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 : 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.
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
School holidays :
Armed Forces Day
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Monday September 25, 2023
Secular holiday :
Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit & Exhibition
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Wednesday September 27, 2023
Tradeshows : Lasts 1 week in Maputo 2023 edition confirmed