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Monday may 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Sunday may 7, 2023 | Day of Mourning | Special Events | |
Wednesday may 17, 2023 | National liberation Day | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday june 21, 2023 | Tour du Congo | Sports events | |
Friday june 30, 2023 | Independence Day | National Day | |
Saturday july 1, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Friday july 28, 2023 | Francophonie Games | Sports events | |
Friday july 28, 2023 | Foire internationale de Kinshasa (FIKIN) | Tradeshows | |
Tuesday august 1, 2023 | Parents Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday september 4, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Saturday october 14, 2023 | Education Day | Events, celebrations... | |
Wednesday november 1, 2023 | All Saints (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday november 6, 2023 | All Saints (end) | School holidays | |
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 .
Day of Mourning
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Sunday may 7, 2023
Special Events : After at least 200 people died in flash floods and landslides in South Kivu province
National liberation Day
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Wednesday may 17, 2023
Secular holiday : Day of the seizure of power by the AFDL, release of the mobutism
Tour du Congo
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Wednesday june 21, 2023
Sports events : 2023 edition NOT confirmed
Independence Day
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Friday june 30, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by Belgium on June 30, 1960 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Saturday july 1, 2023
School holidays : www.tasok.cd
Francophonie Games
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Friday july 28, 2023
Sports events : lasts 10 days -- in Kinshasa
Foire internationale de Kinshasa (FIKIN)
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Friday july 28, 2023
Tradeshows : Foire Internationale des Entrepreneurs 2023 edition not confirmed
Parents Day
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Tuesday august 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 4, 2023
School holidays : www.tasok.cd
Education Day
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Saturday october 14, 2023
Culture :
All Saints (beginning)
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Wednesday november 1, 2023
School holidays :
All Saints (end)
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Monday november 6, 2023
School holidays :