| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 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. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| New Year's Day - Monday January 3, 2022 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. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 10, 2022 School holidays : Https://www.education.gov.mw/ calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 12
Teaching languages: Chichewa,English
schools close on Saturday
Number of instructional days: 205 (41 weeks)
school uniforms required
Dates confirmed till Jan 2023
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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| John Chilibwe Day - Monday January 17, 2022 Secular holiday : (1871 – February 3, 1915) was a Baptist educator and an early figure in resistance to colonialism in Nyasaland, now Malawi. Today John Chilembwe is celebrated as a hero for independence, and John Chilembwe Day is observed annually on January 15 in Malawi. Wikipedia
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| Valentine's Day - Monday February 14, 2022 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
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| Martyrs' Day - Thursday March 3, 2022 Secular holiday : On March 3, 1959, British forces declared a state of emergency and orchestrated Operation Sunrise, arresting prominent Malawian nationalists and other dissidents. Fury over the arrests of these resistance leaders precipitated the deaths of more than 20. not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Friday March 11, 2022 School holidays :
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Monday March 28, 2022 School holidays :
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| Arbor Day - Monday December 13, 2021 Culture :
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| Christmas Day - Saturday December 25, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.
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| Public holiday - Monday December 27, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Boxing Day/Family Day - Tuesday December 28, 2021 Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients. "Tweede Kerstdag" applies to the Netherlands (second Christmas Day) and "Anden Juledag" to Denmark
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