National Holidays in Samoa in 2024
Upcoming Holidays in Samoa
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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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: Day after New Year's Day
- Some countries observe a second public holiday for New Year's celebration
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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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: Holy Saturday
- Day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week. Commemorates the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb
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: Easter Sunday
- 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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: Mother's Day
- Mother's Day in Samoa is a public holiday on the Monday after the second Sunday in May
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: Independence Day
- Marks Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962
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: Father's Day
- Father's Day in Samoa is a public holiday on the Monday after the second Sunday in August
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: Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday
- Day after White Sunday, when parents and communities celebrate childhood
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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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: Boxing Day
- The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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