Guyana : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday September 19, 2022 | Public holiday | Secular holiday | |
Monday October 24, 2022 | Deepavali/Dipabali | Hinduism | |
Friday December 16, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | St Stephen's Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday January 2, 2023 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Thursday February 23, 2023 | Republic Day | National Day | |
Public holiday
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Monday September 19, 2022
Secular holiday : 250th anniversary of the Saramaccan language. Saramaccan (Saamáka) is a creole language spoken by about 58,000 ethnic African people near the Saramacca and the upper Suriname River, as well as in Paramaribo, capital of Suriname (formerly also known as Dutch Guiana). The language also has 25,000 speakers in French Guiana and 8,000 in the Netherlands. It has three main dialects. The speakers are mostly descendants of fugitive slaves who were native to West and Central Africa; they form a group called Saamacca, also spelled Saramaka. [Wikipedia]
Deepavali/Dipabali
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Monday October 24, 2022
Hinduism : The Light festival starts with festivities. The week cele ates 1.Dhanteras, 2.Kali Chaudas, 3.Deepavali, 4.Navu-Varsha (new year), 5.Bhai-beej. The Vai cast is mainly concerned. May last several days.
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
Christmas Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
St Stephen's Day
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Remembrance of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
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
Christmas holiday (end)
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Monday January 2, 2023
School holidays : Www.education.gov.gy
https://www.giagy.org/
Applies to Georgetown -- 10 other regions follow slightly different calendars
gazetted by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 14
schools close on Saturday
school uniforms required
Dates confirmed till July 2022
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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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
Republic Day
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Thursday February 23, 2023
Secular holiday : In 1970, status of sovereign democratic state within the British Commonwealth