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Benin : 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

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    Monday may 1, 2023Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday may 2, 2023Tour du BéninSports events
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    Wednesday may 17, 2023Ascension holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday may 18, 2023AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 22, 2023Ascension holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday may 26, 2023Pentecost holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday may 29, 2023Whit MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday may 30, 2023Pentecost holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday june 28, 2023TabaskiMuslim, Sufi
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    Friday june 30, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday august 1, 2023Independence DayNational Day
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    Tuesday august 15, 2023AssumptionCatholic
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    Monday september 4, 2023Summer holiday (end) - Lycée FrançaisSchool holidays
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    Monday september 18, 2023Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday september 27, 2023MaouloudMuslim, Sufi
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    Friday october 27, 2023All Saints - (beginning)School holidays
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    Wednesday november 1, 2023All Saints' DayCatholic
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    Monday november 13, 2023All Saints - (end)School holidays
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    Labor Day/May 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 .

    Tour du Bénin

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    Tuesday may 2, 2023
    Sports events : Bicycle race 2023 edition confirmed

    Ascension holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday may 17, 2023
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    Ascension

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    Thursday may 18, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.

    Ascension holiday (end)

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    Monday may 22, 2023
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    Pentecost holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 26, 2023
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    Whit Monday

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    Monday may 29, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.

    Pentecost holiday (end)

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    Tuesday may 30, 2023
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    Tabaski

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    Wednesday june 28, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday june 30, 2023
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    Independence Day

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    Tuesday august 1, 2023
    Secular holiday : Obtained from France on August 1, 1960

    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.

    Summer holiday (end) - Lycée Français

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    Monday september 4, 2023
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    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday september 18, 2023
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    Maouloud

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    Wednesday september 27, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Prophet's Birthday

    All Saints - (beginning)

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    Friday october 27, 2023
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    All Saints' Day

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    Wednesday november 1, 2023
    Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)

    All Saints - (end)

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    Monday november 13, 2023
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