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 .
Easter holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 2, 2023
School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday june 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday june 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 30, 2023
School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey
Independence Day
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Thursday august 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by the French in 1960
Summer holiday (end)
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Friday september 1, 2023
School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey
Mouloud - Mawlid (Prophet's birthday)
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Wednesday september 27, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday october 2, 2023
School holidays : Public schools
All Saints - (beginning)
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Friday october 20, 2023
School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey
All Saints - (end)
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Monday november 6, 2023
School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey