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Monday january 1, 2024 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Thursday january 4, 2024 | Independence Martyrs Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday january 8, 2024 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday january 16, 2024 | L.D. Kabila Assassination | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday january 17, 2024 | Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery Lumumba | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday january 24, 2024 | Peaceful and Democratic Alternation day | Events, celebrations... | |
Wednesday february 14, 2024 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday february 16, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday march 4, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Sunday march 24, 2024 | Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-Vubu | Events, celebrations... | |
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
Independence Martyrs Day
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Thursday january 4, 2024
Secular holiday :
Christmas holiday (end)
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Monday january 8, 2024
School holidays : Information: Http://eduquepsp.education
official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 14 - 60% of children do not attend school
Number of instructional days: 222 in primary
schools are open on Saturday
school uniforms required
We carry confirmed dates till Aug 2024 (some variations for intermediary vacations)
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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L.D. Kabila Assassination
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Tuesday january 16, 2024
Secular holiday : The holiday commemorates the assassination of President Laurent Kabila on this day in 2001
Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery Lumumba
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Wednesday january 17, 2024
Secular holiday : The day commemorates the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961
Peaceful and Democratic Alternation day
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Wednesday january 24, 2024
Culture : On 24 January 2019, Joseph Kabila, after 18 years in power, ceded power to Felix Tshisekedi after a controversial electoral process.
On the brink of civil war, this peaceful transfer has allowed the DRC to preserve civil peace from 2021
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
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday february 16, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday march 4, 2024
School holidays :
Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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Sunday march 24, 2024
Culture : The first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) from 1960 until 1965.