This is a list of public holidays in the Central African Republic
Date | English Name | Comments | |
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January 1 | New Year's Day | ||
March 29 | Barthelemy Boganda Day | Date of the first prime minister's death in 1959 | |
March or April | Easter Monday | ||
May 1 | Labour Day | ||
May or June | Ascension | ||
Whit Monday | Day after Pentecost | ||
June 30 | General Prayer Day | Non-denominational although 60% Protestant and 90% Christian.[1] | |
August 13 | From France, 1960 | ||
August 15 | |||
November 1 | All Saints Day | ||
December 1 | Commemorates the anniversary of the Central African Republic becoming an autonomous territory within the French Community in 1958.[2] | ||
December 25 | |||
Muslim feast of Breaking the Fast. | |||
Tabaski | Muslim feast of the Sacrifice. |