Public holidays in the Republic of the Congo

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This is a list of holidays in the Republic of Congo

Date	English Name	Local Name
January 1	New Year's Day	Jour de l'An
May 1	Labor Day	Fête du Travail
June 10	Commemoration of the Conference on National Sovereignty	Fête de la Commémoration de la Conférence Nationale Souveraine
August 15	Independence Day	Fête Nationale
November 1	All Saints' Day	Toussaint
December 25	Christmas Day	Noël

[edit] Movable holidays

The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:

English Name	Local Name	Description
Easter	Pâques	Occurs on Sunday
Easter Monday	Lundi de Pâques	Monday after Easter
Ascension Day	Ascension	Thursday, 40 days after Easter
Pentecost	Pentecôte	Seventh Sunday after Easter

[edit] Notes

New Year's Day, Easter, Labor Day, Independence Day, All Saints' Day and Christmas Day are widely recognized (and celebrated) holidays. The other holidays listed are officially recognized by the government's Department of Labor (Direction Départementale du Travail) and are granted to government workers; the government requires that businesses operating in the country also recognize them, though employees, if even familiar with them, tend to prefer working as usual (with government-mandated overtime wages) on those days.