Saturday, March 8, 2014

Holidays in Tanzania

   The interesting thing about holidays in Tanzania, is that they celebrate both Christian and Muslim holidays, as well as their national holidays.
  The holidays for 2014 are:

Jan. 1- New Year's Day
Jan 12- Zanzibar Revolution Day (The President decided on Jan 11th that since the 12th fell on a Sunday this year that the 13th would be a national holiday.  Schools that tried to open, there were police there to tell them they HAD to close this day. ) This day commemorates the day in 1964 when Zanzibar overthrew it's Arab government (Oman).
Jan 13- Birth of the Prophet Muhammad  
April 18- Good Friday
April 21- Easter Monday
April 26- Union Day
May 1- Labor Day
July 7- Saba Saba (Literally "seven seven") International Trade Fair Day
July 28- Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
Aug 8- Nane Nane (Literally "eight eight") Farmer's Day- There is a week long fair in Arusha, like a county fair
Oct 4- Eid al Adha or Feast of Sacrifice (Muslims remember the day that Abraham obeyed God to sacrifice his son Ishmael but a goat was substituted instead.)
Oct 14- Nyerere Day- Honoring Tanzania's first president, and remembering the day of his death.
Dec 9-Independance Day- The day British government handed over independence to Tanzania in 1963
Dec 25- Christmas Day
Dec 26- Boxing Day
    exact dates were obtained from: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/tanzania/public-holidays 

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