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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday january 4, 2024Independence Martyrs DaySecular holiday
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    Monday january 8, 2024Christmas holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday january 16, 2024L.D. Kabila AssassinationSecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 17, 2024Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery LumumbaSecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 24, 2024Peaceful and Democratic Alternation dayEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Friday february 16, 2024Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday march 4, 2024Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday march 24, 2024Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-VubuEvents, celebrations...
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    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)

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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.