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 .
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday may 19, 2023
Secular holiday :
Praia Day (Praia only)
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Friday may 19, 2023
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday may 22, 2023
Secular holiday :
Youth Day
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Thursday june 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday june 14, 2023
School holidays : One week earlier for 9th to 11th grade
Independence Day
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Wednesday july 5, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by Portugal in 1975
Baia das Gatas Festival
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Sunday august 13, 2023
Culture : 3 days & 3 nights on the beach
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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)
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Monday september 18, 2023
School holidays :
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)