Malawi : 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
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Friday June 3, 2022 | Winter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday June 20, 2022 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday July 6, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day | |
Tuesday July 19, 2022 | Education Day | Events, celebrations... | |
Friday September 9, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday September 26, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | Music festival | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday October 10, 2022 | Mothers' Day | cards/flowers | |
Monday October 17, 2022 | Mothers' Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday October 24, 2022 | Deepavali/Dipabali | cards/flowers | |
Monday December 12, 2022 | Arbor Day | Events, celebrations... | |
Friday December 16, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Public holiday | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 3, 2022
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday June 20, 2022
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Wednesday July 6, 2022
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1964
Education Day
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Tuesday July 19, 2022
Culture :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday September 9, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday September 26, 2022
School holidays :
Music festival
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Friday September 30, 2022
Culture : Lake of Stars festival
lasts 4 days
www.lakeofstars.org on the shores of lake Malawi
2022 edition NOT confirmed
Mothers' Day
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Monday October 10, 2022
cards/flowers :
Mothers' Day
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Monday October 17, 2022
Secular holiday :
Deepavali/Dipabali
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Monday October 24, 2022
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. NOT a public holiday
Arbor Day
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Monday December 12, 2022
Culture :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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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.
Public holiday
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Boxing Day/Family Day
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients. "Tweede Kerstdag" applies to the Netherlands (second Christmas Day) and "Anden Juledag" to Denmark