Marche commémorative de la Révolution du 1er mars 1848
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Friday march 1, 2024
Culture :
Republic's Day
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Friday march 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Sports holiday (end)
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Monday march 4, 2024
School holidays :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Thursday march 28, 2024
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday april 15, 2024
School holidays :
Tour de Romanche
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Tuesday april 23, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.tourderomandie.ch/
Cycling race -- lasts 5 days in the Vaud, Fribourg and Neuchatel cantons 2024 edition confirmed
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
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 .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday may 9, 2024
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.
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
Corpus Cristi
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF)
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Friday july 5, 2024
Culture : Https://nifff.ch/ lasts 5 days 2024 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Confederation Day
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Thursday august 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Instaured at the end of the XIX century. The date refers to an agreement made at the beginning of August 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden. Traditional observance includes bonfires on the the mountains and celebrations in the communities, occasions for patriotic speeches. Modern observance, fostered by the Tourist offices, include fireworks.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 19, 2024
School holidays :
Fête des Fontaines de Môtiers
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Thursday september 12, 2024
Culture :
Federal Fasting Monday
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Monday september 16, 2024
Secular holiday : A religious holiday with a ecumenical background instaured in the 19th century.