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Mozambique : 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

  • Currency: Metical (MZM)
  • Internet domain: .mz - Telephone code: +258 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +2 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Friday April 7, 2023Womens' DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday April 22, 2023End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Monday May 1, 2023Labour DaySecular holiday
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    Friday May 5, 2023Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday May 7, 2023Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Monday May 15, 2023Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday June 25, 2023Independence DayNational Day
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    Monday June 26, 2023Independence DayNational Day
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    Thursday June 29, 2023Optional holidayMuslim, Sufi
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    Friday August 11, 2023Winter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday August 28, 2023Winter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday September 7, 2023Victory DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday September 12, 2023Teacher DaySchool holidays
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    Monday September 25, 2023Armed Forces DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday September 27, 2023Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit & ExhibitionTradeshows
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    Womens' Day

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    Friday April 7, 2023
    Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Saturday April 22, 2023
    cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]

    Labour 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 .

    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Friday May 5, 2023
    School holidays :

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday May 7, 2023
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s 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. Howe’s 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 women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.

    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday May 15, 2023
    School holidays :

    Independence Day

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    Sunday June 25, 2023
    Secular holiday : Marks the foundation of African political party Frelimo (Frente de Libertaçao de Moçambique) in 1962, which attained independence from Portugal in 1975.

    Independence Day

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    Monday June 26, 2023
    Secular holiday : Marks the foundation of African political party Frelimo (Frente de Libertaçao de Moçambique) in 1962, which attained independence from Portugal in 1975.

    Optional holiday

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    Thursday June 29, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Adha for Muslim workers only

    Winter holiday (beginning)

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    Friday August 11, 2023
    School holidays : Ecole Française de Maputo

    Winter holiday (end)

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    Monday August 28, 2023
    School holidays :

    Victory Day

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    Thursday September 7, 2023
    Secular holiday : The 1974 changes in Portugal helped african opposition party Frelimo gain power. On September 7, 1974, Samora Machel signed a peace treaty in Lusaka, which lead to independence.

    Teacher Day

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    Tuesday September 12, 2023
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    Armed Forces Day

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    Monday September 25, 2023
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    Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit & Exhibition

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    Wednesday September 27, 2023
    Tradeshows : Lasts 1 week in Maputo 2023 edition confirmed