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
Winter holiday (end)
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Tuesday January 3, 2023
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Schooling is mandatory till age 14
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms not required
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Democracy Day
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Friday January 13, 2023
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Heroes Day
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Friday January 20, 2023
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday January 23, 2023
Secular holiday :
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 :
Civil Servants holiday
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Secular holiday : Carnival Tuesday except in São Vicente
Civil Servants holiday
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
Secular holiday :
Carnival holiday (end)
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Monday February 27, 2023
School holidays :
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Banks only :
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
School holidays :
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 .
Praia Day (Praia only)
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Friday May 19, 2023
Secular holiday :
Youth Day
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Thursday June 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday June 14, 2023
School holidays : One week earlier for 9th to 11th grade
Independence Day
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Wednesday July 5, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by Portugal in 1975