Liberia: Holidays, Climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year February 11 Armed Forces Day 2nd Wednesday in March Award day March, 15 JJ Roberts birthday March April Easter 12. April National Redemption Day April 14 Day of prayer and fasting May 6 Samuel K. Does birthday May 14 National Unity Day July 26…
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Libya Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Libya: Holidays, national customs Public holidays The dates for the Islamic holidays are calculated according to the lunar calendar and therefore shift every year. During the fasting month of Ramadan, which precedes the festival day Eid al-Fitr, Muslims do not eat during the day, but only after sunset. Many restaurants are therefore closed during the…
Guinea Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Guinea: Holidays, customs, climate Date Holiday January 1 New Years Day February March Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) March April Easter April May Mouloud (birthday of the prophet) 1st of May Labor Day May Ascension of Christ 15th of August Assumption Day August 27 Day of the women’s revolt September 28 Referendum day October 2…
Ivory Coast Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Ivory Coast: Holidays, National Customs, and Climate Cultural events Every year in February, the Guere and Yacouba mask festivals with their typical mask and stilt dances take place in the villages around the town of Man. Note In some regions of the country, snakes are considered sacred. Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year…
Guinea-Bissau Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Guinea Bissau: Holidays, national customs, climate Public holidays There are a number of public holidays that do not have a fixed date, but are based on the time of Easter. Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Lent, which lasts 46 days, begins on Ash Wednesday…
Republic of the Congo Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Republic of the Congo: holidays, climate Date Holiday January 1 New Year March 18 Mary Ngouabi Day March April Easter 1st of May Labor Day May June Pentecost 15th of August Independence day November 1 All Saints Day 25 December Christmas Source: Countryaah – Congo Holidays Climate The climate in the north of the country…
Reunion Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Reunion Holidays and events Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Years Day March April Easter Monday 1st of May Labor Day 5th of May Ascension of Christ 8th of May 1945 – Day of Peace/Day of Victory/Day of Liberation April May Whit Monday July 14 1789 – National Day (storming the Bastille) 15th of…
Rwanda Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Rwanda: holidays, climate, national customs Date Holiday January February Chinese New Years Festival January 1 New Year January 28 Day of democracy March April Easter 7th of April Genocide Memorial Day 1st of May Labor Day July 1 Independence day July 4 Liberation Day August 1 Thanksgiving 15th of August Assumption Day September 8 Culture…
Niger Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Niger: Holidays, climate, national customs Date Holiday January 1 New Year February March Tabaski (Islamic festival of sacrifice) February March Islamic New Year March April Easter April 24 Concord day 1st of May Labor Day April May Mouloud (Prophet’s Birthday) 3rd August Independence day November December Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) December 18 day of the…
Nigeria Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Holidays and events Date Holiday January 1 New Year February Eid al-Kabir (Festival of Sacrifice) March April Easter 1st of May Labor Day May 15 Mouloud (Prophet’s Birthday) October 1 National holiday November December Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) 25 December Christmas Source: Countryaah – Nigeria Holidays The dates for the Islamic holidays are calculated according…
Mauritius Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Mauritius: holidays, events, customs Public holidays Date Holiday January 1st/2 New Year Mid-January to mid-February Eid-Al-Fitr (end of Ramadam) March 12 National holiday March 18 Ougadi (Tamil New Year Festival) 1st of May Labor Day 15th of August Assumption Day September 14 Ganesh Chaturi (festival in honor of the elephant god Ganesh) November 12 All…
Morocco Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Morocco: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year 11th January Independence Manifesto January February Ad al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) February Fatih Mouharram (Islamic New Year) 1st of May Labor Day May Ad al-Mawlid (Prophet’s Birthday) 30th July Celebration of the accession to the throne of Mohammed VI. August 14 Oued Ed…
Mozambique Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Mozambique: Holidays, climate, national customs Date Holiday January 1 New Year 3 February Heroic day 7th of April Mozambique Women’s Day 1st of May Labor Day 25th June National holiday/independence day 7th of September Victory Day (commemoration of the Lusaka Agreement) 25th of September Armed Forces Day 25 December Family Day and Christmas Source: Countryaah…
Namibia Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Namibia: Holidays, Events, Climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year March 21 Independence day March April Easter 1st of May Labor Day May 25th and 26 Africa day May June Pentecost 26th of August Day of heroes 10th of December Namibian Women’s Day and International Human Rights Day December 25th and 26 Christmas…
Tanzania Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Tanzania: Holidays, Events, Climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year January 12 Zanzibar Revolution Day February Eid al-Haji (Festival of Sacrifice) March April Easter 26th of April Union day/national holiday 1st of May Labor Day May Mouloud (Prophet’s Birthday) 7th of July Saba Saba (business day) 8th August Nane Nane (Farmers Day) November…
