National Holidays in French Polynesia in 2024
Upcoming Holidays in French Polynesia
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Missionary Day
- Marks the arrival of the London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaries on March 5th 1797
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: Good Friday
- Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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: Easter
- Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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: Easter Monday
- Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Victory Day
- Victory in Europe Day marks May 8th 1945 when the Allies formally accepted an unconditional surrender by the armed forces of Germany
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: Ascension Day
- This day observes the departure of Jesus from earth after his resurrection. It is perhaps the earliest observed celebration in Christianity.
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: Pentecost
- Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter
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: Whit Monday
- Commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles.
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: Internal Autonomy Day
- On June 29th 1880 Tahiti's King, Pomare V, gave France the right of sovereignty to Tahiti and its dependencies
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: French National Day
- Bastille Day celebrates the birth of the French Republic and marks the storming of the Bastille in 1789
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: Assumption Day
- The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
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: All Saints' Day
- Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
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: Armistice Day
- Observed on November 11th to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918 and honor the veterans of both World Wars.
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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