The business world's No-Go Days!
Samoa : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
Samoa : 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
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday june 1, 2023 | Independence Day | National Day |  |
| Friday july 7, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday july 24, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday august 13, 2023 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
| Monday august 14, 2023 | Father of Independence Day | Secular holiday | |
| Friday september 29, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday october 9, 2023 | Lotu-a-Tamait | Secular holiday | |
| Monday october 16, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday november 3, 2023 | Arbor Day | Events, celebrations... | |
| Friday december 8, 2023 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday december 25, 2023 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday december 26, 2023 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Independence Day
-Thursday june 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Independence from New Zealand obtained in 1962
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday july 7, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday july 24, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
-Sunday august 13, 2023
cards/flowers :
Father of Independence Day
-Monday august 14, 2023
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday september 29, 2023
School holidays :
Lotu-a-Tamait
-Monday october 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Follows White Sunday , during which Children wear white chothes and attend church ceremonies.
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday october 16, 2023
School holidays :
Arbor Day
-Friday november 3, 2023
Culture :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
-Friday december 8, 2023
School holidays :
Christmas Day
-Monday december 25, 2023
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
Boxing Day/Family Day
-Tuesday december 26, 2023
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.
