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 .
Inauguration Day
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Monday may 29, 2023
Secular holiday :
Democracy Day
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Monday june 12, 2023
Secular holiday : The Obasanjo government has decided to make a public holiday out of Democracy Day in an attempt of guarding the achievements made in 1999 and celebrating itself as the symbol of Nigerian democracy.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
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.
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.
End of school year
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Friday july 21, 2023
School holidays :
Isese Day
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Sunday august 20, 2023
cards/flowers : Traditional celebration observed by the Osun community
Beginning of school year
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Tuesday september 5, 2023
School holidays :
Mouloud - Mawlid (Prophet's birthday)
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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.
National Day
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Sunday october 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1960
National Day
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Monday october 2, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1960
World Teachers Day
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Thursday october 5, 2023
Culture :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday october 25, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday october 30, 2023
School holidays :