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
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday August 29, 2022 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday September 26, 2022 | Armed Forces Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday September 27, 2022 | Maputo International Trade Fair (FACIM) | Tradeshows | |
Saturday December 24, 2022 | Optional holiday | Secular holiday | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Public holiday | Secular holiday | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | School holidays | School holidays | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday January 2, 2023 | New Year's Day (moved forward to Monday) | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday January 11, 2023 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Friday February 3, 2023 | Heroes Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday August 29, 2022
School holidays :
Armed Forces Day
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Monday September 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Maputo International Trade Fair (FACIM)
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Tuesday September 27, 2022
Tradeshows : Lasts 1 week in Maputo 2022 edition confirmed
Optional holiday
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Saturday December 24, 2022
Secular holiday :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
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 Years Day on Christmas Day.
Public holiday
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
School holidays
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Sunday January 1, 2023
School holidays : Official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
https://www.saseducacao.gov.mz/
Schooling is mandatory till age 12
50% of children do not attend school
Teaching language: Portuguese
schools close on Sunday
school uniforms may be required
Dates confirmed till Feb 2023
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
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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
New Year's Day (moved forward to Monday)
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Monday January 2, 2023
Secular holiday :
Beginning of school year
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Wednesday January 11, 2023
School holidays :
Heroes Day
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Friday February 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Marks the assassination of Frelimo's leader Eduardo Mondlane in 1969. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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