Public holidays in Burundi

This is a list of public holidays in Burundi.[1]
Date English Name Comments
January 1 New Year's Day
February 5 Unity Day Intended to help reconcile ethnic differences between the Tutsi and the Hutu.[2]
April 6 Cyprien Ntaryamira Day Marks the anniversary of President Ntaryamira's death in 1994.[3]
May 1 Labour Day International Workers' Day
April or May
40 days after Easter		 Ascension
July 1 Independence Day Independence from Belgium in 1962.[4]
August 15 Assumption
October 13 Rwagasore Day Prince Louis Rwagasore was a nationalist assassinated in 1961.
October 21 Ndadaye Day President Melchior Ndadaye′s assaaination in 1993 sparked the Burundian Civil War
November 1 All Saints' Day
December 25 Christmas Day
10 Dhu al-Hijjah
date varies		 Eid al-Adha
Feast of the Sacrifice		 This national holiday is the holiest day of the Islamic year; it celebrates Abraham′s sacrifice of his son.

Dates of variable holidays
2021
  • Ascension: May 13
  • Eid al-Adha: July 20
2022
  • Labour Day: May 2
  • Ascension: May 25
  • Eid al-Adha: July 10
  • Christmas: December 26
2023
  • Ascension: May 18
  • Eid al-Adha: June 28
2024
  • Ascension: May 9
  • Eid al-Adha: June 17
2025
  • Ascension: May 29
  • Eid al-Adha: June 7

References
  1. Burundi Business Holidays (in French)
  2. "Unity Day in Burundi in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. "President Ntaryamira Day in Burundi in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. "Independence Day in Burundi in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.


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