Sierra Leone : 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 October 17, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday December 16, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Saturday December 17, 2022 | Ma dengn Beach Festival | Events, celebrations... | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Public holiday | Secular holiday | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday January 3, 2023 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Saturday February 18, 2023 | Armed Forces Day | Secular holiday | |
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday October 17, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays :
Ma dengn Beach Festival
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Saturday December 17, 2022
Culture : A celebration and promotion of culture and a catalyst in the Renaissance of Sierra Leone
http://www.ntb.sl/ 2022 edition NOT confirmed
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.
Boxing Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Secular holiday :
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
Christmas holiday (end)
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Tuesday January 3, 2023
School holidays : Ministry of education
https://mbsse.gov.sl/
Schooling is officially mandatory till age 15, but half the children do not attend school
Teaching language: English
schools are closed on Sunday
school uniforms required
Dates confirmed till Oct 2023
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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
Armed Forces Day
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Saturday February 18, 2023
Secular holiday :