Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Monday March 6, 2023
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Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Friday March 17, 2023
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Day of Mourning
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Secular holiday : In tribute to former president Cyprien NTARYAMIRA who was killed 2 months after his election on April 6, 1994
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday April 7, 2023
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Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
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Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday April 21, 2023
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End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
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 .
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday May 8, 2023
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Ascension
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Thursday May 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Independence Day
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Saturday July 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Obtained in 1962 after having been administered by Belgium as a United Nations trust territory. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday July 7, 2023
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 14, 2023
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Assumption
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Summer holiday (end)
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Friday September 1, 2023
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Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Thursday September 7, 2023
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