise

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    Wednesday january 3, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Winter holiday (end)

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    Friday january 5, 2024
    School holidays : Https://www.education.gov.bf
    https://enkoeducation.com/
    Schooling is mandatory till age 16
    schools are open on Saturday
    school uniforms not required

    We carry confirmed dates till Oct 2024-- Plateau Central follow a different calendar

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    Valentine's Day

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    Wednesday february 14, 2024
    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

    Womens' Day

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    Friday march 8, 2024
    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.

    Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Monday march 11, 2024
    cards/flowers :