Togo Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Togo: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year 13th January Liberation Day February Tabaski (Festival of Sacrifice) March April Easter April 27 Independence day 1st of May Labor Day May Ascension of Christ May June Pentecost June 21 Day of the Martyrs 15th of August Assumption Day September 24 Anniversary of…
Tunisia Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Tunisia: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year January 18 Revolution day February Aid el Kebir (big mutton festival) February March Rais el Am (Islamic New Year Festival) March, 20 independence Day 9th April Day of the Martyrs 1st of May Labor Day May 15 Le Mouled (Prophet’s Birthday) June 1…
Uganda Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Uganda: national customs, climate, holidays Climate Due to the proximity of the equator, the average temperatures are very constant. The daytime temperatures are between 27-29 °C all year round. At night they drop to 16-17 °C. In Uganda it rains a lot, but there are still two rainy seasons in which the amount of rainfall…
Somalia Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Somalia: Holidays, kidnapping of the Landshut Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year February March Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) April May Mouloud (birthday of the prophet) 1st of May Labor Day May 14 Ashoura June 26 Independence day July 1 Establishment of the Republic of Somalia November December Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)…
South Africa Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
South Africa: Holidays, Events, Climate Cultural events The following events take place annually in South Africa: time Event New Year (December/January) Cape Minstrel Carnival in Cape Town March One City Festival (arts and culture festival) in Cape Town April Oppikoppi Easter Festival at Oppikoppi Farm in Northam May Cape Gourmet Festival in Cape Town August…
South Sudan Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Sudan: holidays, climate, national customs The Christians in South Sudan celebrate the Christian festivals such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. The July 9, the day on which the Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan came into force (2011), is Independence Day in the country. Six years earlier, on July 9, 2005, South Sudan had…
Sudan Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Sudan: holidays, climate, national customs Date Holiday January 1 Independence day February March Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) February March Islamic New Year April 6 Day of the popular uprising April May Al-Mowlid Al Nabawi (Prophet’s Birthday) 25. May May Revolution Day June 30 Revolution day November December Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) 25 December…
Suriname Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Suriname: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Religious festivals or holidays Date Holiday 25th March Good Friday 26.-28. March Easter March 29 Phagwa (Hindu festival) November 1 Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights) November 02 Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) December 25th and 26 Christmas Other feasts and holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year May 1 Labor…
Swaziland Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Swaziland, Eswatini: holidays, events Public holidays There are a number of public holidays that do not have a fixed date but are based on the time of Easter. Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Lent, which lasts 46 days, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends…
Sao Tome and Principe Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
São Tomé and Príncipe: Holidays, climate, customs Public holidays There are a number of public holidays that do not have a fixed date but are based on the time of Easter. Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Lent, which lasts 46 days, begins on Ash…
Senegal Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Senegal: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year January February Tabaski (Festival of Sacrifice) February Tamkarit (Islamic New Year) March April Easter 4. April National holiday/independence day April May Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed 1st of May Labor Day May Ascension of Christ May June Pentecost 15th of August Assumption Day…
Seychelles Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Seychelles: holidays, events, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year April Good Friday April Easter Saturday 1st of May Labor Day June 5 Liberation Day June 19 Corpus Christi June 29 Independence day 15th of August Assumption Day November 1 All Saints Day December 8 Immaculate conception December 25th and 26 Christmas Source:…
Sierra Leone Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Sierra Leone: Holidays, national customs, climate There are a number of public holidays that do not have a fixed date, but are based on the location of Easter. Easter takes place on the first Sunday that follows the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, which ends on…
Zambia Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Zambia: holidays, festivals, climate Public holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year March 12 Youth day March April Easter 1st of May May Day May 24 Africa Day (anniversary of the founding of the OAU) 7th of July Memorial Day 8th of July Day of Unity 4th of August Farmers Day October 24 Independence day…
Zimbabwe Holidays, Events, Climate and Sightseeing
Holidays and events Date Holiday January 1 New Year March April Easter April 18 Independence day 1st of May Labor Day 25. May Africa day August 11 Heroic day 12. August Defense Forces Day December 22 Day of Unity 25./26. December Christmas Source: Countryaah – Zimbabwe Holidays Zimbabwe: climate The climate in Zimbabwe can be…