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 edit

^ Burundi Business Holidays (in French)
^ "Unity Day in Burundi in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ "President Ntaryamira Day in Burundi in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ "Independence Day in Burundi in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

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