Easter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday April 6, 2023
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Genocide Commemoration Day
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Friday April 7, 2023
Secular holiday : On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down. Violence began almost immediately after that. Under the cover of war, Hutu extremists launched their plans to destroy the entire Tutsi civilian population. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Easter 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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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Marathon de Kigali
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Sunday June 11, 2023
Sports events : Www.kigalimarathon.org/ 2023 edition confirmed
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
National Day
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Saturday July 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Anniversary of independence from Belgium when sovereignty was granted in 1962 Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Monday July 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Anniversary of independence from Belgium when sovereignty was granted in 1962 Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Freedom Day
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Tuesday July 4, 2023
Secular holiday : July 5. Anniversary of the 1973 coup. http://kwibohora.rw/
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 14, 2023
School holidays :
FESPAD
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Sunday July 30, 2023
Culture : A pan-African dance festival
Harvest festival
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Friday August 4, 2023
Secular holiday : Umuganura Harvest day was one of the most important ceremonies performed by Rwandans at the beginning of every harvest season. This event came second to the most important ceremony in the Rwandan kingdom, which was the enthronization of the new King.
Though we do not know exactly when Umuganura was introduced in Rwandan society; some literature states that, it could have been started together with the introduction of the agriculture in Rwanda during the 3rd century B.C.
Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday August 8, 2023
School holidays :
Assumption
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Kamarampaka
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Monday September 25, 2023
Culture : Commemorates the anniversary of the abolition of the monarchy in 1961, and is marked yearly with the opening of the National Assembly.