Winter holiday (end)
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Monday March 6, 2023
School holidays :
Womens' Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Secular holiday :
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday March 23, 2023
cards/flowers :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Saturday April 1, 2023
School holidays :
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 10, 2023
School holidays :
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday April 21, 2023
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Also called korité
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
School holidays :
Africa Day
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Thursday May 25, 2023
Culture :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday June 15, 2023
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Tuesday July 4, 2023
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Friday August 11, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by the French in 1960 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Friday September 1, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 4, 2023
School holidays :
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday September 27, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.