The business world's No-Go Days!
Madagascar, Somalia, Somaliland, today is your national day! EDIT wishes you all the best on this special day.
Cape Verde : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday June 1, 2022 | Youth Day | Secular holiday |  |
| Tuesday July 5, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Friday July 15, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Friday August 12, 2022 | Baia das Gatas Festival | Events, celebrations... | |
| Monday August 15, 2022 | Assumption | Catholic | |
| Monday September 19, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Tuesday November 1, 2022 | All Saints' Day | Catholic | |
| Friday December 16, 2022 | Winter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Saturday December 24, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
| Saturday December 31, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Youth Day
-Wednesday June 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925
Independence Day
-Tuesday July 5, 2022
Secular holiday : Granted by Portugal in 1975
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday July 15, 2022
School holidays : Two weeks earlier for 12th grade
two weeks later for 9th to 11th grade
Baia das Gatas Festival
-Friday August 12, 2022
Culture : 3 days & 3 nights on the beach
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Assumption
-Monday August 15, 2022
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)
-Monday September 19, 2022
School holidays :
All Saints' Day
-Tuesday November 1, 2022
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)
Winter holiday (beginning)
-Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays :
Civil Servants holiday
-Saturday December 24, 2022
Secular holiday :
Christmas Day
-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.
Civil Servants holiday
-Saturday December 31, 2022
Secular holiday :
