Samoa information
Population: 198,410 Capital: Apia Calling Code: (685) Time Zone: +13 UTC Currency: Samoan tālā Language: Samoan
List of National
Holidays in Samoa in 2018
Monday January 1st
Long Weekend!
New Year's Day
Samoa: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
Samoa: Some countries observe a second public holiday for New Year's celebration
Friday March 30th
Long Weekend!
Good Friday
Samoa: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Samoa: Day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week. Commemorates the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb
Samoa: 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.
Monday April 2nd
Long Weekend!
Easter Monday
Samoa: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
Friday April 13th
Long Weekend!
Public Holiday
Samoa: A public holiday for the funeral of Tuiloma Pule Lameko
Monday May 14th
Long Weekend!
Mother's Day
Samoa: Mother's Day in Samoa is a public holiday on the Monday after the second Sunday in May
Samoa: Marks Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962
Monday August 13th
Long Weekend!
Father's Day
Samoa: Father's Day in Samoa is a public holiday on the Monday after the second Sunday in August
Samoa: Day after White Sunday, when parents and communities celebrate childhood
Samoa: A public holiday to commemorate 100 years since the cargo ship Talune arrived bringing influenza which killed 8500 people
Samoa: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
Wednesday December 26th
Boxing Day
Samoa: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
Notes
If a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be a public holiday.
The Public Holidays Act 2008 declares that the day before the general election and the election day should be declared as public holidays.