Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday december 25, 2023 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday january 1, 2024 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday january 8, 2024 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Saturday february 10, 2024 | Carnival holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday february 12, 2024 | Carnival | Banks only | |
Tuesday february 13, 2024 | Carnival | Catholic | |
Wednesday february 14, 2024 | Ash Wednesday | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday february 26, 2024 | Carnival holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday march 6, 2024 | Customary holiday | Catholic or protestant | |
Thursday march 7, 2024 | Mid-Lent | Events, celebrations... | |
Thursday march 28, 2024 | Spring holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Friday march 29, 2024 | Optional holiday | Secular holiday | |
Friday march 29, 2024 | Banks are closed | Banks only | |
Sunday march 31, 2024 | Easter | Catholic or protestant | |
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
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.
New Year's Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
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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Monday january 8, 2024
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Carnival holiday (beginning)
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Saturday february 10, 2024
School holidays :
Carnival
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Monday february 12, 2024
Banks only :
Carnival
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Tuesday february 13, 2024
Catholic : Called 'festa móvel' in Brazil.
Ash Wednesday
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Christian observance to begin the 40 day season of Lent. Ashes are marked on worshippers as a sign of penitence.
Carnival holiday (end)
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Monday february 26, 2024
School holidays :
Customary holiday
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Wednesday march 6, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Mid-Lent
Mid-Lent
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Thursday march 7, 2024
Culture : A French Middle-Age tradition, celebrated in some French villages, in the French Caribbean and in Brazil ( Micareta )
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Thursday march 28, 2024
School holidays :
Optional holiday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Secular holiday :
Banks are closed
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Friday march 29, 2024
Banks only :
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday