The business world's No-Go Days!
Tristan da Cunha : 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday may 9, 2024 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant |  |
| Friday may 17, 2024 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday may 20, 2024 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday may 21, 2024 | St. Helena Day | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday may 21, 2024 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday may 31, 2024 | Ratting Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday august 14, 2024 | Anniversary Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday august 26, 2024 | Late winter bank holiday | Secular holiday | |
Ascension
-Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Whit Monday
-Monday may 20, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
St. Helena Day
-Tuesday may 21, 2024
Secular holiday :
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
Ratting Day
-Friday may 31, 2024
Secular holiday : Shortly after teams of men set off early with their dogs to the Patches to hunt rats. Once caught there tails are cut off to determine the award winner.
Unbeaten record thus far: Longest tail with 274mm (in 2009)
Anniversary Day
-Wednesday august 14, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day on 14th August 1816 when Great Britain took possession of Tristan da Cunha.
Late winter bank holiday
-Monday august 26, 2024
Secular holiday :
