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 .
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers 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. Howes 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 womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 26, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 30, 2023
School holidays :
Indian Arrival Day
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Monday june 5, 2023
Culture : Celebrates the arrival of the first East Indians in 1873.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 18, 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 :
Abolition of Slavery
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Saturday july 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Also called Keti Koti ( chains have been broken ), which refers to the abolition of slavery. The Netherlands were the last European power to emancipate the slaves in their colonies on this date in 1863. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Javanese New Year
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Tuesday july 18, 2023
Hinduism : Sasi Sura
13% of the population have Javanese origins
Day of the Indigenous People
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Wednesday august 9, 2023
Secular holiday : In tribute to the country's various communities (East Indian, Creole, Javanese, Maroon, Amerindian, Chinese...).
Observed since 2009.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday august 18, 2023
School holidays :
Rosh Hashanah
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Saturday september 16, 2023
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday october 2, 2023
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National Day of the Maroons
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Tuesday october 10, 2023
Secular holiday : To commemorate the peace accord that freedom-fighting runaway slaves signed with colonizers on October 10th 1760.
Fall holiday (beginning)
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Friday october 27, 2023
School holidays :
Deepavali/Dipabali
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Sunday november 12, 2023
Hinduism : The Light festival starts with festivities. The week cele ates 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.
Fall holiday (end)
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Monday november 13, 2023
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Saturday november 25, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by Holland on November 25, 1975. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday