Public holidays in Burkina Faso

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This is a list of holidays in Burkina Faso
Date English Name Description
January 1 New Year's Day
January 3 Anniversary of the 1966 coup d’état
March 8 Women’s Day
May 1 Labor Day
August 4 Revolution Day
August 5 Independence Day
August 15 Assumption
October 15 Anniversary of the 1987 coup d’état
November 1 All Saints Day
December 11 Proclamation of the Republic Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community
December 25 Christmas

[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
Eid ul-Fitr Aid el Sagheer Celebrates end of Ramadan
Easter

Easter Monday
The day after Easter Sunday
Ascension

Eid ul-Adha Aid el Kebir Feast of Sacrifice