Public holidays in Chad

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:This is a list of '''[[public holidays]] in [[Chad]]'''.<ref>[http://www.worldtravelguide.net/chad/public-holidays List]</ref><ref name="CCG">Spera, Vincent (8 February 2004); {{cite web|url=http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/imr-ri.nsf/en/gr126314e.html |title=Chad Country Commercial Guide – FY 2005 |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015073734/http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/imr-ri.nsf/en/gr126314e.html |archive-date=15 October 2007 }}. [[United States Department of Commerce]].</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! English name !!Comments
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| 1 January || [[New Year's Day]]||
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| 8 March || [[International Women's Day]]||
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| March or April || [[Easter Monday]]||Day after [[Easter]]
|-
| 1 May || [[Labour Day]]||
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| 11 August || [[Independence Day]]||From France, 1960.
|-
| 1 November || [[All Saints' Day]]||
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| 28 November || [[Republic Day]]||Autonomy within the [[French Community]], 1959.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Day in Chad in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/chad/chad-republic-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 4, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1 December || [[Freedom and Democracy Day]]||[[Idriss Déby]] became the President of Chad on this day in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freedom and Democracy Day in Chad in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/chad/freedom-and-democracy-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 4, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 25 December || [[Christmas Day]]||
|-
| 12 [[Rabiʽ al-Awwal]] || [[Mawlid|The Prophet's Birthday]]||Prophet [[Muhammad]]'s Birthday.
|-
| 1 [[Shawwal]]|| [[Eid al-Fitr|Korité]]|| End of [[Ramadan]]; Muslim Festival of Breaking the Fast.
|-
| 10 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]]|| [[Eid al-Adha|Tabaski]]||Muslim [[Abraham in Islam|Feast of the Sacrifice]].
|}

December 1, "Freedom and Democracy Day", remembers December 1, 1990 and celebrates the ascent of President [[Idriss Déby]] to power.

March 8 is celebrated as "[[International Women's Day]]"—La Journee Internationale de la Femme—and marks the culmination of a national week of activities (la Semaine Nationale de la Femme Tchadienne, or "SENAFET") celebrating women. Observations of "huit mars", as it is known locally in French, vary from town to town, ranging from small ceremonies or a day off school for girls only to a week of events that includes races, contests and expositions by women’s groups and ends with parades and community-wide celebrations.

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Public holidays in the Central African Republic

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This is a list of '''[[public holidays]] in the [[Central African Republic]]'''

== Public holidays ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! English name !! Comments
|-
| January 1 || [[New Year's Day]]
|-
| March 29 || [[Barthelemy Boganda|Barthelemy Boganda Day]]
|Date of the first prime minister's death in 1959
|-
| March or April || [[Easter Monday]]
| Day after [[Easter]]
|-
| May 1 || [[Labour Day]]||
|-
|rowspan="2"| May or June || [[Ascension of Jesus|Ascension Day]]||
|-
| [[Whit Monday]]
| Day after [[Pentecost]]
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| June 30 || [[General Prayer Day]]
|Non-denominational although 60% Protestant and 90% Christian.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Prayer Day in Central African Republic in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-general-prayer-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 4, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| August 13 || [[Independence Day (Central African Republic)|Independence Day]] ||From France, 1960
|-
| August 15 || [[Assumption Day]] ||
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| November 1 || [[All Saints Day]]||
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| December 1 || [[National Day]] || Commemorates the anniversary of the Central African Republic becoming an autonomous territory within the French Community in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Day in Central African Republic in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 4, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| December 25 || [[Christmas Day]] ||
|-
|1 [[Shawwal]] ||[[Eid al-Fitr|Korité]] ||Muslim feast of Breaking the Fast.
|-
|10 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] ||[[Eid al-Adha|Tabaski]]||Muslim feast of the Sacrifice.
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Public holidays in Africa|Central African Republic]]
[[Category:Culture of the Central African Republic]]
[[Category:Lists of public holidays by country|Central African Republic]]

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Public holidays in Chad

Public holidays in the Central African Republic