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- This is a list of holidays in Chad.
December 1, "Freedom and Democracy Day", remembers December 1, 1990 and celebrates the ascent of President Idriss Déby to power.
Also, a variety of religious holidays are celebrated in Chad, with the most commonly-celebrated by Muslim holidays such as Ramadan, Id El Fitr, Id El Kabir (also known as Tabaski), and Id El Mouloud ‘Nebewi and Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter. Certain of these religious holidays, notably Id El Fitr (the feast for the end of Ramadan), Easter and Easter Monday are either official national holidays or national holidays in all but name (because observance is so widespread that even banks, businesses and government offices close).
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.
