Public holidays in Chad

This is a list of public holidays in Chad.[1]
DateEnglish name
January 1New Year's Day
March 17National Chad Day
March or AprilEaster Monday
May 1Labour Day
August 11Independence Day
November 1All Saints Day
November 28Republic Day
December 1Freedom and Democracy Day
December 25Christmas Day
variable IslamicProphet's Birthday
End of Ramadan
Feast of the Sacrifice


December 1, "Freedom and Democracy Day", remembers December 1, 1990 and celebrates the ascent of President Idriss Déby to power.

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.

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