Abolition of Slavery
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Wednesday February 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Thaipoosam Cavadee
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Saturday February 4, 2023
Hinduism : Tamil celebration. Marks the end of a 10-day fasting period during which people go to the local temple and get themselves pierced with various needles attached to various object.
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
Maha Shivaratri
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Saturday February 18, 2023
Hinduism : A Hindu festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati. Ceremonies involving prayers and hymns take place mostly at night.
National Day
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Sunday March 12, 2023
Secular holiday : Independence granted by the UK in 1968
Hindu, Lao, Navratra, Songkran, Tamil, Telugu, Ugadi New Year
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Wednesday March 22, 2023
Buddhism (Theravada) : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : From 2009 onwards
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
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 .
Mother's Day
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Sunday May 28, 2023
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Mauritius marathon
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Sunday July 9, 2023
Sports events : 2023 edition confirmed
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 14, 2023
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday August 14, 2023
School holidays : SECONDARY is one week earlier