National Holidays in Bahamas in 2017

Bahamas 2017

Bahamas
2017

List of Holidays in Bahamas in 2017

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Sunday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Monday	Jan 02	New Year's Day (in lieu)	National Holiday	Public Holiday as News Years Day falls on a Sunday
Tuesday	Jan 10	Majority Rule Day	National Holiday	50th Anniversary of Majority Rule in The Bahamas
Friday	Apr 14	Good Friday	National Holiday
Monday	Apr 17	Easter Monday	National Holiday
Friday	Jun 02	Randol Fawkes Labour Day	National Holiday	First Friday in June
Monday	Jun 05	Whit Monday	National Holiday	7th Monday after Easter
Monday	Jul 10	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Monday	Aug 07	Emancipation Day	National Holiday	First Monday in August
Monday	Oct 09	National Heroes' Day	National Holiday	Second Monday in October
Monday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday
Tuesday	Dec 26	Boxing Day	National Holiday

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Holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are usually celebrated on the following Monday.
Holidays falling on Tuesday are usually celebrated on the previous Monday.
Holidays falling on Wednesday or Thursday are celebrated on the following Friday (with the exception of Independence Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
Banks/businesses and many shops are closed on public holidays.

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