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Gambia : 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

  • Currency: Dalasi (GMD)
  • Internet domain: .gm - Telephone code: +220 - International dialing code: 00
    From Feb 1st, 2013, Friday is also a non-working day for civil servants.
    GMT offset: 0 (no DST)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Monday may 1, 2023Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday may 13, 2023Municipal electionsSecular holiday
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    Sunday may 14, 2023Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Saturday may 20, 2023Local electionsSpecial Events
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    Saturday may 20, 2023Public holidaySecular holiday
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    Thursday may 25, 2023Africa DaySecular holiday
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    Thursday june 1, 2023Kanilai International FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Saturday june 24, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Wednesday june 28, 2023Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday july 19, 2023El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)Banks only
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    Saturday july 22, 2023Revolution DayNational Day
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    Friday july 28, 2023AshuraMuslim, Sufi
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    Tuesday august 15, 2023AssumptionCatholic
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    Monday september 11, 2023Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday september 27, 2023Mawlud Nabi ("Gamo")Muslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday november 1, 2023Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday november 6, 2023Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday november 12, 2023Deepavali/Dipabalicards/flowers
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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 .

    Municipal elections

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    Saturday may 13, 2023
    Secular holiday :

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday may 14, 2023
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

    Local elections

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    Saturday may 20, 2023
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    Public holiday

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    Saturday may 20, 2023
    Secular holiday : Election day

    Africa Day

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    Thursday may 25, 2023
    Secular holiday : From 2009 When the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was created in May of 1963, the founding delegates proclaimed May 25, 1963 African Liberation Day (ALD), as the successor commemoration day of Africa Freedom Day.

    Kanilai International Festival

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    Thursday june 1, 2023
    Culture : Lasts 2 weeks 2023 edition not confirmed

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Saturday june 24, 2023
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    Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday june 28, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammad called Eid Al-Adha the best day of the year, since it is the last and biggest day of the annual pilgrimage.

    El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday july 19, 2023
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    Revolution Day

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    Saturday july 22, 2023
    Secular holiday : Anniversary of the coup that brought President Jammeh to power on the 22nd July 1994 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Ashura

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    Friday july 28, 2023
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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 11, 2023
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    Mawlud Nabi ("Gamo")

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    Wednesday september 27, 2023
    Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.

    Mid-term holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday november 1, 2023
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    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday november 6, 2023
    School holidays :

    Deepavali/Dipabali

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    Sunday november 12, 2023
    cards/flowers : The Light festival starts with festivities. The week celebrates 1.Dhanteras, 2.Kali Chaudas, 3.Deepavali, 4.Navu-Varsha (new year), 5.Bhai-beej. The Vai cast is mainly concerned. May last several days.